Coney Island
Healthcare workers at Coney Island Hospital were treated today to 500 meals from Nick’s Lobster House. The record-breaking donation, the largest the hospital has received during the virus, was made by local attorney and community advocate Priscilla Consolo. Consolo was treated by the staff in the emergency department in
Announcements
Mike Vinitsky. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND — Once upon a time the 41-year-old Mikhail Vinitsky worked as an NYPD police officer. Now, he can no longer speak, use his arms, or walk, and communicates through a computer. Yet, there is always a smile on his face. Vinitsky, known to
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND — A man is dead after being shot in a hallway just after midnight. On Wednesday, December 11 at around 12:02 a.m., cops arrived at the Carey Garden Houses on West 23rd Street between Mermaid and Surf Avenues. They found a 38-year-old man unconscious
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN/CONEY ISLAND – The New York Preservation Archive Project [http://www.nypap.org/] is hosting its third annual Preservation Film Festival [http://www.nypap.org/nypap-presents-the-2019-preservation-film-festival/] April 2nd to May 3rd, screening contemporary documentaries and historic classics across the five boroughs. The selected films address current themes such as climate
Announcements
Photo via NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island.A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially marked the opening of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center/Women’s Health suite at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island on Wednesday, August 23. “The opening of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center/Women’s Health imaging suite demonstrates our commitment to continue
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is asking for help locating two missing persons, one from Coney Island and one from East Flatbush. Coney Island Lorena Puebla, 15, missing since 11/15 (Photo via DCPI)Lorena Puebla, a 15-year old girl from Coney Island, was reported missing on Wednesday, November 15. Puebla was last
community
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. (Photo/Zainab Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND – When disasters strike, community hospitals become more important than ever – it’s where neighbors know to go for help, where the pharmacy has life-saving medications when all the others are closed, and, where we hope the lights will not go
bath beach
With a new school year fast approaching, NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island, part of the nation’s largest public healthcare system, is encouraging parents to ensure their children’s readiness for classroom success by following ten back-to-school health tips. Parents are encouraged not to delay scheduling appointments for a physical
Central Brooklyn
Via ShutterstockAsking for help is hard. And for many, it’s even harder when it comes to mental health. But the staff at NYC [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/services/behavioral-health-services/] Health + Hospitals/Coney Island [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/services/behavioral-health-services/] want the community to know that mental health
Police & Fire
16-month-old Nylah Lewis is fighting for her life after being beaten by her 18-year-old dad on Father’s Day in Coney Island, authorities said. According to authorities, the little girl’s mother, Tammy Lewis, arrived at her home on West 32nd Street and discovered her child unconscious, on Sunday, June
Central Brooklyn
NYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hospitals/] launches series of retro social media images to remind New Yorkers ages 50-75 to get a colonoscopy. Photo via NYC Health + HospitalsNYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hospitals/] launched its annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month reminder to New Yorkers ages 50-75,
Health
> .@ConeyIslandHosp [https://twitter.com/ConeyIslandHosp] adopts advanced electronic medical record system. Provides new opportunities for patients https://t.co/9DbXpWKlYK pic.twitter.com/1hzznkgplr [https://t.co/1hzznkgplr] — Coney IslandHospital (@ConeyIslandHosp) March 8, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ConeyIslandHosp/status/839526813118447620] NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island announced last week that
Announcements
Courtesy of ShutterstockNew mothers have a place to call their own at Coney Island Hospital. Coney Island Hospital opened a dedicated lactation/breastfeeding area for new mothers this week. The space is a collaboration between the hospital and Borough President Eric Adams, whose office says it is working to enhance
Bensonhurst
A home in Seagate after Sandy. (Photo by Erica Sherman)There is an extremely important meeting happening tonight at Coney Island Hospital regarding the Build it Back recovery program. The meeting will be held from 7pm-9pm in the auditorium of the Coney Island Hospital at 2601 Ocean Pkwy. Build it
Health
Childhood obesity has been identified as a national health issue, and our area of Brooklyn is also grappling with the problem. Dr. Shashikala Pillai and her team at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island work with young people – and their families – to identify the root causes of excess weight and obesity,
Bensonhurst
Childhood obesity has been identified as a national health issue, and our area of Brooklyn is also grappling with the problem. Dr. Shashikala Pillai and her team at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island work with young people – and their families – to identify the root causes of excess weight and obesity,