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During their soft opening over Memorial Day Weekend, Propellerhead [/blog/food/restaurant/propellerhead-searching-restaurant-bar-staff/], a new restaurant and bar on Coney Island Avenue, elevated the American comfort food repertoire. One diner even told co-manager Ian Strickland, mid-bite, that the pulled pork sandwich was the best he’d ever had ($15, comes
Police & Fire
A car crashed into a Chase Bank on Kings Highway. (Photo: Mike Wright / Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208265989424627&set=pcb.10154240302009038&type=3&theater] A car rammed through the window of a Chase Bank on Kings Highway Sunday morning after colliding with another
Central Brooklyn
Our neighborhood traffic issue of the week comes from a reader: > “All day and night (especially during rush hour) Hollywood Car Wash at Coney Island and Church Avenues blocks one of the two southbound lanes [on Coney Island Avenue] with cars that are drying from their wash.” https://youtu.
Business
Photo: Liena ZagareThe cuisine of Uzbekistan — and the romance of the Silk Road — have a new home on Coney Island Avenue. Uzbeki restaurant Samir, which is on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue C, has recently opened. The restaurant is finalizing its menu but owner Danny Azizov showed us a preliminary
Business
The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)A local travel agent has been indicted for defrauding area taxi cab drivers, home health aides, postal workers and Uber drivers who paid for travel packages and plane tickets that never materialized.
News
From left, 734 and 732 Coney Island Avenue, which are currently for sale. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Could more housing development be coming to Coney Island Avenue? A 6,000 square foot site — with both commercial and residential zoning designations — on the western side of Coney Island Avenue, just north
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From left, 734 and 732 Coney Island Avenue, which are currently for sale. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Could more housing development be coming to Coney Island Avenue? A 6,000 square foot site — with both commercial and residential zoning designations — on the western side of Coney Island Avenue, just north
Police & Fire
> sounded worse – oturn car CI Ave near Kings Hwy. 1 minor hurt. @FDNY [https://twitter.com/FDNY] @nypd61pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct] street closure mess @NYDailyNews [https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews] pic.twitter.com/eTnh6Me2JK [https://t.co/eTnh6Me2JK] — Todd Maisel (@ToddMaisel) March 17, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ToddMaisel/status/
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Photo provided by Diana AmirovaA bus driver was suspended without pay after being accused of calling one passenger a “stupid bitch” and flipping her the bird, according to the MTA. Diana Amirova, of Midwood, said she was attempting to board a crowded B82 bus at Kings Highway and Coney Island
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Photo by Chad MurrayPropellerhead, a new restaurant and bar coming to Coney Island Avenue, says that it is back on track toward opening its doors. Propellerhead, which is supposed to be opening shortly at 752 Coney Island Avenue, now has the proper City permits needed for its electric work and
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Arsalan Naeem, owner of Taj Mahal Hardware & Building Supplies (Photo: Ben Smith)The stretch of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and/or Indian restaurants on Coney Island Avenue — mostly between Beverley and Cortelyou — can make for hard choices if you’re new to the neighborhood, and even most who have lived here
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Mi PueblitaThere has been a blossoming [/blog/food/kensington-welcomes-la-loba-cantina/] of Mexican restaurants and food shopping options in our area over the last few years. And those options have just gotten a little sweeter. Mexican bakery, Mi Pueblita [https://www.facebook.com/Mi-Pueblita-Bakery-784807368259823/], a new addition [/blog/food/mi-puebla-bakery-opens-on-coney-island-avenue/] to