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New Year's Day

Dec
31
Take the Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island on New Year’s Day!

Take the Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island on New Year’s Day!

It’s New Year’s Eve, and while there is plenty of partying to be done and fireworks shows to
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Jan
03
2017, Not A Dry Run: Best Photos From Coney Island’s Polar Bear Plunge

2017, Not A Dry Run: Best Photos From Coney Island’s Polar Bear Plunge

(Photo by Teri Brennan Photography)Last Sunday afternoon, thousands of Coney Island revelers took a leaping plunge into 2017. It
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Jan
05
Freezin’ For A Good Cause: Photos From The 2016 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

Freezin’ For A Good Cause: Photos From The 2016 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

https://youtu.be/kipxoCROXIM Thousands splashed into the ice-cold Atlantic New Year’s Day for the annual Coney Island Polar
2 min read
Jan
05
Freezin’ For A Good Cause: Photos From The 2016 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

Freezin’ For A Good Cause: Photos From The 2016 Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

https://youtu.be/kipxoCROXIM Thousands splashed into the ice-cold Atlantic New Year’s Day for the annual Coney Island Polar
2 min read
Jan
04
Meet America’s First Baby Of 2016 — Born ‘Exactly Midnight’ At Coney Island Hospital

Meet America’s First Baby Of 2016 — Born ‘Exactly Midnight’ At Coney Island Hospital

Courtesy of Coney Island HospitalNew York City’s first baby of 2016 was born exactly midnight on January 1, at
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Jan
04
This Is What It Feels Like To Take The Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

This Is What It Feels Like To Take The Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

One of the costumed characters at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)You can’t
5 min read
Dec
31
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Photo via Ricky LeongHappy New Year to all our wonderful neighbors! For those of you ringing in 2016 around the
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Dec
30
A History Of Coney Island’s 112-Year-Old Polar Bear Club

A History Of Coney Island’s 112-Year-Old Polar Bear Club

By Albin Lohr-JonesThe Coney Island Polar Bear Club [http://www.polarbearclub.org/] has become widely associated New Year’s Day,
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Dec
29

Things To Do In Kensington & Windsor Terrace: New Year’s Edition

Fireworks At Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Andrew Gardner [https://www.instagram.com/p/xSI-rxr1SO/])What are you doing to
2 min read
Dec
29

Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week: New Year’s Edition

Fireworks At Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Andrew Gardner [https://www.instagram.com/p/xSI-rxr1SO/])What are you doing to
3 min read