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Coney Island Avenue

Dec
24
24-Year-Old Stabbed To Death

24-Year-Old Stabbed To Death

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
1 min read
Aug
13
Little Pakistan Will Celebrate Pakistan Independence Day With A Cultural Caravan On Sunday

Little Pakistan Will Celebrate Pakistan Independence Day With A Cultural Caravan On Sunday

Before the pandemic, thousands of people would gather on Coney Island Avenue to celebrate Pakistan’s independence in August. (Photo
3 min read
Aug
26
Hundreds Ride To Honor Jose Alzorriz And Call On Safety For All

Hundreds Ride To Honor Jose Alzorriz And Call On Safety For All

Hundreds of bicyclists rode down Coney Island Avenue to the site where Jose Alzorriz was killed. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
6 min read
Jun
27
Naseem Khan Alizai Keeps The Tradition Of Gold Jewelry Alive

Naseem Khan Alizai Keeps The Tradition Of Gold Jewelry Alive

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerLITTLE PAKISTAN – Naseem Khan Alizai for the last 28 years has spent his days selling gold jewelry
6 min read
Nov
06
Fight For Ownership In ‘Little Pakistan’ Continues — This Time Over A Beloved Mosque

Fight For Ownership In ‘Little Pakistan’ Continues — This Time Over A Beloved Mosque

Makki Masjid. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – An ivory colored structure stands sandwiched between two typical brick-colored three-story buildings between
6 min read
Aug
15
Cortelyou Road & Coney Island Avenue Intersection To Get A Redesign In September

Cortelyou Road & Coney Island Avenue Intersection To Get A Redesign In September

Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou via DOTDITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – After more than a decade of saying nothing could be done,
2 min read
Aug
31
Brooklyn’s First 24 Hour Diner Still Going Strong Six Decades Later

Brooklyn’s First 24 Hour Diner Still Going Strong Six Decades Later

George’s Diner on Coney ISland Avenue (Photo Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)DITMAS PARK: George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue
14 min read
Jun
22
Eleven-7 Caves Under Corporate Pressure, Rebrands As NY’s Best

Eleven-7 Caves Under Corporate Pressure, Rebrands As NY’s Best

Workers replace the Eleven-7 sign at 560 Coney Island Avenue at Beverley Road. (Photo by Gordon Rothman)What’s in
2 min read
Jun
07
Film Crew Relinquishes Parking Spots After Neighbors Speak Out

Film Crew Relinquishes Parking Spots After Neighbors Speak Out

(Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Now, ‘The Sinners’ can scratch one vice off their list — and the worst sin in
2 min read
May
01
A Second Enticing Thai Restaurant Slated For Ditmas Park

A Second Enticing Thai Restaurant Slated For Ditmas Park

752 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Looks like our newest Thai spot on Cortelyou Road [/new-thai-restaurant-set-open-next-week-cortelyou-road/], slated
2 min read