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May
13
Weekly Apartment Roundup for Friday The 13th: These Deals Are Just Spooky!

Weekly Apartment Roundup for Friday The 13th: These Deals Are Just Spooky!

Has your landlord still not fixed the water pressure in your apartment? Do your neighbors stomp upstairs like a herd
2 min read
Mar
25
Lundy’s Building: A Real Fixer Upper?

Lundy’s Building: A Real Fixer Upper?

Ragged blue tarp hanging from the Lundy’s building. (Photo: Ed Cheney)The historic Lundy’s Building [/?s=lundy%27s]
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Mar
09
B&B Carousell Added To National Register Of Historic Places

B&B Carousell Added To National Register Of Historic Places

The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney
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Feb
05
Councilmembers Rally Around Effort To Landmark Riegelmann Boardwalk

Councilmembers Rally Around Effort To Landmark Riegelmann Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann
2 min read
Jul
10
After City Withdraws Proposal To Remove Green-Wood Cemetery From Landmarks List, Plan Released For Reviewing Backlog

After City Withdraws Proposal To Remove Green-Wood Cemetery From Landmarks List, Plan Released For Reviewing Backlog

Photo via Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.facebook.com/historicgreenwood/photos/pb.168452476528119.-2207520000.1436552017./455914641115233/?type=3&theater] The
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Dec
08
Councilman Treyger Moves To Make Coney Island Boardwalk A City Landmark

Councilman Treyger Moves To Make Coney Island Boardwalk A City Landmark

Can our beloved boardwalk be saved? Councilman Mark Treyger asked the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to make Coney
2 min read
Aug
19
Owners Of 80 Rugby Road Struggle To Return Home After Blaze Devastated Their Landmarked House In 2012

Owners Of 80 Rugby Road Struggle To Return Home After Blaze Devastated Their Landmarked House In 2012

After a fire tore through a landmarked Victorian home at 80 Rugby Road [/blog/crime/fire-on-rugby-road-near-church-ave-this-morning] in November 2012,  its
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Oct
04

Students Dig Up Old Dutch Brooklyn

Students excavate an old well at the Lott House (Source: brooklyn.cuny.edu)The famous and historic Lott House of
1 min read
Feb
07

Coney Island Theater Threatened By Wood-Eating Beetles

Source: Sarah_Ackerman via FlickrA colony of ravenous wood-eating beetles is endangering the first floor rafters of the Coney Island
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