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Bensonhurst

Seth Low & Success Academy Principals Say Co-Location Has Improved Both Schools

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDespite the hoopla several years ago [/charter-school-mess-grows/#.V3VTGpMrLos] over the city’s decision to create an elementary-level charter school in the same building as a Bensonhurst middle school, the union seems to working out better than expected. Two years after the controversial co-location of the Eva Moskowitz-run

Animals

Last Chance To See Horseshoes Spawning On Calvert Vaux Beach Is July 4 [Video]

Independence Day is one of the last opportunities to watch the horseshoe crabs of Gravesend Bay getting busy on the beach this season. Every year, between May and July, during full and new moons, horseshoes can be seen congregating on the beaches of Calvert Vaux Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/

Health

5 Ways Aviator Camps Help Children Develop Socially (Sponsored)

Aviator’s camp programming is brand new for 2016 with new age appropriate groups and exciting trips. Campers will be exposed to a wide variety of sports, they will also get to swim, ice skate, race pedal karts, and participate in reading and math initiatives. Courtesy of Aviator SportsSummer can

Bensonhurst

Shocking Footage Shows Two Women Swindling 88-Year-Old Out Of $6K [Video]

https://youtu.be/bd1qB3q3MEI Cops are looking for two women they say conned an old lady out of $6,000 in Dyker Heights last week. Home security footage obtained by cops shows one of the swindlers approaching their 88-year-old victim Tuesday, June 21, at 12:30pm, near 74th Street and

Bensonhurst

Second Consecutive Rent Freeze On One-Year Leases Approved

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanFor the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more this year — a rent-rollback.

Health

Sunset Park Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows

(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin

Bensonhurst

Chelsea Cobo, Missing 54 Days: A Mother’s Plea For Her Daughter’s Safe Return

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazUtqrNN04 In Rose Cobo’s Borough Park home, the walls are plastered with calendars and timelines retracing the steps of her daughter in the weeks before her disappearance. A cryptic voicemail left on the night 22-year-old Chelsea vanished, a mug shot, and text message

Bensonhurst

Local Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows

(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin

Nonsponsored

Get Out The Vote! Polls Sluggish At Sunset Park Congressional Primary

Sunset Park High School voting location. (Photo by Sean Egan)Voting locations in Sunset Park were staggeringly short of actual voters today. I visited four different poll places all Tuesday morning to speak with voters and poll workers about how the voting process is going in the 7th Congressional District

Arts & Culture

Senator Golden Announces Lineup For Free Summer Concert Series

Photo via Sha-Doobie [https://www.facebook.com/300890483385429/photos/pb.300890483385429.-2207520000.1435594656./432715656869577/?type=3&theater] Looking to boogie down at your local park this summer? Senator Marty Golden has announced the lineup for his free summer concert series. The musical acts offer a little something for everyone

Bensonhurst

Stars & Stripes Democratic Club Welcomes New President Irene Chu

Irine Chu with Councilman Vincent Gentile (Photo via Stars & Stripes Democratic Club)Stars and Stripes Regular Democratic Club [http://www.yelp.com/biz/stars-and-stripes-democratic-club-brooklyn] announced its new president at its annual dinner dance this week. Irene Chu, a Bensonhurst resident and club member, has been active in the Chinese

Bensonhurst

Straphanger Snaps Photo Of N Train Masturbator

Photo via NYPDA quick-thinking straphanger used her cell phone to snap a photo of a man she says exposed himself and masturbated on the N train. Sitting across from the 24-year-old woman on a southbound train on Sunday, June 26, at 11:15pm, the suspect reportedly exposed his penis and