Multiple Daily Bridge Lifts Set To Begin This Week On Marine Parkway Bridge
If you are a motorist who frequently drives over the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — prepare to be inconvenienced for the next month or so. According to a release we received from the MTA,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Car Loses Control, Drives Into Coney Island Ave Contruction Site In...
Scanner reports indicate that a driver in Midwood lost control of his car, swerved into a construction site, and plummeted 40 feet into a hole this morning. Early reports indicate the accident occurred...
View ArticleCyclists Rejoice! Rehabilitation Of Ocean Parkway Malls To Resume In 2014
If you’re a bicyclist or pedestrian who makes Ocean Parkway a part of your routine, you’ve probably noticed how nice the pavement is above Avenue O. And you’ve probably noticed how cruddy it is south...
View ArticleStorobin Sends Second Letter To Bloomberg About Voorhies Mosque
We wrote back in July about State Senator David Storobin’s attempts to get the city to revisit the issue of the Islamic mosque and community center at 2812 Voorhies Avenue, hoping they’d squash the...
View ArticlePlumb Beach Repairs Begin Today! Army Corps To Dump 127,000 Cubic Yards Of...
The Army Corps of Engineers will begin hotly-anticipated long-term repairs to Plumb Beach today, dumping the first of 127,000 cubic yards of sand on an eroded stretch of the coastline. The first phase...
View ArticleVideo: Plumb Beach Sand Pumping In Action
As we reported last week, the Army Corp of Engineers began the process of restoring Plumb Beach by pumping more than 127,000 cubic yards of sand into the eroded stretch. The video above shows you...
View ArticleArmy Corps: Plumb Beach Will Be Prepared For Hurricane Sandy
Almost immediately after it became clear that Hurricane Sandy, and its alter-ego the Frankenstorm, could come ashore in Long Island or New York City, we reached out to the Army Corps of Engineers to...
View ArticlePhotos: Scaffolding Collapses At Coney Island’s Amalgamated Warbasse Houses
A reader sent these photos in, showing that scaffolding has collapsed around the Amalgamated Warbasse Houses at 2800 West 5th Street on the Brighton Beach – Coney Island border. We really hope no one...
View ArticleIn Emmons Avenue’s Hard Hit Waterfront Bungalow Colonies, No One Pays A Visit
Despite more than a week of cleaning, Emmons Avenue’s eastern end, a strip of waterfront condos, bungalows and boating clubs, remains in shambles. We visited Emmons Avenue’s two waterfront bungalow...
View ArticleDespite Destruction, Randazzo’s Vows To Reopen Before Thanksgiving
Rosemary Randazzo watched helplessly as her restaurant, the near-century-old Randazzo’s Clam Bar at 2017 Emmons Avenue, was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Through cameras that streamed to her computer,...
View ArticleNew Synagogue Slated For Ocean Parkway And Ave U
Our friends at the Friends of Ocean Parkway blog tipped us off to the soon-to-be-constructed Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, coming to Ocean Parkway at Avenue U. We called over to Rabbi Elie Abadie of...
View ArticleMassive Seascape Projects In City’s Future?
It would cost upwards of $10 billion and take nearly a decade to build, but politicians, engineers, and average citizens are starting to dream big when it comes to protecting New York City’s coastline...
View ArticleConstruction Lamps At Coney Island Hospital Blinding Drivers?
A high-powered spotlight used to illuminate Coney Island Hospital’s (2601 Ocean Parkway) construction work appears to be irking neighbors, and possibly blinding drivers. Here’s what tipster Ed L. wrote...
View ArticleDelmar Pizzeria Plans To Open By March
Delmar Pizza & Italian Eatery at 1668 Sheepshead Bay Road hung up a temporary “opening soon” banner this week. So please – please, please, please, please, please – stop e-mailing, calling, texting,...
View ArticleFDNY’s Local Marine Unit To Rebuild Headquarters After Being Wiped Out By Sandy
The fire eaters of the FDNY’s local marine unit will have to rebuild their summer headquarters – or find themselves homeless, thanks to Superstorm Sandy. The unit – FDNY Marine 3 – operates a summer...
View ArticleRapid Repairs Fixes 10,000 Storm Ravaged Homes
The city’s post-Sandy Rapid Repairs project got off to a shaky start, leaving many residents vexed by the stop-and-start progress of the program, but as we reported last month, Rapid Repairs began to...
View ArticleDelays At Marine Park Community Center Highlight Parks Department Deficiencies
After years of delays and millions of dollars over budget, Marine Park residents are still without a much-anticipated community center. And the project is now one of the most notable in the city as an...
View ArticleCuomo Wants Hard-Hit Homeowners To Sell Property To Gov’t
Forget your guns, the government is coming for your house! Well, only if you want them to. And only if you live in an area hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. The Daily News reports: Gov. Cuomo wants...
View ArticlePhoto: Breakers Condo Development Rebuilding Pier Wiped Out By Sandy
I don’t think there’s any secret that there’s no love lost between myself and the Breakers condo development (3128 Emmons Avenue), which I’ve alternately referred to as “fugly,” the “fanciest storage...
View ArticleCuomo Reveals More Details Of Buyout Plan For Sandy-Damaged Homes
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in January that he was pursuing a plan to buy Sandy-damaged homes to protect from future floods; now, more details have come out about proposed eligibility – and a...
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