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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – NYPD Officer Michael Martinez, 40, was arrested and charged on multiple accounts after allegedly misrepresenting his income to pay less in child support. An 11-year veteran of the force, Martinez shorted
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With the proposed landmarking of the Riegelmann Boardwalk on the LPC’s calendar, the iconic planks are one step closer to being saved (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – After years of effort from local politicians and communities, Coney Island’s Reigelman Boardwalk is one step closer to becoming an official
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https://youtu.be/5h47wZw7MpE Cops are searching for a man wearing bright red sneakers, who they say is wanted for several cellphone robberies that occurred on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk recently. In the first incident, the suspect punched a 25-year-old male victim in the face on the boardwalk and
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Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoDemocratic State Assembly candidate Kate Cucco [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/05/cucco-announces-candidacy-46th-assembly-district/#.V5D5oZOAOko] has been interested in public service since she was a child in her native Ohio, when she often tagged along with her grandfather to United Steelworkers Union [http://www.usw.org/] events.
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Photo courtesy of Kate CuccoDemocratic State Assembly candidate Kate Cucco [/cucco-announces-candidacy-46th-assembly-district/#.V5D5oZOAOko] has been interested in public service since she was a child in her native Ohio, when she often tagged along with her grandfather to United Steelworkers Union [http://www.usw.org/] events. The 31-year-old, who now lives in
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Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch, as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
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Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch — as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James — calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
Arts & Culture
Photo via Coney Island History Project [https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandHistoryProject?fref=ts]The Alliance for Coney Island is proud to announce the premiere of Showstopper Sundays in Coney Island, which will run Sunday’s July 10 – August 14 on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk! Live auditions for performers will
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Photo via Coney Island History Project [https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandHistoryProject?fref=ts]The Alliance for Coney Island is proud to announce the premiere of Showstopper Sundays in Coney Island, which will run from July 10 to August 14 on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk! Live auditions for performers will
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [/councilman-treyger-moves-make-coney-island-boardwalk-city-landmark/] for the Landmarks Preservation Commission
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Photo by Sheepshead BitesThe Parks Department will begin this week removing ugly pilings left over from a failed effort to build an elevated comfort station in Brighton Beach, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’s office announced. The pilings are the vestiges of a fruitless attempt by the city to replace a set
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrJoin Democratic presidential contender Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally [https://www.facebook.com/events/250137442000187/] on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk tomorrow. General admission entrance is located at Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk. Doors open at 11am. Tickets are not required for this free event, but
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrJoin Democratic presidential contender Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally [https://www.facebook.com/events/250137442000187/] on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk tomorrow. General admission entrance is located at Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk. Doors open at 11am. Tickets are not required for this free event, but
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Mute swans in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity council members are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced