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.
Private carting trucks usually operate in the dead of night on nearly empty streets, collecting garbage from stores, restaurants and other commercial clients. But these days, the trash haulers have
Disgraced former Democratic Assemblymember Pamela Harris initially faced up to 30 years in prison, but a Brooklyn federal court judge decided to give her just six months in prison instead.
Democrat Mathylde Frontus and Republican Steve Saperstein were the undercard in the Bay Ridge Community Council debate Tuesday night, appearing onstage long after the fireworks generated by state Sen. Martin
Education reform and how to help make college more affordable were two of the biggest topics of conversation as Democrat Mathylde Frontus and Republican Steve Saperstein met for a debate
Supporters of Mathylde Frontus gathered outside her Coney Island campaign office, 1610 Mermaid Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 15, to demand that the city’s Board of Elections release the remaining vote
By Paula Katinas & John Alexander Nearly 24 hours after the polls closed, a winner still had not been declared in the Democratic primary in the 46th Assembly District because
When Ethan Lustig-Elgrably is out on the campaign trail, he talks about what he has already done for the residents of the 46th Assembly District (A.D.) as well as what
Police have arrested a man on murder charges after a 25-year-old man was found stabbed to death in Sunset Park. Authorities have charged 31-year-old Brighton Beach resident Rogelio Vasquez in
It’s now a three-way race for the Democratic nomination to fill the seat vacated by former Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who resigned from office in April after being slammed with an
Cops out on patrol in Brighton Beach helped save the life of a 15-month-old infant. On Saturday, June 9 at around 7:15 p.m., a pair of officers — who were in
The Brighton Beach end of the borough’s famous Boardwalk celebrated the opening of two brand new comfort stations at the end of Coney Island Avenue over Memorial Day Weekend, just
The storied Coney Island Boardwalk has been deemed a scenic landmark, 95 years to the day after its opening. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted on Tuesday, May 15 to
A New York City police officer assigned to the 60th Precinct anti-crime unit was indicted on Friday, March 2 on seven counts of public lewdness and four counts of exposure
A 20-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 115 years in prison for raping and assaulting an 82-year-old woman inside her Brighton Beach home in 2015, announced Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez
On Tuesday, September 13, Democrats will go to the polls in the 46th Assembly District to vote in the primary. Running are incumbent Assemblymember Pamela Harris and challenger Kate Cucco.
For some Brooklyn seniors trying to get rid of old electronic equipment, life might have just gotten easier. Seniors and disabled residents living throughout parts of Coney Island, Gravesend, Bensonhurst
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña is coming to town. The head of New York City public schools will be stopping by District 21 on Tuesday, March 15 for a town hall
Nearing its projected date of completion, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Build it Back Program—an initiative set on rebuilding homes badly devastated by Hurricane Sandy throughout the city — is still
A whopping 49 New York City councilmembers are backing a resolution to designate Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark. In wanting to keep alive the historic character of the Boardwalk,
Southwest Brooklyn is seeing blue. In light of a June, 2015 budget agreement that allotted for nearly 1,300 additional New York City police officers, one local politician says that nabes
There’s a new elected official in town. Newly elected Assemblymember Pamela Harris — a lifelong Coney Island resident whose father had Bay Ridge roots, and who was elected in November
Shark Week returns for Brooklyn—sort of. A 100-pound hammerhead shark was spotted on radar near Brighton Beach early in the morning Monday, August 17. Elias, a shark nearly seven-feet long,
On Thursday, February 12, City Council green lighted two new pieces of legislation aimed at better equipping coastal neighborhoods like Coney Island and Seagate for major storms similar to Superstorm
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
With the city’s Parks Department already in the process of demolishing the 91-year-old Riegelmann Boardwalk, to replace the wood planks with plastic supported by concrete, elected officials and locals alike
The New York City Police Department is on the hunt for the suspect wanted in connection with a grand larceny that occurred within the confines of the 61st Precinct on
All was not sweetness and light as Democratic Assemblymember Alec-Brook Krasny and his Republican challenger, Stamatis Lilikakis, tangled during the annual candidate’s forum presented by the Dyker Heights Civic Association.
All was not sweetness and light as Democratic Assemblymember Alec-Brook Krasny and his Republican challenger, Stamatis Lilikakis, tangled during the annual candidate’s forum presented by the Dyker Heights Civic Association.
Just past 10 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, Bay Ridge native Stamatis Lilikakis declared victory in the Republican Party primary in the 46th Assembly District over Lucretia Regina-Potter, winning the