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Coney Island Lacks Lifeguards, No Swimming on West Side

Courtesy NYC ParksCONEY ISLAND – Don’t go in the water! At least, not yet… Would-be swimmers have complained about a lack of lifeguards between West 19th and 29th Streets at Coney Island that’s keeping them out of the water, the NY Post reported. While beaches have been open since

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Coney Island Drowning Victim In Critical Condition, Hospital Says

Photo by Sheepshead BitesA 27-year old man is still in critical condition after being pulled to shore in Coney Island Wednesday evening, according to spokesperson for Coney Island Hospital, where the man is being treated. Rescue workers responded to a call at 4:39pm about a drowning victim in the

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One Hundred Years Ago Today, These 40 Ladies Showed “Skilful Work” During “Fancy Diving Contest”

Twitter user @RealTimeWWI alerted us to the photo above this morning, showing the “Start of women’s race” here in Sheepshead Bay exactly one hundred years ago today. The photo itself comes from the Library of Congress Bain Collection, an enormous set of photographs from “one of America’s earliest

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Brighton Beach Lifeguard Is City’s Longest Serving

Billy Weintraub at the 2009 Mermaid Parade. (Photo by Malcolm Brown via NYCgo.comBilly Weintraub just finished another year serving as a New York City lifeguard, making him the longest-serving lifeguard in the city. Observer is reporting that Weintraub just finished his astonishing 51st season of service. Weintraub looks incredibly

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Lifeguard Saves Drowning Man At Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach (Photo By Allan Shweky)The proud decades-long tradition of the lady lifeguards of Brighton Beach lives on. A Parks Department lifeguard heroically revived a man who nearly drowned in the waters of Brighton Beach on Friday. At 2 p.m. in the sweltering Friday afternoon heat, two women

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Video: The Lady Lifeguards Of Manhattan Beach, Circa 1940

We came across this incredible historic gem of a film this week, featuring the extraordinary training of the first female lifeguards of Manhattan Beach. The film, dug out of the public domain section of the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive (the wing housing the collection of U.S. cultural history)