Renewed hope for Coney Island residents fighting for NYC Ferry service
There's a sense of renewed hope for residents in Coney Island who have been fighting to get NYC Ferry service to the peninsula.
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There's a sense of renewed hope for residents in Coney Island who have been fighting to get NYC Ferry service to the peninsula.
The famed Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster is back up and running after passing inspection Saturday morning. It has been undergoing repairs since it malfunctioned on Aug. 22.
The goal is to try to address critical disparities often faced by Black women in low-income neighborhoods. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.
The world-famous Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster closed Friday after a malfunction that forced riders to be rescued on Thursday.
Coney Island's iconic Cyclone roller coaster was closed Friday. The ride was shut down after it malfunctioned Thursday and riders had to be rescued. The Department of Buildings has now issued violations. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
The iconic Coney Island Cyclone got stuck on its first incline.
All beaches in Brooklyn and Queens are closed to swimming through Monday due to expected dangerous rip currents caused by Hurricane Ernesto.
New York City Parks enforcement staff was posted along the coastline to enforce the swimming ban. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
NYC beaches are closed to swimming all weekend due to Hurricane Ernesto off shore. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
Police say one man raped a woman while the other acted as a lookout and attacked a man who tried to intervene. CBS New York's Christina Fan reports from the scene.
Police have two men in custody after a woman was raped near the Coney Island boardwalk. CBS New York's Naveen Dhaliwal reports.
New Yorkers have been heading to local beaches to find relief from the blistering heat. CBS New York's Lori Bordonaro takes us to Coney Island to see how beachgoers coped with another hot summer day.
CBS News New York's John Dias headed out to Coney Island on Thursday to see how New Yorkers were faring on what was a scorching summer day.
A Brooklyn man seen in a viral video getting punched by an NYPD officer as other officers restrained him is sharing new details about what led up to it. CBS New York's Jennifer Bisram reports.
City Parks Foundation's Coastal Classrooms is providing educational programs for middle school students.
CBS New York's Hannah Kliger covers Brooklyn and has the story from Kaiser Park in Coney Island.
A woman is in critical condition after police say she was hit by an SUV while in a crosswalk in Coney Island. As CBS New York's Dave Carlin reports, an off-duty firefighter ran over to help.
Mourners gathered Tuesday to remember Zainab and Aisha Mohammed, who drowned last week at Coney Island Beach.
It was blazing hot at the Coney Island boardwalk on Monday afternoon. CBS New York's Derick Waller reports.
New York City officials are warning beachgoers to be careful after incidents at Coney Island over the weekend. CBS New York's Derick Waller reports.
Tragedy struck Friday at Coney Island Beach when sisters Zainab and Aisha Mohammed died after being pulled from the water.
Two teenage sisters pulled from the water in Coney Island have been pronounced dead.
The teens went into the water after lifeguards went off-duty, according to police.
Two teenage sisters pulled from the water in Coney Island have been pronounced dead. CBS New York's John Dias reports.
Two young women were pulled out of the water in Coney Island Friday night, and divers are still searching for another missing swimmer.
Dozens in Keyport, New Jersey, packed a meeting Tuesday as the state unveiled long-awaited test results from a former landfill.
Former movie executive Harvey Weinstein was convicted in 2025 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
The Mets beat the AL West-leading Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night in their first game with Andy Green as their full-time manager.
The Rays beat the Yankees 6-1 on Tuesday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title.
Sources tell CBS News that Ukraine is ready to sign a landmark drone defense deal with the U.S., as new details of Ukrainian technology helping defend U.S. bases in the Middle East come to light.
Former movie executive Harvey Weinstein was convicted in 2025 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
The Westchester County DA's office has released body camera footage showing what it says is the aftermath of a former Tuckahoe police chief's wife allegedly crashing into three cars.
New York City bodegas are now joining a push to change state law so that they can start selling wine and even hard liquor.
Cornell University and seven fraternity members are facing a lawsuit over rape allegations.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
Rain totals on Sunday were much less substantial compared to last Sunday's prolific totals, generally averaging less than 1 inch in most locations.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Dozens in Keyport, New Jersey, packed a meeting Tuesday as the state unveiled long-awaited test results from a former landfill.
Amid speculation Jaxson Dart's knee injury is worse than first thought, Giants head coach John Harbaugh says "evaluations are ongoing."
A robbery at the Riverside Square Mall Tuesday prompted a concern about possible gunshots there, Hackensack police said.
Flights at Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports were delayed due to an equipment outage, the FAA says.
Part of a Lavallette, New Jersey, liquor store was boarded up and a bouquet of flowers was left outside Sunday night, somber reminders of a horrific crash that killed a woman a day earlier.
The water quality is slowly improving in the Long Island Sound, according to a local nonprofit.
A 34-year-old man was conducting an experiment in his Mineola apartment when the mixture reacted violently, according to law enforcement officials.
CBS News New York's John Elliott reports from the Brain Aneurysm Foundation Long Island Run/Walk at Jones Beach State Park on Sept. 19, 2026.
The ground beneath a Long Island woman opened up, swallowing her into the earth below.
The ground beneath a Long Island woman opened up, swallowing her into the earth below. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
New York City bodegas are now joining a push to change state law so that they can start selling wine and even hard liquor.
The United Nations General Assembly continued Tuesday in Manhattan, with President Trump speaking to the assembled delegates. There were also protests in the area, as was expected.
The ongoing feud between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani erupted again Tuesday.
The settlement is to resolve an investigation alleging the company underpaid or delayed payment to its New York City workers.
The alert is in effect through Friday, as street closures and disruptions are causing traffic congestion on Manhattan's East Side.
NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
One person has died and a total of five people have been sickened by Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
The Mets beat the AL West-leading Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night in their first game with Andy Green as their full-time manager.
The Rays beat the Yankees 6-1 on Tuesday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title.
With their 2-0 win over the Rays on Tuesday afternoon, the Yankees (90-66) moved six games ahead of the Red Sox for the AL's top wild-card spot.
Amid speculation Jaxson Dart's knee injury is worse than first thought, Giants head coach John Harbaugh says "evaluations are ongoing."
As the Yankees get prepared for the playoffs, the news is not good on the Aaron Judge front.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
Neighbors have been waiting since 2021 for the bridge over the Belt Parkway to be rebuilt and reconnect Bath Beach with the waterfront.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
At a Bay Ridge school, students who were born years after the attacks are learning about Sept. 11 through the stories of parents, teachers and first responders who lived through it.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Harvey Weinstein will be in a New York City courtroom Wednesday for sentencing on a criminal sexual assault conviction from 2025. CBS News New York's Aziza Shuler reports.
Most of the new trees were planted in neighborhoods vulnerable to extreme heat, like Morrisania in the Bronx and Sunnyside in Queens.
Most of the new trees were planted in neighborhoods vulnerable to extreme heat, like Morrisania in the Bronx and Sunnyside in Queens.
Police sources said the man was attacked after getting into an argument with two people, who are now in custody.
CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook breaks down President Trump's speech at the U.N. General Assembly, and Christina Fan has the latest on the ongoing feud between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
