Here's fun summer entertainment, and free: Coney Island Flicks on the Beach (presented by Alliance for Coney Island, and Amazon Studios).
On Mondays at 8:00 P.M. during July and August, a giant 40-foot inflatable screen turns the beach at West 10th Street into an outdoor movie theater.
Come on down and see a mix of modern, classic and indie movies.
For directions, maps, and full schedule head to coneyflicks.com
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Friday, July 7, 2017
Coney Island Flicks On the Beach
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Vote for NY Aquarium's New Murals
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Mural by Thomas Manco |
Judges narrowed down 42 artist submissions to seven finalists.
"We received incredible submissions from artists all around the New York area who want to help transform our Education Hall boardwalk facade and inspire people to protect our waters. Now we need New Yorkers to help to choose the winner,” Jon Forrest Dohlin, director of the New York Aquarium, said.
The three winning designs will be installed and unveiled the week of World Ocean’s Day, June 8.
More on this here, including some very corny puns.
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Panic in Coney Island; Schneiderman Leads Trump Opposition; Machete Attack on Fulton Street and More Brooklyn Briefs
- False reports of gunshots being fired at Coney Island's amusement park set off a stampede on Sunday, with screaming crowds racing in all directions. [Daily News]Paul Manafort's Brooklyn neighbor... pic.twitter.com/HnATDTvVe1— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) April 16, 2017
- Fight Back Bay Ridge: With Donovan absent, Brooklyn constituents plan town hall. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Dem AGs, with Eric Schneiderman in the lead, join front lines of Trump opposition. [The Hill]
- Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man wanted in connection to a machete assault on Fulton Street. [News 12]
- Two thieves break into Midwood synagogue, beat caretaker with broomstick. [Daily News]
- ICYMI: City memo suggests BQX may not be financially feasible after all. [Politico]
- ICYMI: Brooklyn Heights Association's Pier 6 lawsuit to stay in Manhattan. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Brooklyn man whose body was found buried in a snowbank last month. [Daily Mail]
- Rep. Dan Donovan has asked the MTA to study the impact of reestablishing a two-way toll on the Verrazano Bridge. [Brooklyn Paper]
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Monday, February 27, 2017
Feds Probe de Blasio, Again; BHA: Pier 6 Unnecessary; Did Prison Feed Inmates Rat Poison? And More Brooklyn Briefs
Speeding Motorcyclist On Belt Parkway In Brooklyn Tackled By Passing Driver pic.twitter.com/wCIfK3VZ2Q— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 26, 2017
- Feds probe possible de Blasio role in re-opening troubled Brooklyn school run by fund-raiser. [Daily News]
- Brooklyn prison is sued for $16 million for 'feeding inmates Thanksgiving cake laced with rat poison.' [Daily Mail]
- A 12-year-old boy from Weeksville, Brooklyn has gone missing. [Patch]
- Infant who survived in 1920s Coney Island sideshow incubator dies at 96. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Lifelong motorcyclist dies after slamming on brakes and skidding on road in East Williamsburg. [Daily News]
- Brooklyn Heights Association: New data from city shows Pier 6 development unnecessary. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- This new bar is all about Mezcal. [Grub Street]
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Polar Bear Fashion; Cops Shoot Canarsie Man Wielding Knife; and More Brooklyn Briefs
#Brooklyn hospitals welcome first babies of 2017 https://t.co/VEB7jFx8rl @NYULutheran @nym_hospital pic.twitter.com/FCzFk9d1vi— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) January 3, 2017
- An NYPD cop fatally shot a knife-wielding man in Canarsie Tuesday night. [NY Post]
- Blaze tears through two Kensington apartments, injures three. [Daily News]
- Polar Bears are sure dressing funny lately for their New Year's plunge. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Cops are asking the public’s help finding a 23-year-old driver accused of mowing down a pedestrian in Brooklyn and ditching his two passengers in his mangled Lexus. [Daily News]
- In Williamsburg, a range of luxury, beautifully designed hotels are opening, jostling for the attentions of fashionable travelers. [Daily Beast]
- Here are a few of the really gross things living on a dollar bill. [NY Magazine]
- The St. Ives Apricot Scrub controversy is headed to court. [Slate]
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Monday, December 5, 2016
Correction Officer Shot; Little Jaden Jordan Dies; Brooklyn Filmmaker Missing in Oakland Club Fire and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an off-duty correction officer, who was killed while sitting in her car in Brooklyn. [abc7] and [Daily News]
- Three-year-old Jaden Jordan died after being taken off life support following an alleged beating. [Daily News]
- Brooklyn filmmaker among those missing in horrific Oakland club fire. [NY Post]
- 'Hero' Muslim cop, her son harassed by bigot in Brooklyn who shouted 'I will cut your throat.' [Daily News]
- Grim photos of gritty gang life in Brooklyn in the early 2000s. [Vice]
- Watch this tiny NYPD Smart Car zip around Brooklyn Bridge Park. [NYPD News]
Ride along with us through Brooklyn Bridge Park to see what the NYPD Smart Car can do.— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 4, 2016
