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Category Archives: Graves End/Coney Island
Beachy Keen
It’s ten o’clock on a chilly October morning, and all is quiet on the streets that border Coney Island’s beach. The shops along Surf Avenue, with their brightly painted signs hawking various treats, are shuttered. Apart from a trickle of … Continue reading
Tutti a Nuccio a Mangiare!
Past Hot Shot Photo and Video Studio, and just before Pizza Park on Avenue U, is a most enticing aroma. It fills the senses and the mind with thoughts of dough rising to a peak, and the buttery batter of … Continue reading
Sports Fever with a Chance of Mellow
On top of a glass counter,displaying goods from New York sports teams such as the Jets or Mets, rests a sleek black laptop computer. Behind its glossy exterior is a middle-aged man scrutinizing what he sees on the screen. Despite … Continue reading
Visionary of The Delicatessen Circuit
Step inside the small bagel shop near the Coney Island subway station in the early morning hours, and you’re likely to see a crowd large enough to rival Coney Island itself. As early as seven o’clock in the morning, Coney … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Graves End/Coney Island, Neighborhood Faces Story
Tagged bernstein2010, Brooklyn, fall 2010, neighborhood faces, simona taver
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Neighborhood Backgrounder: Gravesend
Gravesend is located in South Brooklyn, north of Coney Island, and east of Bensonhurst. It is often divided up and placed with other neighborhoods, especially the ones I just mentioned, whenever data is collected. The Department of City Planning places … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Graves End/Coney Island, Neighborhood Backgrounders
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Neighborhood Choice: Gravesend
On the train ride to the glitzy, sunbaked, and refreshingly briny heaven that is Coney Island, a simple blink of the eye or the nodding off when one realizes the the depot is near, one will miss the neighborhood of … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Graves End/Coney Island
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Snowflakes Suspended in the Air at Gravesend
A short little web log about a topic that which is barely written.
Illuminated Snowflakes! Continue reading
Posted in Graves End/Coney Island, Holiday/Prof. Haller
Tagged Brooklyn, gravesend, Holiday Lighting Program
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Tough Mailing
As the recession sets in, big companies begin their lay-offs and the government begins their cuts backs. Little businesses struggles to stay afloat and government operated facilities such as this little post office in Avenue U , Gravesend, Brooklyn, experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Davis Spring 2009, Graves End/Coney Island
Tagged post office
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Steeling Metal in Brooklyn
Yet another home is under construction in Gravesend on Avenue W between East 2nd and East 3rd Streets. On Saturday, there were no workers or penetrating screams of equipment. The building sat quietly waiting to be finished; perhaps quietly waiting … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Graves End/Coney Island, Uncategorized
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Time, Money and Congestion
On Monday night, the city council passed a measure urging the Albany legislators to vote for the approval of congestion pricing. This means the city will charge an eight dollar fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Great, right? Who … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Graves End/Coney Island, Uncategorized
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Graffiti City
Graffiti has been a part of New York City culture since the 1960’s. On nearly every block of every neighborhood a name or design, born of spray paint, melds with a city surface. Even the sound of the word, … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Graves End/Coney Island
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New Condos, New Look for Gravesend
The housing market in the country is still reeling from the subprime loan fiasco. NYC, though, is a real estate world all its own. There is construction for luxury apartments,coops and condos sprouting from the concrete like bamboo. If there … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Graves End/Coney Island, Uncategorized
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