Masterpieces Fill Coney Island Boardwalk At Annual Sand Sculpture Contest
The family-friendly event attracts more than 10,000 visitors to the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk.
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The family-friendly event attracts more than 10,000 visitors to the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk.
Coney Island, known as the birthplace of the amusement park, offers timeless entertainment with something for everyone. This nonprofit group encourages appreciation for the area's past and present while keeping its memories alive.
A bus driver and matron are facing charges after leaving a little girl on a bus.
According to police, the mother told the officers a daycare transportation vehicle picked up the child Monday morning.
Locals say a stretch of the boardwalk between the amusement park and aquarium is the most deteriorated: Planks are loose, screws are popping off.
Police closed off the area around West 5th Street and the shoreline while they investigated the scene.
Coney Island is the place to be this Fourth of July, with plenty for the entire family to enjoy.
Spectators came from far and wide on July 4, 2019, to take in the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest as competitors tried to take in as many hot dogs as they could handle.
CBS2's Valerie Castro spoke to vacationers visiting Coney Island for the Fourth of July and finds out it's about more than just Nathan's hot dogs.
Three NYPD Transit officers were at a Dunkin/Baskin Robbins shop when they say another customer dropping a loaded handgun onto the floor.
A sea of mermaids, festive floats and antique cars paraded through Coney Island on Saturday.
The 37th Annual Mermaid Parade was held in Coney Island on June 22, 2019. See photos from the event.
Firefighters responded shortly before 4:30 a.m. to a 23-story building on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island.
Flames broke out shortly after midnight inside a multi-family home on West 19th Street in Coney Island.
"It seemed like she was holding on for dear life and someone needed to come quickly," witness Nancy Kaufman said.
Police found a male sheep soaking wet and tied to a tree in Coney Island Creek Park in Brooklyn Thursday night.
Investigators say the four suspects entered the Sea Side Deli on Coney Island and followed two men toward the back of the store late Monday evening.
Dorothy Dixon was working at a construction site Monday morning when she and another worker were shot just before noon on West 33rd Street in Coney Island.
Isiah McGill, 36, jumped out a second-story window around 4 p.m. at the 60th precinct in Coney Island.
Isiah McGill, 36, apparently jumped out a second-story window around 4 p.m. Thursday at the 60th precinct in Coney Island.
Investigators say officers at the 60th Precinct were questioning 36-year-old Isiah McGill in connection to a prior robbery around 4 p.m. when he bolted out a second-story window.
Some say the plunge into the chilly sea has a number of health benefits such as stimulated blood flow and heightened energy, but we'll take the swimmers' word for it.
The man of suspected of entering an elderly Brooklyn woman's home and roughing her up during a Christmas day robbery has been arrested.
Police have identified the man they say punched and robbed an elderly woman on Christmas morning.
The 88-year-old victim, suffered cuts to her face and is back home after the attack.