More: https://t.co/W3F1wCdoPD @smartcarusa pic.twitter.com/ggGVngCo7t
- A man who was severely burned when an e-cigarette exploded in his pocket was released from the hospital Sunday. [CBS]
- House Speaker Paul Ryan slammed the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision Sunday to deny the final permits required for the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota. [The Hill]
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Monday, September 12, 2016
Coney Island Stabbings; Exploding Smartphone Injures Child; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Cirque du Soliel, at Barclays Center. Photo by MK Metz |
- Prosecutors believe slain Brooklyn landlord Menachem Stark was victim of a hit. [Daily News]
- Galaxy Note7 smartphone explodes in hands of 6-year-old in Brooklyn. [Gothamist]
- Poll reveals enormous support for Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Muslim leaders in New York are calling on the city to take action after two Muslim women pushing baby strollers in Brooklyn were attacked last week. [MetroNY]
- In Gowanus, gripes from all sides about the parole office. [Brooklyn Ink]
- Hillary Clinton’s health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign. [Washington Post]
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Murder in Williamsburg; 'Stranger Things' Kids at Coney; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Puente Brooklyn - Nueva York. pic.twitter.com/GRkxEljDuV— Pablo Escutia (@pabbloEscuttia) September 7, 2016
- Man shot and killed in Williamsburg while trying to run away from fight called 911 before collapsing. [NY Daily News]
- Spotted in the wild: The strange case of Brooklyn’s Trump supporters. [Brokelyn]
- Nitehawk Cinema opening second Brooklyn location. [Brooklyn Vegan]
- Why de Blasio hit a wall on stopping traffic deaths (and why those pedestrian islands were ripped out). [NY Post]
- You missed the kids from ‘Stranger Things’ in Coney Island Monday. [Brokelyn]
- Spider-Man, a hammerhead shark or a life-size Lego figure can all be yours at a prop shop in Brooklyn. [NY1]
- Woody Allen filming in Coney Island next week. [Sheepshead Bites].
- VIDEO: Inside the crazy Coney Island Beard And Mustache Competition. [Brooklyn Eagle]
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Free eBooks on Subway; L Train Alts; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- For 8 weeks, you can download free eBooks on subway wifi. [Brokelyn]
- There's other ways to commute after the L train shuts down. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- A 36-year-old man who works with homeless women and children was killed in broad daylight Monday in a drive-by shooting in Borough Park. [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Voting booth changes anger Brooklyn Heights residents. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Wahlburgers has been sued for wage theft and violating state and federal labor laws at its Coney Island location. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Sufferers of iPhone 6’s ‘Touch Disease’ may soon have a class action lawsuit [TechCrunch]
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Brooklyn Hospitals Get Terrible Rating from Federal Gov; Laundromat Dog Stealer; and More Brooklyn Briefs
RT @NYPDTransit: This guy is wanted for forcible touching on 8/12 on the Q train in Brooklyn- Call #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/CJy5KWvVIs— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 23, 2016
- Unhealthy Brooklyn: Brooklyn hospitals fare abysmally in disputed federal rankings. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Woman shot while playing with grandchildren at Brooklyn playground. [Daily News]
- The Coney Island Circus Sideshow school has opened to train people in the classic art of freaking people out. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Police are searching for a man who stole a dog from a laundromat in Bushwick. [CBSlocal]
- Pictures: Coney Island’s 26th annual sand sculpting competition took the classic beach activity to a new level on Saturday. [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Here's what a million dollars worth of frozen eels looks like. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Glass artist tags Brooklyn Heights with colorful pigeons. [BHB] And this is the guy who makes the beautiful glass mosaics on lampposts in the East Village. [Open Culture]
- Venus and Jupiter are converging for a spectacular conjunction in the sunset sky on August 27th. [NASA]
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Last Chance to Catch Coney Island Mermaids Exhibit
The event will take place at the Urban Folk Art Gallery (101 Smith St., Brooklyn, 11201).
Luke Ratray has captured a unique perspective on the annual Mermaid Parade by "focusing on the people instead of the pageantry," according to a release.
"People who invent identities for themselves, even if only for a day, have always fascinated me," Ratray said in the release. "When I photographed the Mermaid Parade for the first time, I knew that I found something special. I was attracted to the homemade spirit and revelry of people involving themselves in what may be the last self-made, and largely self-regulated, public performance in New York City. "
In the early photos, sightings of the first "property for lease" and "for sale" signs appear. There are glimpses of the Surf Hotel, The Bank Building, Denny's ice cream shop, Nick's diner, and the old-school "Shoot 'Em Up" on Surf Avenue. (They have all since been razed.)
