Ride the Wonder Wheel for free on opening day
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Ride the Wonder Wheel for free on opening day

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OK, so it’s snowing, in March. Might not be the best time to be thinking about frolicking on the beach when it’s […]

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Coney Island gets a 1940s shooting gallery back for the summer
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Coney Island gets a 1940s shooting gallery back for the summer

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Other than the good news about the New York Aquarium re-opening, stories about Coney Island are almost always sad ones about another […]

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Hang with the fishes when the New York Aquarium re-opens
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Hang with the fishes when the New York Aquarium re-opens

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Slowly but surely, New York is picking itself up and dusting itself off after Sandy. Because screw you, ya jerk hurricane. Fairway […]

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Looking for a summer job? Become a Coney Island carny
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Looking for a summer job? Become a Coney Island carny

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If you’ve ever harbored the desire to man a midway booth, you’re in luck: Coney Island’s getting ramped up for the summer […]

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Cha Cha’s last dance? Coney Island bar ‘officially closed’
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Cha Cha’s last dance? Coney Island bar ‘officially closed’

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We get one awesome piece of news about a Brooklyn place re-opening and we guess the universe considers it balance to hand […]

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Too good to be true: Cyclones to hold ‘Fictitious Friday’ in honor of Manti Te’o
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Too good to be true: Cyclones to hold ‘Fictitious Friday’ in honor of Manti Te’o

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The story of Manti Te’o and his fake dead girlfriend is one of endless twists and endless delights. Did he know? Was […]

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Goodbye Coney Island, hello Myrtle Beach
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Goodbye Coney Island, hello Myrtle Beach

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Brace yourselves, Coney Island, hurricane Rita is coming, as in Main Street ‘Rita, that vaguely booz-ish beverage you ordered off the Applebee’s […]

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Too much water is not a good thing: help save the NY Aquarium
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Too much water is not a good thing: help save the NY Aquarium

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While Sandy damaged but didn’t sweep away the Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel, some of Brooklyn’s living, breathing animals weren’t quite so lucky. […]

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Eye see what you did there: free eye care comes to Coney Island
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Eye see what you did there: free eye care comes to Coney Island

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As Brooklyn rebuilds after Sandy, people are starting to focus on smaller things they may have fallen behind on or lost after […]

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Getting Coney bumping again will take some dough
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Getting Coney bumping again will take some dough

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While we were fortunate enough to be spared the Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel, Sandy may be depriving us of a summer full […]

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