Local pols break ground on Coney Island resiliency project
Some Coney Island residents were treated to more than just dinner and a movie this Valentine’s Day.
Instead, elected officials stood on the sands of Seagate on Saturday, February 14 and broke ground on a multi-million-dollar project they say will greatly protect the coastal community’s shoreline.
Part of the city’s comprehensive citywide resiliency plan, the $35 million Coney Island beach project will see the construction of a series of T-groin rock jetties west of West 37th Street, and will also include dredging sand from the Rockaway inlet for use as beach fill.