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Now Restored, a Historic Toll Sign Goes Back on Display in Celebration of Coney Island History
A Coney Island history organization celebrated the peninsula’s 200th anniversary and honored the area’s oldest surviving relic, the original toll house sign.
Veteran-Run Cyclone Bagels to Open in Coney Island Next Year
A new bagel shop run entirely by formerly homeless veterans is set to open soon in Coney Island.
Follow a Literary Course Through Coney Island With a New Poetry Map
As locals settle in to enjoy some peace and quiet post Labor Day, a Coney Island-based writing organization is highlighting area writers with a public poetry exhibit displayed all around the neighborhood.
Coney Island Celebrates Locals With Co-Naming Ceremonies for Three Streets
Three Coney Island streets were recently co-named to honor the legacy of locals who have left a lasting mark on the south Brooklyn community.
Developers Behind Coney Island Casino Proposal Tout Possibility of Thousands of Union Jobs
As they workshop their proposal to open a new casino in Coney Island, Thor Equities, the developers behind the bid, have announced they believe the new gaming facility would bring roughly 4,000 union jobs to the neighborhood.
A Wonder Wheel ride in a possible snowstorm, now that that's scary and WONDERFUL.
Coney Island Reopening for the Season With Free Wonder Wheel Rides This SundaySeagate and South Brooklyn does not equal all of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn’s Climate Crisis: Is the Borough Doomed?I wonder if The City can seize DavefromBedStuy's and relocate him to the Bedford Ave shelter
Vacant Coney Island Lots to Be Seized by City Through Eminent DomainI admire the reuse, but also think this is not very attractive. Little girls like pink, though, so that's nice.
So, Whatever Happened to Those 1950s Pink Bathroom Tiles?