By Brian Park Coney Island winters can be unforgiving. Gone are the tourists and beachgoers of the summer months. The cold winds, exacerbated in their fury by the Atlantic, bite at exposed skin like an [...]
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Nine children were on a yellow school bus this morning when it jumped a curb and crashed into a Capital One Bank in Gravesend. One adult was severely injured and the children, students at Mark [...]
Friday, December 10, 2010
A woman allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver on her morning to commute, accusing her of purposely driving slow. Alicea Diaz of Coney Island was aboard the B82 Limited in Bensonhurst when she allegedly yelled [...]
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
By Miranda Neubauer Brooklyn’s clout in the new U.S. Congress will be greatly diminished come January. Despite easy victories in November, the borough’s three most powerful congressional representatives will be removed from leadership posts in [...]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
By Lillian Rizzo On a cold Thanksgiving morning, music is softly trickling out from the Haber Houses Senior Center off of Surf Avenue. Rather than the standard holiday season music, however, a lone Yiddish singer [...]
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Coney Island’s boardwalk still has hope for survival. State senator Carl Kruger said he is hoping to work with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in order to keep the businesses from being evicted, the New York Post [...]
Monday, November 15, 2010
By Evan MacDonald In the end, there were no surprises. Goliath had David’s number on Saturday afternoon in Coney Island, as undefeated Abraham Lincoln rolled to a 38-14 win over Sheepshead Bay yesterday in the [...]
Monday, November 15, 2010
By Michael Keller In Little Pakistan, Once Upon a Time Antiques on Coney Island Avenue remains a neighborhood center.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
By Vegas Tenold A memory of summer in Coney Island—and of falling in love on the ferris wheel. Deno’s Wonder Wheel from Vegas Tenold on Vimeo.
Monday, October 11, 2010
A mugger who preys on elderly women is still loose, CBS2 New York reports. The man is wanted in connection with at least 6 robberies since June. His victims have all been women between 70 [...]
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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