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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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