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Nautilus Playground. (Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/nautilus-playground_brooklyn])Two Coney Island playgrounds are getting a facelift thanks, in part, to Superstorm Sandy recovery funds secured by City Councilman Mark Treyger. According to a press release sent Friday, the councilman worked with the city administration and the
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)In response to pressure from local politicians, the city is sending an additional 20 officers to Coney Island this summer to clear out costumed characters and panhandlers who have been hassling residents and visitors in the neighborhood’s amusement
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Courtesy of Mark TreygerCome out for two hours of free ice skating at Abe Stark Skating Rink [http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/iceskating/1] (1902 West 19th Street) on Tuesday, December 29, and Wednesday, December 30, both days at 9:30am. Hang out with local elected officials, and enjoy hot
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The report found there are two sex offenders living in the Marlboro Houses. (Source: Google Maps)Elected officials railed against NYCHA Monday for allowing registered sex offenders to to live illegally in public housing — including at least two at Gravesend’s Marlboro Houses [/in-list-of-citys-worst-housing-projects-marlboro-houses-ranks-41st-out-of-349/] . Following a report released last week
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> 50 year old delivery man Jing Liu dies 2 days after tree falls on him in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. #abc7ny [https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc7ny?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] #RedHook [https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedHook?src=
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The property owned by Chase Bank at 2909 West 17th Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Coney Island has made significant progress this year stitching together the neighborhood’s broken pieces after they were shattered by Superstorm Sandy. The Ida G. Israel Community Health Center reopened this summer [http://www.
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Photo courtesy of Counciman Mark Treyger/FacebookA combined $3.4 million dollars in funding has been secured to renovate and redevelop Scarangella Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/scarangella-park], one of the Bensonhurst/Gravesend area’s largest recreational park and playground locations. City Councilman Mark Treyger, State Senator Diane Savino
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]Amid what appears to be a renaissance in Coney Island, southern Brooklyn’s elected officials are calling on the MTA to restore F train express service to speed more visitors to the shorefront amusement park, News 12 Brooklyn reports [http:
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCouncilmembers David Greenfield and Mark Treyger, and Senator Simcha Felder are demanding that Ocean Parkway be repaired by the Department of Transportation (DOT) immediately. Last month, the councilmen and the senator each wrote letters to the agency urging that the road be fixed promptly. Pols say the
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Source: arlingtonva [https://www.flickr.com/photos/arlingtonva/7983213346/] FlickrIn the wake of yesterday’s shooting [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/06/two-struck-when-gunman-opens-fire-at-at-coney-island-housing-project/] — which wounded two, including a senior citizen — Councilman Mark Treyger is calling on the NYPD to put its new gunfire-tracking technology to use in Coney Island. The
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Source: NYC Workforce 1 Career Centers/FacebookGood news for job hunters in Southern Brooklyn. A new Workforce1 Career Center, located at 1906 Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, opened for business this week as part of the city’s effort to expedite economic recovery in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods. Formed by a
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Courtesy of Councilman Treyger’s officePublic Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Comptroller Scott Stringer joined local politicians, community members, and activists Sunday to express their outrage at the Parks Department’s concrete makeover of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/11/construction-begins-coney-island-boardwalk/