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Summerfair returning to Coney Island to celebrate empowering artists ...
If you thought Coney Island is some frozen-in-time relic, think again. It’s loud, brash, proudly weird, and full of life. Locals know it for its beach, boardwalk, vintage rides, seaside eats, and ...
The Greenpoint bar — known for its free pool, cheap drinks and newly-retooled downstairs restaurant, Franklin Frites — is giving Coney Island a run for its money. Though Joey Chestnut won’t ...
A teen carrying a gun was shot to death blocks from his Coney Island home, cops said Monday. Javon Johnnie, 18, was shot in the chest near W. 36th St. and Surf Ave. at about 5 p.m. Sunday.
The mother of the three children who drowned in Coney Island on Monday has been charged with murder, the NYPD said. According to police, Erin Merdy, 30, of Brooklyn was charged Wednesday with ...
During the summers many boarders moved in either to live at the beach or to work its attractions. One 1929 Forward article claimed that “a Coney Island apartment has more beds per square foot ...
Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School is a charter school located in Brooklyn, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter ...
Paramedics rushed him to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. The incident follows the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Coney Island on Sunday afternoon. A longtime ...
BROOKLYN — It’s the first perfect Friday of the year at Coney Island, shorts weather, with the wind coming off the Atlantic more a whisper than a yell. Batting practice at Maimonides Park is ...
What is one to make of the bizarre plan of a teenage Singaporean to turn Coney Island into a province of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria)? Given the daunting logistical challenges of ...
With 310 of 310 polls reporting, Aaron Gunn, of the Conservative Party, is projected to win in North Island—Powell River. As of 4:22 p.m., Gunn has 31,356 of 80,813 votes (38.8%). Tanille ...