Coney Island
The Site 8 Houses in Coney Island, where the early morning shooting occurred (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE #2 (11/15/17): Police have arrested Jeanpierre Pacheco, 25, of Coney Island in connection to the incident. He has been charged with second degree murder, attempted murder and assault, as well
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)CONEY ISLAND – At approximately 7am Monday morning, two NYPD officers were arrested in connection to the rape of an 18-year-old woman they placed under arrest last month. Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that the two NYPD detectives have been
Announcements
New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito unveils a six-foot high water mark sign, Wednesday, October 26, 2017, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Coney IslandCONEY ISLAND– As the time passes, it’s easy to forget just how much water came into the city during the storm surge.
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The haphazard construction site at the Surfside Gardens Community Center in Coney Island (Kyle Kucharski / BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – This October marks the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s destructive landfall here in New York, yet some areas of the city seem to have been more neglected in recovery efforts. The
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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
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – Nabiu Mansaray, who is also known as “Monchichi” and “Chich”, age 33, was arraigned this afternoon in Federal court in Brooklyn on charges of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, narcotics trafficking and unlawful use of firearms, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New
Business
CONEY ISLAND/GOWANUS – A new 194-room, seven-story hotel (aka homeless shelter? [/coney-island-a-dumping-ground-for-homeless-shelters-locals-complain-in-protest-to-proposed-shelter-bensonhurst/] ) is planned for 2201 Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. 2201 Neptune Avenue via Google MapsPermits were recently filed with the Department of Buildings for the project, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/16/new-194-key-hotel-heading-to-coney-island/amp/] reports.
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The intersection of Surf Avenue and W 20th Street, Coney Island via Google Maps CONEY ISLAND – The NYPD has released the identity of the suspect who they say stabbed a neighbor to death [/coney-island-woman-fatally-stabbed-in-fight-with-neighbor/] during a fight Wednesday night. Forty-year-old Latrisha Moore was arrested for the murder of Shymeka Tart,
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Surf Avenue and W 20th Street, Coney Island via Google MapsCONEY ISLAND – A 31-year-old Coney Island woman was stabbed to death in the hallway of her building during a fight with a neighbor last night. At approximately 9:30pm on Wednesday, October 11, police responded to a 911 call on
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Lois Vidal, 15, missing from her Coney Island home since 10/2/17CONEY ISLAND – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 15-year old Lois Vidal, missing since Monday, October 2. Vidal was last seen around 7:15 am at her home on the 3100 block of
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – William A. Brown has been appointed as the new chief executive officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. Mr Brown comes to Brooklyn with 38 years of experience in the healthcare industry, and was most recently the Regional Executive providing oversight for all Baptist Health entities in Western
News
CONEY ISLAND – A subway-surfing teenager was seriously injured after falling from an F train yesterday afternoon. The 13-year old grabbed onto a southbound F train at Neptune Ave, near W 6th Street, and rode the length of the platform before striking a “Do Not Enter” sign and falling to the