Announcements
BROOKLYN – Summer is finally here! After months of quarantine, the Mayor announced that beaches will be opening on July 1. He also announced the expansion of Cool It! NYC, a plan to help New Yorkers beat the heat this summer. The Wall Street Journal broke the story [https://www.wsj.
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MANHATTAN BEACH – Of all of Brooklyn’s beaches, Manhattan Beach might be the most underrated. Just a short walk from Coney Island, it’s an oasis from the crowds of tourists, children, and hot dogs—and one of the only beaches where you can grill your own food. But, other
Announcements
For the second year in a row, NYC beaches [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/beaches](except Cedar Grove and Wolfe’s Pond) will stay open through Sunday, September 10, 2017 — a week after the normal Labor Day schedule. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BVUswsXD0I-/?utm_source=ig_embed&
Bensonhurst
Mother’s Day is almost here. Whether you’re going to her place or she’s coming to yours, I’m sure you’ll want to have a home to boast about. These are some listings you can showboat. (Courtesy Zillow/Mary A Mulcahey of Halstead Property [https://www.zillow.
Food & Drink
It’s Friday! The mercury keeps rising (feels like 106F out there!) and there really are only two options – beach or A/C. I’m for heading to the beach. And cold drinks. And cold drinks on the beach and on the way to the beach. So here you go:
News
A view from Bush Terminal Park in Sunset Park. (chandlelee/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-0lU9Be7G/])Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice/
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New York City will be enveloped in a heat dome [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/heat-dome-warning-expands-26-states-thunderstorms-loom-n614756] this weekend, which means that it’s time to abscond to The Beach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_(film)] (though we can’t promise you’ll find Leo DiCaprio there.) Fortunately,
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Coney Island Kite Fest 2014, (Photo by Ron Marcisak via Facebook)With the summer over, the beaches of Coney Island may be closed to swimmers, but this weekend, they will draw hundreds of kite aficionados of all ages. Coney Island International Kite Festival [https://www.facebook.com/events/1669854506578887] is
Alliance for Coney Island
Comedian and actor Robin Williams performs at the 2008 USO World Gala, (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley / Department of Defense [http://www.defense.gov/HomePagePhotos/LeadPhotoImage.aspx?id=10613])The folks behind Coney Island’s summer film series Flicks on the Beach [/coney-islands-flicks-on-the-beach-starts-tonight/] included a special tribute
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The Parks Department says it can avoid routine maintenance by replacing wooden planks that warp over time, seen above, with concrete and plastic. (Photo by Ned Berke)A site trailer and construction fence were installed at Brighton 15th Street this month – a first step in a controversial plan to replace
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In the spirit of the weather warming up and summer right around the corner, New York Magazine [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/1960s-vintage-coney-island-photos.html] featured photographer Aaron Rose and the pictures he took in Coney Island between 1961 and 1963. Even on this rainy Thursday, these pictures will
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The aftermath of the 2011 shooting, which happened in front of Tatiana’s Restaurant on the Brighton Beach boardwalk.Iloune Driver, one of two suspected gunmen behind the 2011 Brighton Beach boardwalk shooting that left 16-year-old Tysha Jones dead [/iloune-driver-19-arrested-in-brighton-beach-shooting/], has been found guilty and faces 125 years to life
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The aftermath of the 2011 shooting, which happened in front of Tatiana’s Restaurant on the Brighton Beach boardwalk.The attorney for 21-year-old Iloune Driver, charged with opening fire on the Brighton Beach boardwalk in 2011 [/iloune-driver-19-arrested-in-brighton-beach-shooting/], leading to the death of a 16-year-old girl and leaving four others wounded,
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Source: wheany/FlickrI have already visited the beach at Coney Island many times this year and what has struck me the most is how much cleaner it appears to be than in years past. Previous to my many sojourns to the shore this year, I had last been two summers
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Source: GK tramrunner229 via Wikimedia CommonsThe NYC Audubon group has announced they will be hosting a clean-up Plumb Beach event on Saturday, September 15 at 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. They invite volunteers to join them as they clean Plumb Beach for International Coastal Cleanup Day.
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Diane Keaton, Woody Allen and Tony Roberts in a scene from Woody's 1977 masterpiece, "Annie Hall." Source: http://pakbote.blogspot.com/I have never made a secret of my deep, abiding love for, admiration of, and decades-long crush on Woody Allen (who I, incidentally, also share