Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Kelly AndersonKelly Anderson’s acclaimed 2012 film “My Brooklyn” [http://www.mybrooklynmovie.com/] follows her journey as a “Brooklyn gentrifier” trying to understand the forces reshaping the various neighborhoods she has lived in since 1988. The filmmaker collaborated with Allison Dean, a journalist and urban planner, on
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Madison takes the stage at 2015’s Inter-SING! (Photo by Elvir Ali)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Third Annual Inter-SING competition at James Madison High School. There’s also a mobile pet adoption center, a festival celebrating Butoh culture, CPR training, and much more!
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Sometimes life hits hard. Suddenly, you may find you are unemployed, without benefits, with a spouse, three children, and a dog to feed. Our neighborhood has a couple of programs — aside from WIC and SNAP — where families can get help in an emergency. One of them is the food pantry
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Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Three top officials are leaving their positions at Coney Island Hospital amid accusations that a botched diagnosis [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/medical-examiner-investigating-whether-botched-diagnosis-caused-grandmothers-death-at-coney-island-hospital/] earlier this year caused the death of a 47-year-old grandmother. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation,
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanPolice are urging neighbors to be cautious of crooks posing as uniformed utility workers after a man posing as an energy salesman tried to break into a Dyker Heights home. More via News 12 Brooklyn [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/man-claiming-to-be-energy-salesman-attempts-to-rob-dyker-heights-apartment-1.11540039] : > The incident happened around
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]and Facebook
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by B.Y. LeiAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Another P.S. 193 educator threatened to have a parent arrested.
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(Source: Street Easy)Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Bensonhurst apartment listings. Take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck and happy hunting! Sensible Spot on 70th Street (1924 70th Street #1
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Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeThe serial killer dubbed “Son of Sal” by the media — who was known to lurk and dance in Bensonhurst [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/#.VtngxpMrKSM] — will spend the rest of his years behind bars. Salvator Perrone, 67, a Staten Island salesman who was convicted for the 2012 murders [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/
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(Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/accessibility])The parks department will be adding additional beach mats in Coney Island this summer in order to provide greater accessibility for seniors and the disabled, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced. “One of our community’s greatest natural features is our
News
Image via Google Maps.A recent New York Times article highlighted five of New York City’s “Next Hot Neighborhoods” [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/realestate/new-yorks-next-hot-neighborhoods.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0] and, unsurprisingly, they flagged Sunset Park West — aka the narrow strip of
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Photo by Ben Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanAs the owners of Jmart quietly closed [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart/]on the Waldbaums supermarket site last week, a “no parking” sign has popped up in the store’s parking lot. The 37-year-old New Utrecht Avenue supermarket — which shut down [/farewell-waldbaums-longtime-employees-customers-mourn-supermarkets-demise/#.VkuYI2SrSqQ] as part of A&P’