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Access A Ride Strands Neighbor in Manhattan

Mathylde Frontus (left) with Charlene Davis. (Photo via Frontus)CONEY ISLAND – A 59-year-old Coney Island resident in a wheelchair waited for hours on a Manhattan street corner for her scheduled Access-A-Ride (AAR) to pick her up and bring her home. It never did. On August 6 at around 11:50

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In Coney Island Sandy Recovery, Residents Say They’ve Been Forgotten In Favor Of Amusements

A home in Seagate after Sandy (Photo by Erica Sherman)As soon as the weather warmed in 2013, Brooklyn cheerleaders looking to put Superstorm Sandy behind them declared Coney Island open [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/06/coney-rings-in-summer-with-fireworks-and-new-parachute-jump-light-display/] . It was a huge moment for Southern Brooklyn, one of the few