Coney Island

Nov
17

Local Pols Fund New Baskets And Cleanup Crews To Tackle 86th Street’s Trash Problem

Courtesy of CM Treyger’s officeOur elected officials are taking on 86th Street’s chronic trash problem. [/86th-street-trash-problem/] Councilmen Mark
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Sep
04

Highrise Homicide: Man Found Shot In Head In Hallway Of Coney Island Building

Sea Park Apartments (Source: Google Maps)Cops are investigating an apparent homicide in Coney Island, in which a 23-year-old man
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Jun
16

The Thunderbolt Is Now Open, And Here’s A Point-Of-View Video Showing What It’s Like To Ride Shotgun

I was really hoping to be among the first riders of the new Thunderbolt roller coaster [/thunderbolt-roller-coaster-looks-to-rock-coney-island/], which finally opened
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Mar
24

City Nabs $100 Million For New Boilers At Sandy-Hit NYCHA Buildings

Coney Island public houses have broken down on the winter’s coldest days (Source: forum.skyscraperpage.com)After struggling through
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Jan
08

Coney Island Resident Sues Trigger Happy Cop For Firing At Dog

(Source: GerritsenBeach.net / Flickr)Elizabeth Villafane, a resident of Coney Island, is claiming in a lawsuit that a New York
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Oct
28

Famed Street Artist Banksy Hits Coney Island With Robot Painting At Stillwell And Neptune

I was beginning to feel a little sore that the much ballyhoo’d [https://www.google.com/search?q=banksy+
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Aug
22

Improv Everywhere Returns To Coney Island With The Top Hats And Formal Wear

Photo courtesy of Allan ShwekyThose wacky kids at Improv Everywhere returned to the beaches of Coney Island and Brighton Beach,
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Jun
05

Coney Island Pedestrian Plaza Plan Revived!

Proposed site of pedestrian plaza (Source: Google Maps)For whatever reason, officials are hellbent on bringing a Times Square-style pedestrian
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Mar
26

Coney Island Has Huge Opening Weekend, But Community Far From Full Recovery

Source: intweetion via flickrThe Coney Island boardwalk had a triumphant reopening this past Sunday [/coney-island-set-to-open-attractions-this-sunday/] as thousands of people swarmed
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Nov
29

Photo: Parks Department Cleaning Up Riegelmann Boardwalk

Reader Illona B. sent us this photo today, letting us know that Parks Department crews are out in force on
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