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
That Brooklyn K2 Zombie Video; Buy Some Pokeman Go Help; and More Brooklyn Briefs
'It looked like a scene out of the Walking Dead'... Brian Arthur Spmg captures shocking footage on his cell phone of
multiple people overdosing on the synthetic marijuana K2 in the streets around Brooklyn
Community Garden.
- A rash of K2 overdoses that swept through a Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday has been linked to two shops in Bed-Stuy. [Daily News] Plus: the victims looked like the Walking Dead. [Market Watch]
- That didn't take long: New Yorkers are now offering their Pokemon Go services on Craigslist, for money. [Brokelyn]
- Brooklyn family worries missing mom is being held against her will as her baby marks 1st birthday.[Pix11]
- 3 places to rent affordable camping gear in Brooklyn. [Brokelyn]
- Police are asking the public for assistance locating a Coney Island teenager who went missing last week. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Bay Ridge Summer Stroll starts July 15. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- A list of stupid or dumb places people have wandered into while playing Pokeman Go. [Brooklyn Eagle/AP]
- Trump's VP search enters frenzied phase. [CNN]
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
May 4: City Council Hearing on Landmarking the Coney Island Boardwalk
From the Coney Island History Project:
On May 4th, the City Council's Land Use Committee will be hearing testimony on Councilman Mark Treyger's resolution calling for Coney Island's Riegelmann Boardwalk to be designated an official scenic landmark.
"The landmarking process in this city needs to be an equitable process, because the history and tradition of all of our city's neighborhoods must be preserved," says Councilman Treyger. "Too much has been lost already. The Boardwalk is a quintessential part of Southern Brooklyn's history, and I am encouraging all residents of Southern Brooklyn, as well as any New Yorker that remembers walking down the Boardwalk, feeling the cool ocean breeze embracing them, to join me on May 4th at City Hall. Let your voice be heard! Testify at this hearing and make sure the city administration and the Landmarks Preservation Commission know how much the Boardwalk means to you and to our city."
In February, Treyger introduced the resolution to the City Council where it received the support of all but one of the City's Council Members, as well as Public Advocate Letitia James. The resolution will be discussed at the Committee's May 4th 11:00 AM hearing in the Council Committee Room at City Hall.
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
E-Cigarette Blinds Boy; Coney Island Hospital Sited; Bernie, Hillary, Trump & Cruz; and More Brooklyn Briefs
The NYPD, police officers from partner agencies & PERF discussing increasing officer/public safety during a crisis pic.twitter.com/rjHzEJN03Y— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 13, 2016
(Above) Cops are working on planning for a future crisis, thank goodness.
- Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn. [Raw Story]
- All eyes on Brooklyn -- with more voters than any other borough -- ahead of New York primary. [WSJ]
- And ... Ted Cruz should lighten up in Brooklyn. [The Federalist]
- 14-year-old blinded after e-cigarette explodes at the Kings Plaza Mall. [Pix11]
- Coney Island Hospital hit with 6 violation after grandmother's death. [Sheepshead Bites]
- A Brooklyn principal the city tried to fire for cheating was cleared by an independent arbitrator on Wednesday. [Daily News]
- Jehovah’s Witnesses reach $700M handshake deal for Brooklyn Heights plot. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- WATCH: Brooklyn Fire Inspector mauls bodega clerk -- and nobody cares. [Patch]
- Confusion in Trump world: Wounded Donald Trump is hiring Republican fixers to professionalize his operation and sidelining his original team. [Politico]
- Our hero: Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean. [Washington Post]
- Did they lie to us about vegetable oil being healthier for you than meat fat? [Huff Post]
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Bernie PLays B-Ball Like a True Brooklynite; Judge Mulls Pierhouse Case; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Now here's a newspaper front page for ya.New York Daily News calls voters "mindless zombies" over Trump win— The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2016
https://t.co/N6hTTZVv8t #NHPrimary pic.twitter.com/Df5dcEste0
- Brooklyn Judge mulling Pierhouse penthouse arguments. At issue is 20-foot wedge of $6 million penthouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Tuesday at high tide, the polluted waters of the Gowanus were level with the base of Lightstone Group's residential building. [PMFA]
- Brooklyn Nets TV ratings continue to drop. [Nets Daily]
- Lunar New Year symbols and customs explained. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Tax accountant sets up shop in a Brooklyn bar. [Fox5]
- Coney Island boardwalk landmark fight gains momentum, pols push to save the wood. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Caught on video: Crook robs liquor store on Fulton Street after crawling in through ceiling. [abc]
- How to shop at Costco without a membership (or a car). [Brokelyn]
And finally: Q: How is Bernie making every shot? A: "He's from Brooklyn."
