About the Author
Ben Verde
A third generation Brooklynite, Ben Verde is living the dream covering Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Crown Heights, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens for his hometown newspaper. Verde’s name first graced the pages of Brooklyn Paper in 2018 as an intern covering the Brooklyn Cyclones.
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