Announcements Suspect Charged with Manslaughter 6 Months after Brighton Beach Boardwalk Killing Photo via NYPD.BRIGHTON BEACH — Six months after a man died from being punched in the head, a person has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. On July 9, 2019, at around 5:45 p.m., cops found 52-year-old Dimitry Goldfarb, a Brighton Beach resident, lying on the Brighton Beach
Announcements Brighton Boardwalk Opens In Time For Memorial Day Cutting the ribbon: From left to right, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, State Senator Diane Savino, Parks Commissioner Mitchel Silver, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz and Community Board 13 District Manager Eddie Mark. (Photo provided by Cymbrowitz’s office)The Parks Department reopened the long-shuttered portion of the Brighton
bathrooms City Taxpayers To Shoulder $2.5 Million Loss On Brighton Boardwalk Bathrooms A diagram for the revised comfort station shows it at boardwalk level, as opposed to all other replacement comfort stations that tower above beachgoers’ heads. (Source: NYC Parks)EXCLUSIVE: Approximately $2.5 million in taxpayer dollars is being flushed down the drain, as the city caves to the demands of
activism Pols Slam City’s Concrete Boardwalk Plan At Rally Courtesy of Councilman Treyger’s officePublic Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Comptroller Scott Stringer joined local politicians, community members, and activists Sunday to express their outrage at the Parks Department’s concrete makeover of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk. Despite the heavy rain and winds, more
bella akhmechet Akselrod Campaign Ad Takes Credit For Beach Accessibility Initiative Funded By Opponent, Cymbrowitz Akselrod (l) and Cymbrowitz (r)A Russian-language radio ad promoting the Republican campaign of Ben Akselrod claims credit for a project currently funded by his opponent, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Sheepshead Bites has learned. The commercial was heard airing on Davidzon Radio last week. It appears to be a paid announcement
brighton beach boardwalk Concrete Boardwalk Better For Storms, Says Sandy Recovery Head The head of the New York City Office of Recovery and Resiliency is getting behind the Bloomberg-era plan to replace the Riegelmann Boardwalk’s wooden slats with concrete, saying that concrete fared better in Superstorm Sandy. Recovery chief Daniel Zarrilli testified before the City Council last Thursday, telling them that
boardwalk Spotlight On Gary Atlas, Shirtless Man Who Runs Boardwalk Every Day For Six Years And Counting Atlas on NY1At this point, just about every resident of Southern Brooklyn’s boardwalk communities knows Gary Atlas – if not by name, then by sight. He’s the guy you see out there every morning, regardless of the weather, running shirtless and in thin shorts before taking a plunge in
brighton beach boardwalk Brighton Residents: City Needs To Reconsider All Elevated Comfort Stations, Not Just New Brighton Site Design of the new elevated comfort stations. The ramps and stairs are designed to detach in the case of an extreme weather event. (Source: NYC Parks)A group of long-time Brighton Beach advocates seized the opportunity of Monday night’s hearing about the Oceana comfort stations, telling the Parks Department
beach Suspect In 2011 Brighton Beach Boardwalk Shooting Says Video Vindicates Him 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, leading to the death of a 16-year-old girl and leaving four others wounded, says
brighton beach boardwalk Temporary Bathrooms Being Added To Brighton Boardwalk, But Hardly A Victory For Oceana Residents Source: NYC Dept. of Parks and RecreationThe New York City Parks Department began installing temporary bathrooms on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Brighton Beach this week after construction snafus and community opposition plagued a plan for a permanent comfort station by the Oceana condominium complex. But the city says it’s
Alec Brook-Krasny Cymbrowitz Withdraws Legislation Transferring Jurisdiction Over Local Beaches From State To City YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz announced today that he will withdraw legislation he introduced in the Assembly earlier this month that would transfer oversight of a swath of sand at Brighton Beach and Coney Island from the state to New York City. Cymbrowitz did not credit the
alyonka larionov Brighton Beach In The Spotlight On Barclays Center Television Screenshot of BCTV host Alyonka Larionov from “BCTV – Brighton Beach” by Ali Hashemi. Source: VimeoIf you have visited the brand-spanking new Barclays Center this year, you might have already seen this cool new tribute to Brighton Beach, which has been playing on Barclays Center Television (BCTV). The video features the
Beaches Photo: Parks Department Cleaning Up Riegelmann Boardwalk Reader Illona B. sent us this photo today, letting us know that Parks Department crews are out in force on Riegelmann Boardwalk, the 2.5-mile waterfront icon spanning Brighton Beach and Coney Island that took a battering during the storm. Several feet of sand blew up and over the boardwalk
brighton beach boardwalk A Public Pot Worth Peeing In: Brighton’s Got The Best Public Toilet Hazel Chatman, in her bathroom. (Source: NYTimes.com)When I was just a lad, attending after-school instruction at Temple Beth Avahath Sholom (then in Bensonhurst, later replaced by condos) years before my bar-mitzvah, I made a discovery that has forever left me with feelings of inferiority.Women have much nicer
