Tag: rob burstein
Brighton Beach Bathroom Plans Revised, Community To Weigh In Thursday
The New York City Parks Department will present revised plans this Thursday for the controversial bathroom and comfort station slated for the Brighton Beach...
Brighton Residents: City Needs To Reconsider All Elevated Comfort Stations, Not...
A group of long-time Brighton Beach advocates seized the opportunity of Monday night's hearing about the Oceana comfort stations, telling the Parks Department that...
Coney’s Boardwalk Closer To A Plastic, Concrete Future
Coney Island's wooden boardwalk may have seen its last summer. A court decision last week puts the Parks Department one step closer to tearing...
Hearing To Determine Fate Of Coney Boardwalk Imminent
As we reported last month, the battle over the future of Coney Island's historic boardwalk is finally coming to a head this Thursday, October...
Wooden Boardwalk Advocates Headed To Court Against The Parks Department
Rob Burstein, president of the Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, Todd Dobrin, president of Friends of the Boardwalk, and the concrete boards on their beloved wooden boardwalk...
Concrete And Plastic “Boardwalk” Approved By Commission
Yesterday the Public Design Commission approved a plan to replace a large section of Coney Island's iconic wooden boardwalk with a combination of plastic...
TODAY: Boardwalk Hearing In Manhattan At Noon!
As reported on our sister site, Bensonhurst Bean, the much-anticipated and twice postponed public hearing that will render the final decision by the NYC...
Hearing Postponed, As Parks Continues Push For Concrete Walk In Coney...
The January 30 hearing for the Parks Department’s plan on converting the Coney Island Boardwalk into concrete has been moved to February 21, says Amusing...
