NYC cops battle flames to save residents, dog in Coney Island
Neither smoke nor flame stopped two NYPD officers from saving two men — and their labradoodle — from a raging fire in Coney Island this week, dramatic video obtained by ...
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Proposed Coney Island casino would create year-round ‘traffic hell,’ advisor says
A proposed casino in Coney Island will bring year-round “traffic hell” to Brooklyn’s beachy neighborhood, according to one of the six members of the state community advisory council who will ...
Cloaked, hook-handed figure is terrorizing NYC: Mystery madman or marketing ruse for ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer?’
This ‘maniac’ wants to kill it — at the box office. An apparently cutting-edge ad campaign for the latest installment of the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” franchise is ...
Would-be kidnapper grabs boy, 6, off Coney Island street as screaming child’s parents chase him down, wild video shows
A brazen would-be kidnapper briefly scooped up a 6-year-old boy from a busy Coney Island sidewalk Sunday night – only to let him loose once the screaming child’s parents were ...
Vintage photos show what Coney Island’s July Fourth celebrations used to look like
Contestants at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, July 4, 1987.Walter Leporati/Getty ImagesNo place does the Fourth of July quite like Coney Island, from its annual Nathan's ...
Cop pulls gun on pint-sized perp caught brandishing knife in NYC subway station: video
A 13-year-old kid was caught brandishing a knife the size of his forearm, before a cop pulled his gun and arrested the pint-sized perp in a Brooklyn subway station. The ...
Brawling NYC teens arrested after a wild scene at Coney Island Beach: NYPD
Bedlam broke out on Coney Island Beach Monday as at least 16 teens were arrested following a melee at the crowded shore, according to video and law enforcement sources. The ...
Coney Island Mermaid Parade makes a splash with its ‘celebration of creativity’: ‘It’s so refreshing’
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade made quite a splash once again. The 43rd annual event — the nation’s largest art parade — welcomed revelers close from the Big Apple to around ...
New Yorker dresses as ‘washed up scum’ Andrew Cuomo in Mermaid Parade
A man dressed as a bizzare depiction of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo showed up to march in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade Saturday — with a special plea for his ...
SUV slams cop cruiser in three-car pileup, leaving two NYPD officers and two others hurt
An SUV slammed into an NYPD cruiser in a three-car smash-up in Brooklyn early Sunday, sending two cops and two other people to the hospital and landing a person in ...
