May. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Roughly 26,000 runners will run 13.1 miles from Prospect Park to Coney Island during the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday, looping through dozens of neighborhoods on the way to the finish line.
May. 14, 2024 By Jada Camille
Clear the Coney Island boardwalk! The historic stretch will soon play host to the 42nd annual Mermaid Parade on Saturday, June 22, as costume-clad Brooklynites prepare to partake in the peninsula’s most popular summer celebration.
Apr. 23, 2024 By Adam Daly
A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison after he burglarized a popular Coney Island restaurant and made off with $100,000 from its safe, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Trauma Recovery Center opened in Coney Island on Wednesday, promising support and services for local crime victims and their families.
Apr. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
Two public housing sites in Coney Island are next in line to vote on whether they’ll enter the city’s new permanent affordability program, join a housing trust or remain Section 9 housing, the New York City Housing Authority announced.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Jada Camille
The site of Coney Island baseball fun is now also home to Brooklyn Football Club — the pro-soccer league coming to the area this summer. Team heads and local supporters gathered at Maimonides Park on April 10 for a ceremonial ribbon cutting.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but it’s not really clear if the news cycle in Brooklyn follows that trend.
Mar. 29, 2024 By Beth Harris, AP
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87.
Mar. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly
Coney Island’s iconic amusement parks reopened for the 2024 season with the annual blessing of the rides, which attracted hundreds of thrill-seekers to the People’s Playground on Sunday for their chance to take one of the first rides of the year.
Mar. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille
A task force from the New York City Sheriff’s Office last week busted some southern Brooklyn shops for illegally carrying and selling cannabis and other illicit products during a routine inspection of the district.