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Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeA Staten Island salesman who was often spotted at neighborhood dance halls has been convicted for the murder of three shopkeepers — two with businesses in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge [/the-latest-on-the-bensonhurst-and-bay-ridge-slayings/] — in the summer and fall of 2012. Salvatore “Son of Sal” Perrone [/?s=salvatore+perrone#
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Photo by Carmen Molina TamacasBack in November, before Thanksgiving, I took a long walk looking for ingredients my husband needed for a traditional-style dinner. Since Waldbaums closed [/pols-brooklyn-chamber-band-together-to-demand-answers-about-waldbaums-closure/] , I had to go to NetCost and Key Food. Along the way, I stopped at the Guatemalan restaurant Jireh [http://www.yelp.
Bensonhurst
Source: yewenyi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/2256618233/]via Flickr It’s the year of the (fire) monkey! February 8 marked the Chinese or Lunar New Year, and since southern Brooklyn is home to a large Chinese-American community, there will be many opportunities to celebrate this lively cultural event
Animals
Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’d be hard pressed to walk a street in Brooklyn and not come across a few pigeons. These chunky crumb peckers have become so built into the urban landscape that even those who (misguidedly!) hate them would surely wonder what’s going on if they didn’
Bensonhurst
Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades [http:
Bensonhurst
It took its sweet time in getting here, but winter appears to have settled in around the five boroughs. Whether you’re a fan of the cold temperatures or not, this weather tends to send stir-crazy families on a desperate quest for Brooklyn play spots. Not just any play spot,
Bensonhurst
Ready or not, the Queens-based gourmet supermarket JMart is coming to New Utrecht Avenue. The grocer’s bid on the shuttered Waldbaums [/second-asian-market-bids-on-waldbaums-trader-joe-says-no-thanks/]location was approved and finalized by a bankruptcy court judge Monday, according to court documents. Dubbed a “cook’s paradise” by Time Out New York [http://www.
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Arts & Culture
The Four Chaplains (Source: Wikimedia)Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with a little patriotism and history. The Irwin Meyer King’s County American Legion Headquarters Band [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/02/the-indomitable-four-chaplains-and-the-indomitable-irwin-meyer/] will be playing a free service in honor of The Four Chaplains [http://www.fourchaplains.org/the-saga-of-the-four-chaplains/
Holidays
Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades [/events/
Bensonhurst
(Photo: yewenyi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/2256618233/]/ Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out the Lunar New Year festivities at David A. Boody Junior High School. The Parks Department is also taking ideas for how to improve locals parks and some of the rangers
Bensonhurst
Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector. Elected officials slammed the mayor’s plan to build a fancy streetcar [/31635/] along the East River waterfront for offering further proof the city is willfully neglecting the transportation needs of southern Brooklyn residents. Following Mayor Bil de Blasio’s State of the
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A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they