"Is this a joke? How is he making every one?"— akhi DOOM (@eatinghalalfood) February 10, 2016
"He's from Brooklyn" #FeelTheBern @BernieSanders pic.twitter.com/uLHojOfqaQ
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Bloomberg's Jab at De Blasio at the Al Smith Dinner; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Union-sponsored jab at fire-prone AvalonBay. In D'twn Brooklyn. Photo by MK Metz |
- Some of the weirdest beards you've ever seen, at the National Beard Championship in Brooklyn. (Photos) [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Fatal crash in a Brooklyn creek, seen only on camera. [NY Times]
- Bloomberg at the Al Smith Dinner: "The only thing Mayor de Blasio ever showed up early to was the Brooklyn real-estate market.” [NY Post]
- Growing New York Comedy Festival takes over Brooklyn. [Variety]
- The spectacular hubris of the Brooklyn Nets. [Rolling Stone]
- Here’s why fast-food workers are striking in 500 U.S. cities, including Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- More on that 3-eyed catfish in the Gowanus Canal. [WFJA]
- Lucy Liu popped into Coney Island’s 60th Precinct Monday to film a scene for the CBS show 'Elementary.' [Bensonburst Bean]
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Brooklyn: Harris First African-American to Represent Majority White District; Persaud in Canarsie
Congrats 2 Assemblymember Pamela Harris. 1st #nonWhite 2 rep majority #White district ever in #NYS @MarkTreyger718 pic.twitter.com/0QRAIFSynm
— Jumaane (@JumaaneWilliams) November 4, 2015
Democrat Pam Harris enjoyed a "bigger than expected victory" in the race to succeed former Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny, the Brooklyn Eagle reports.
It had been expected to be a close race. But instead, Harris easily defeated Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter, 63 percent to 37 percent.
The 46th AD includes parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Coney Island.
Harris is the only African-American to represent a majority white district in New York City, the Observer says.
In another Brooklyn race, Democratic Assemblymember Roxanne Persaud won a landslide victory in the special election in the 19th state Senate District (Canarsie-Crown Heights-East Flatbush).
Persaud will take the seat formerly held by Democrat John Sampson, convicted.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
7-Year-Old Girl Brain Dead After Choking at School; 'Dwight Schrute' Coming to DUMBO; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Watching the World Series Game 1 at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Photo: MK Metz |
- Velázquez introduces gun bill that would tax sales, and fund anti-violence and mental health programs. The NRA is going to hate it. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Police are looking for a Canarsie man wanted for allegedly shooting his wife in the face. [NY1]
- A man was charged Tuesday night in a shooting in Bushwick that left one man dead and two others hurt. [CBS]
- Rainn Wilson -- beet farmer Dwight Schrute on “The Office” -- is coming to DUMBO to talk up new book. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- After a surge in ridership, Coney Island’s elected officials are calling on the MTA to restore F train express service. [Sheepshead Bites]
- A "mixed-race" wedding in 1907 in Bed-Stuy attracts unwanted attention. [Brownstoner]
- A list of all the weird things that happened during the first game of the World Series last night. [Slate]
- Florida man is in a coma after e-cigarette explodes in his face. [Daily News]
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Coney Island Boardwalk Advocates Pissed that Brooklyn's Dumped History Ended Up Restored in Italy
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| The Coney Island boardwalk, now in Italy. Courtesy BRIC via Sheepshead Bites |
The revelation angered many boardwalk advocates who felt the boardwalk had been prematurely discarded by city officials, who are working to replace much of it with concrete and recycled materials...
How Did Discarded Wood From The Riegelmann Boardwalk End Up In An Italian Art Fair?
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Men Disappear into Brooklyn Sewer; Macy's Transformation; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Marina, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: MK Metz |
- A 10-year-old charged with mugging a Brooklyn grandmother earlier this week added arson to his list of offenses... The 4-year-old lookout was not arrested. [NY Daily News]
- FDNY didn't find 2 scavengers who climbed into the Brooklyn sewer system last night. [PIX11] UPDATE: Oh yes they did, and what a mess. [NY Daily News]
- Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is in Istanbul, Turkey, this week to sign a “sister city protocol” with Istanbul’s hip Üsküdar borough. [Patch]
- The Coney Island Sand Sculpting contest’s 25th anniversary is this Saturday. [Brownstoner]
- New renderings of the 40-story tower to be built in Coney Island show it will be a bit higher than expected and will include retail and a community space. [YIMBY]
- The Brooklyn Whale Oil company building in Sunset Park is selling for $82.5 million. [Crain's NY]
- Bad news for Amplify, the NewsCorp subsidiary owned by Rupert Murdoch and run by ex-NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. [NYC Public School Parents] Specifically, "The nail is in the coffin for Amplify." [Edsurge]
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