Photos: Sheepshead Bay Circa 1973
I accidentally stumbled upon a treasure trove of photographs by Abraham Lincoln High School graduate Arthur Tress in the flickr account of The U.S. National Archives, in a collection entitled...
View ArticleStudents Exhibit Artwork At Coney Island Hospital
Looking for something to do on your lunch break? Take a stroll over to Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway), take the elevator to the second floor, and make a right. Lining the hallway you’ll see...
View ArticleReality Show To Follow Lincoln H.S. Basketball Team
The reality TV bug has bitten Coney Island’s top basketball school. Abraham Lincoln High School, a program that is rich with basketball history, is the subject of an upcoming reality series, says the...
View ArticleSaturday: 2012 NYC Mayor’s Cup High School Cricket Championship
Cricket is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and it is extremely popular in Brooklyn. And high school teams are picking up steam. Who knew? The top cricket players of New York City’s high...
View ArticleJobs, Jobs, Jobs! (In Coney Island)
It’s cold, it’s February and you don’t have work. Perhaps a spanking new job by the beach, courtesy of the Alliance for Coney Island, can snap you out of your winter funk. According to a report by the...
View ArticleSon Of Mets Legend Lee Mazzilli, L.J., Loves Sheepshead Bay
New York National League fans were thrilled when Met baseball legend Lee Mazzilli’s son, L.J., was selected by the team in the fourth round as the 116th overall pick in the 2013 draft. In a recent...
View ArticleLincoln High School Football Team Wins Second City Championship Title In...
Lincoln High School’s football team, the Railsplitters (an awesome name, by the way), snagged their second title in three years with a 28 to 27 win at the PSAL City Conference championship at Yankee...
View ArticleTwo Cops In Critical Condition After Suspicious Coney Island Fire
Two of New York’s Finest are in critical condition after a fire ripped through the 13th floor of 2007 Surf Avenue in Coney Island. The fire appears to have been set on purpose, when someone ignited a...
View Article“Bored” Teen Accused Of Setting Coney Island Fire Now Faces Armed Robbery...
Police arrested 16-year-old Marcell Dockery yesterday, charging him with setting the fire on the 13th floor of the Coney Island apartment building at 2007 Surf Avenue that left two cops fighting for...
View ArticleDeceased: Cop Injured In Coney Island Fire Has Died
Officer Dennis Guerra, one of the two officers critically injured after rushing into a burning Coney Island apartment building to help residents, died from his injuries early this morning. Guerra, 38,...
View ArticleBorough Hall’s Flag At Half Staff In Honor Of Deceased Officer
The flag at Brooklyn Borough Hall has been lowered in memory of Dennis Guerra, the police officer who this morning passed away from injuries sustained when he responded to a call of a fire in Coney...
View ArticleFamily Of Teen Who Sparked Fatal Coney Island Blaze Apologizes; Hundreds...
The death of NYPD Officer Dennis Guerra, who succumbed yesterday to injuries sustained from the Coney Island fire set by a “bored” teen, marked a tragic milestone for the entire city. At 6:50 a.m....
View ArticleArsonist Teen Indicted For Murder Following Coney Cop’s Death
Marcell Dockery, the 16-year-old who confessed to setting a mattress on fire in the hallway of a Coney Island public housing building last week, has been charged with an additional count of felony...
View ArticleOfficer Critically Injured In Coney Island Fire Shows Signs Of Recovery
Rosa Rodriguez, one of two police officers who responded to a Coney Island fire on April 6, is showing signs of improvement, according to the New York Police Department Hispanic Society. The group...
View ArticleOfficer Injured In Coney Island Blaze Will Receive Reduced Pension Due To New...
Officer Rosa Rodriguez, still recovering from injuries sustained during a Coney Island fire that killed her partner, will receive a reduced disability pension under new NYPD rules. DNAinfo broke the...
View ArticleConey Island Arson Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Marcell Dockery, charged with setting the Coney Island fire that led to the death of police officer Dennis Guerra and the severe injury of Rosa Rodriguez, pleaded not guilty last week to several...
View ArticleLawyer: Cops Forced Teen To Confess To Setting Coney Island Fire That Killed...
The confession offered by 16-year-old Marcell Dockery was coerced by cops who “broke him the same way prisoners of war are broken,” according to the teen’s lawyer. Dockery is facing several charges...
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Residents Demand Answers From Developers Of Proposed 40-Story Tower At Trump...
Developer Rubin Schron’s plan to build a skyscraper in Coney Island is not going over well with residents. More than 700 Coney Island community members filled an auditorium at Abraham Lincoln High...
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