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Bensonhurst

Lady Moody House Is Safe & Other LPC Vote Results

Source: Flickr/lisanne001The Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House is one step closer to landmark status! At an all-day public meeting Tuesday to address its backlog of 95 properties, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) decided to keep the Moody House

Bensonhurst

Five Delicious Snackable Foods To Try At The Asian Market

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanQuite the brouhah [/cb-11-condemns-racist-rhetoric-in-waldbaums-backlash/]a unfolded this month over the sale of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart/#.Vs4LD5MrKT9] to the Flushing-based Asian supermarket Jmart [http://www.newworldmallny.com/jmart] . Those who complain that Bensonhurst is oversaturated with Asian groceries have clearly never visited the gourmet Queens

Bensonhurst

Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Calvert Vaux Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] — Gravesend’s lovely, overgrown, long-neglected [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/] green space — will soon get a brand new maintenance building and comfort stations, and the design phase is well underway [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] . These are not just any

Bensonhurst

Crime Blotter: Daytime Break-Ins, Gunpoint Robberies, Foot Locker Thieves

Here’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * A daring thief broke in through back window of a home while the residents were still awake watching TV and their daughter

Bensonhurst

Summer 2016: Five Special Needs Camps In Brooklyn

New York City is overflowing with incredible camp options [http://citykidcamp.com/], but when you’re searching for a special needs summer experience, the choices are few and far between. Once again, though, the Borough of Kings does not disappoint. Check out our list of five special needs camps that

Business

Trust This Woman To Bury You: Funeral Director And Author Doris V. Amen

Funeral Director Doris V. Amen and Betsy, her trusted 1978 S&S Superior Classic Cadillac Hearse.“I bet you don’t know what’s on the B-side of that 45.” Doris V. Amen, funeral director of Jurek – Park Slope Funeral Home [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jurek-Park-Slope-Funeral-Home/168081276541229] (728

Bensonhurst

Watch Big Ang Spend Final Days With Her Grandkids In Moving Tribute [Video]

This weekend, many recalled Angela “Big Ang” Raiola’s generous heart [/mob-wives-family-fans-say-farewell-big-ang-raiola-dyker-heights-photos/]at her viewings and funeral service in Dyker Heights, before she was laid to rest. Now The Dr. Oz Show has released a moving tribute [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EORmMZMQs] to the”Mob Wives” star — who

Bensonhurst

‘Mob Wives’ Family & Fans Say Farewell To ‘Big Ang’ Raiola In Dyker Heights [Photos]

Jeannie Detore, Ang’s niece, comforts Ang’s sister Donna Raiola. Both appeared on “Mob Wives,” Photo by Bensonhurst BeanPeacemaker. Generous. She brought people together. These are some of the terms used by family members and fans alike as they recalled Angela “Big Ang” Raiola at a series of viewings

Holidays

12 Breathtaking Photos Of Lunar New Year 2016 In Sunset Park

Photo by William AlatristeGung hay fat choy! Thousands celebrated the year of the monkey on Sunday, February 21, at Sunset Park’s annual Lunar New Year Parade on 8th Avenue, hosted by the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association [http://www.bca.net/eng/contact.html]. After an ear-splitting canon sound kicked off

Bensonhurst

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Photography Class, Community Board Meeting, Black History Month

Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,

Bensonhurst

Thousands Protest Conviction Of Ex-Officer Peter Liang: ‘No Selective Justice!’ [Video]

https://youtu.be/M4tVlLtakic Chants of “Justice, justice!” and “No scapegoat!” rang out in Downtown Brooklyn Saturday as local pols and representatives from Chinese American organizations gave impassioned speeches at a rally protesting the conviction of ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang. More than 10,000 people poured into Cadman Plaza to

Business

Nets Unveil Luxurious Training Facility At Industry City, Pledging Community Inclusion

Practice Court at the Brooklyn Nets’ Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center. (Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Nets)It wasn’t Dorothy and Toto who were ascending the podium. But if they had, Dorothy surely would have looked down and said, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in New