Coney Island

Mar
14
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2018 In Brooklyn

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2018 In Brooklyn

St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17! Brooklynites enjoy the holiday so much, we have two parades to celebrate!
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Mar
06
Brooklyn DA Will Offer Care Instead Of Punishment To Drug Addicts

Brooklyn DA Will Offer Care Instead Of Punishment To Drug Addicts

SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Going forward, those arrested with small amounts of illegal drugs –  small enough to qualify as a misdemeanor –  may
3 min read
Feb
26
NRA To Hold A Fundraiser At Gargiulo’s in Coney Island

NRA To Hold A Fundraiser At Gargiulo’s in Coney Island

SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Friends of the NRA is planning to hold a fundraiser at Coney Island’s noted Gargiulo’
2 min read
Feb
14
Indicted Assemblywoman Harris Gets Paid Despite Not Showing Up In Albany

Indicted Assemblywoman Harris Gets Paid Despite Not Showing Up In Albany

Harris speaking at a campaign event in 2015. (Photo: BKLYNER)Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris representing the 46th Assembly District has
2 min read
Feb
01
Help Our Public Charter Schools Grow  – OPINION

Help Our Public Charter Schools Grow – OPINION

We received the following email yesterday from a student at Coney Island Prep, [http://coneyislandprep.org/] a public charter school
2 min read
Feb
01
11 Arrested In Southern Brooklyn Drug Ring Bust

11 Arrested In Southern Brooklyn Drug Ring Bust

A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Yesterday morning, 11
2 min read
Jan
31

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Foiled Purse-Snatching in Williamsburg, A Rock Throwing Assault & More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man who attempted to snatch a woman’s purse in the area of North
3 min read
Jan
26
Coney Island Development Update

Coney Island Development Update

CONEY ISLAND – Representatives from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) came to the Community Board 13 meeting on
3 min read
Jan
26
Crime Blotter: Yet Another Bank Robbery, a NYCHA Employee DWI and More

Crime Blotter: Yet Another Bank Robbery, a NYCHA Employee DWI and More

The Chase Bank at Avenue U and E 18th Street was the latest in a pattern of robberies (Screenshot via
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Jan
25

Report Finds Private Homes And Businesses May Be Contributing To Illegal Dumping

GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s
3 min read