Brighton Beach history
June 29, 2025
Blythebourne, founded in 1887, merged with Borough Park in the 1920s, which grew rapidly with transit and became an Orthodox Jewish hub.
Blythebourne, founded in 1887, merged with Borough Park in the 1920s, which grew rapidly with transit and became an Orthodox Jewish hub.
FDNY EMTs Amber Black & Mitchell Tarnapolsky honored for heroic rescue of two drowning swimmers off Coney Island in July 2024.
GRAY seal pups have started appearing on Coney Island’s shoreline, marking the start of seal season, experts noted this week.
Spring has returned, which means that the opening of the two major Coney Island theme parks is right around the corner.
GET YOUR CHALLAH on at a Bake & Book Discussion with the Congregation B’nai Avraham Sisterhood in Brooklyn Heights.
A BODY WAS FOUND on a Coney Island beach early Monday morning by a Parks Dept. employee, according to the NYPD.
Forest for All NYC started in 2021 with a goal to expand New York City’s tree canopy up to 30% by 2035 while maintaining the city’s coverage.
Small businesses in Brooklyn are on the upswing. While North Brooklyn leads the charge, Southern Brooklyn is also seeing growth.
After multiple postponed openings, foreclosure proceedings and a scheduled auction that never came to pass, there may be hope yet for the troubled, inactive but still-elegant Hotel Bossert on Montague
A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach, officials said. The 50-year-old woman was swimming
A Brooklyn tradition was revived last Saturday with the return of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest after a three-year layoff. The Alliance for Coney Island and Brooklyn Community Services
This article was originally published on Jul 21 8:47am EDT by THE CITY. Beaches across New York have been closed this week to swimming after sightings of sharks, including the
As the Westgate New York Grand Hotel in Midtown Manhattan prepares for its official reopening date of June 22, it has invited back as its first guests a Brooklyn couple
Antique collectors of a trash-ridden Brooklyn beach are petitioning the National Park Service for the preservation of its junk. According to the scavengers, Glass Bottle Beach in Marine Park provides
Watch out for that tree! Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bath Beach), chair of the Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts, have asked for infrastructure changes
What the majority of Brooklyn small businesses need today are not necessarily loans, but rent relief, personal protective equipment, and, most importantly, cash grants, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President and
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
A walk on Sunday down the famed Riegelmann Boardwalk, starting at Brighton Beach and ending at the Coney Island amusement areas, revealed that most people are following the rules put
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
Freshman Johnny Ferraro and his teammates on the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s volleyball team saw their inaugural season cut short last month due to the novel coronavirus. Last week, however,
Sunset Park leaders: Don’t let fear of virus become overriding Sunset Park community leaders on Thursday met with local politicians at Park Asia restaurant on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park
Former borough historian John B. Manbeck on the history of the neighborhood by the sea.
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN— For nearly four decades, a swath of southern Brooklyn has been waiting for a new sanitation garage — and there is no end to that wait in sight.
For nearly four decades, a swath of southern Brooklyn has been waiting for a new sanitation garage — and there is no end to that wait in sight. Members of
BRIGHTON — Police are looking for 10 teenagers wanted for stealing $12,000 worth of jackets from a clothing store in Brighton Beach, and assaulting two people in an incident last
Welcome to the weekend, Brooklyn. We’ve once again selected the top 10 events for your pleasure. There’s yoga in Prospect Park, live music underneath the Manhattan Bridge, a rum festival
The number of confirmed measles cases in New York City has risen to 623 as of Monday, but the spread of the disease has slowed down significantly with only one
On a Saturday night in 1941, Patrolman Leon Fox was gunned down on the job. Tonight, more than 75 years later, he will be memorialized at the corner of West
Whether you’re hitting the sands of Coney Island Beach this Fourth of July, jetting off to distant shores or simply sitting out on your fire escape, you’ll need a book
Summer doesn’t technically begin until June 21, but Saturday marks the unofficial start of the season: the opening of New York City public beaches. Temperatures are shaping up to be
One safety pin hangs out of Mitch Cohen’s mouth as he stabs another into a mahogany cuff of mink fur, labeling the fur coat with a sticky note for storage
A raging fire sparked by a dropped cigarette burned a part of the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk in Brighton Beach alongside an iconic neighborhood restaurant Sunday night, FDNY said. The blaze
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is getting a lot of national attention, but closer to home, a Brooklyn lawmaker is proposing a climate change solution at the street
A Brighton Beach man faces the rest of his life in prison for bludgeoning three men to death, a crime instigated by his racial bias against Asian men, according to
Coney Island and nearby areas such as Brighton Beach, neglected for decades, may be experiencing a real estate boom in the near future. As an example, CNBC mentions the 21-story,
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK & HELEN KLEIN By the end of the week, residents in Bay Ridge and Coney Island who’ve been without an assemblyperson since the spring will have a