Police & Fire
(Photo via NYPD)Police are searching for three men suspected of five separate incidents of shoving, punching, kicking, and robbing a total of $636 in cash from elderly people in Coney Island throughout December — some in broad daylight. Most recently, the suspects shoved an 82-year-old woman’s back near Mermaid
Events
(Photo by Teri Brennan Photography)Last Sunday afternoon, thousands of Coney Island revelers took a leaping plunge into 2017. It was a relatively warm 48-degree winter day — which was lucky for the hoards of health nuts, veteran swimmers, and costumed characters who dove into the Atlantic Ocean for the 113th
News
Site of proposed 21-story building in Coney Island (Screenshot via Google Maps) On the last day of 2016, Red Apple Realty Group filed applications to build a 21-story, 311-unit mixed-use building on a vacant Coney Island lot, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/01/21-story-311-unit-mixed-use-tower-filed-at-3514-surf-avenue-coney-island.html] . The proposed residential
Events
Photo via Borough President Eric AdamsThere are hundreds of New Years Eve parties this year — at almost every local bar [http://brokelyn.com/brooklyn-new-years-eve-parties-2017/], restaurant, and music venue scattered around the borough. But where do you go for a Brooklyn party that’s so big it can’t be contained?
Bensonhurst
While many out-of-towners choose to crowd themselves into Times Square, real New Yorkers know that Brooklyn is hottest place to spend the coolest night of the year. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. AdamsFor the third consecutive year, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams is partnering with the Alliance for Coney
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While many out-of-towners choose to crowd themselves into Times Square, real New Yorkers know that Brooklyn is the hottest place to spend the coolest night of the year. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. AdamsFor the third consecutive year, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams is partnering with the Alliance for
history
13The 1980s weren’t a pretty time for Coney Island. Both the residential and amusement portions of the neighborhood were wracked with poverty and property disinvestment. Indeed, the People’s Playground became scarier for its crime rates and abandoned buildings than for its horror attractions. Looking back now, though, photos
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Health
A community member tells a panel of her proposed shelter plan concerns Thursday night at P.S. 329 on Coney Island. (Photo by Jerry Del Priore / Bensonhurst Bean)A possible homeless shelter at 2201-2227 Neptune Area and West 23rd Street for mothers and their children could be coming to Coney
Events
Behold, a Grin and Tonic. Photo by Kyle MackieThe “Grin and Tonic,” a twist on the classic cocktail, won the 2015 Brew York New York Sweepstakes. New York City residents can submit their innovative beer idea to the 2016 contest now until Dec. 28 for a chance to brew it
Business
Photos via IHOP of Coney Island’s Facebook pageThe long-delayed opening of the Coney Island IHOP has been further delayed. The store is now tentatively set to open in January, according to broker Joe Vitacco, Jr. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-vitacco-jr-5ba03427] “It’s 100 percent finished, they’re just
Business
Photos via IHOP of Coney Island’s Facebook pageThe long-delayed opening of the Coney Island IHOP has been further delayed. The store is now tentatively set to open in January, according to broker Joe Vitacco, Jr. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-vitacco-jr-5ba03427] “It’s 100 percent finished, they’re just
Business
A rendering of Neptune/Sixth. Photo via Cammeby’sApple Bank is coming to the epic, in-the-works Coney Island three-phase, mixed-use project Neptune/Sixth, located across from Trump Village at 532 Neptune Avenue . Project developer Cammeby’s made the announcement yesterday, after Apple Bank signed a lease, joining CVS at the