One of the NYPD’s new “quality-of-life” teams hit Coney Island on Thursday just in time to take a shoplifter into custody– but ignored the apparently strung-out homeless junkies who ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- With temperatures soaring, the NYPD hit the Coney Island boardwalk on Thursday to crack down on illegal scooters, mopeds, and other quality of life concerns.

Since joining the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has voted with the majority to expand gun rights, curtail affirmative action, kill Chevron deference, and eliminate the ...

For Gaffney, working at Paul’s Daughter is a way to help preserve the spirit of Coney Island. He points to the long-time workers at other businesses along the boardwalk as the reason he keeps coming ...

When the Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for minors Wednesday, it didn’t resolve a broader question of whether transgender people are entitled to certain legal protections ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Australian researchers have issued a final report on a decades-long search for a famous shipwreck believed to be off the coast of Rhode Island. Researchers confirmed the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Facing charges in two different boroughs of assault, cocaine possession and harassment, a Staten Island man pleaded guilty Monday to resolve two of the cases. Jarah Mokbel ...

Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...

The top dog of competitive hot-dog eating is back. Joey Chestnut, the 16-time champion of Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, will return to its Coney Island competition stage this summer, a year ...

Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut to return to Coney Island hotdog eating contest after contract dispute It will mark Chestnut's 20th appearance. He's won 16 times and holds the world record of eating 76 ...