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Kouichi Shirayanagi

Kouichi Shirayanagi

Jun
04
Coney Island Residents Can Sleep A Bit Easier, If Not Yet Quieter, As Legislation Passes Assembly To Reduce Train Noise

Coney Island Residents Can Sleep A Bit Easier, If Not Yet Quieter, As Legislation Passes Assembly To Reduce Train Noise

Residents had measured noise from the nearby train reaching levels as loud as 100 dB in their apartments while a 2010 study commissioned by the city recommends that no noise from an elevated train should exceed 45 dB.
3 min read
May
07
Remembering The Prince Of Mermaid Avenue

Remembering The Prince Of Mermaid Avenue

Jimmy Prince on the boardwalk. Photo by Orlando Mendez, with permission.Jimmy Prince, the beloved butcher of Mermaid Avenue, died
4 min read
Apr
27
Building That’s Home To Coney Island’s Oldest Store Is Up For Sale

Building That’s Home To Coney Island’s Oldest Store Is Up For Sale

Wilensky Hardware at 2126 Mermaid Avenue, in Coney Island, prides itself on being the oldest family-owned business in the neighborhood,
3 min read
Jun
29
Coney Island’s Ocean Drive Set to Have D’Agostino’s, Grand Opening Soon

Coney Island’s Ocean Drive Set to Have D’Agostino’s, Grand Opening Soon

Rendering of Ocean Drive [https://oceandrivenyc.com/].Ocean Drive, [https://oceandrivenyc.com/] (formerly Ocean Dreams) the latest ‘Miami-inspired’ double tower
3 min read
Jan
10
$1.65 Million Frank Stella Sculpture May Come to the New York Aquarium 

$1.65 Million Frank Stella Sculpture May Come to the New York Aquarium 

Frank Stella Sculpture K-159. Courtesy of Edelman Sultan Knox Wood/Architects LLP.CONEY ISLAND — If approved by the city, visitors
3 min read
Jan
10
‘We Need Our Own CCRB’: Cabbies on Police Oversight

‘We Need Our Own CCRB’: Cabbies on Police Oversight

Photo by Dimon Blr on UnsplashCONEY ISLAND — Civilian Complaint Review Board’s (CCRB) held its only Brooklyn meeting planned for
3 min read
Dec
20
Municipal Credit Union to Close Coney Island Branch Leaving the Neighborhood With Few Banking Options

Municipal Credit Union to Close Coney Island Branch Leaving the Neighborhood With Few Banking Options

MCU Coney Island. Via Google Maps.CONEY ISLAND — The Municipal Credit Union has announced [https://www.nymcu.org/] that it
3 min read
Dec
16
F Train Rattles Coney Island Residents

F Train Rattles Coney Island Residents

Brightwater Towers in Coney Island. Kouichi Shirayanagi/Bklyner.CONEY ISLAND — Residents of Coney Island’s Brightwater Towers, located near the
3 min read
Nov
27
Lincoln High School Students Terrorize Businesses and Residents on Brighton Beach Block

Lincoln High School Students Terrorize Businesses and Residents on Brighton Beach Block

Entrance to a building, where Lincoln High School students gathered. Courtesy of a resident.BRIGHTON BEACH – For residents and storekeepers
6 min read
Nov
13
Rezoning of Luxury Brighton Beach Apartment Building Advances

Rezoning of Luxury Brighton Beach Apartment Building Advances

Rendering of Sea Breeze Tower. Courtesy of Rybak Development.Seven members of the land use committee of Coney Island and
2 min read