This post courtesy of Explore Brooklyn, an all-inclusive guide to the businesses, neighborhoods, and attractions that make Brooklyn great. Coney Island has been Brooklyn’s playground since it was ...

The imminent completion of LCOR’s 1515 Surf Avenue is the best news Coney Island has seen since the Parachute Jump was designated as a city landmark. The twin-towered apartment building just a short ...

When Charles Denson heard the first rumors that Disney was coming to Coney Island, back in 1998, he thought it was high time to start preserving local history. An art director and photographer, Denson ...

Development is booming along much of New York City's once neglected waterfront. New developments shoot up in Greenport and Williamsburg, as luxury high rises encircle more and more of Manhattan's ...

The story: When I first started collecting books about Brooklyn, it used to annoy me no end that much of my reading and research seemed to take the position that you got off the Brooklyn Bridge and ...