CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) — After more than two days of rain, Memorial Day finally brought a break in the weather. People headed outside Monday to make the most of the holiday and an afternoon ...

With long range weather reports expecting temperatures below freezing, a swim at Coney Island beaches would seem foolish. But, not for the thousands of people from throughout the metropolitan area who ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- There was some excitement on Coney Island Saturday when people spotted a small shark swimming along the shore. Lifeguards cleared the water because there were swimmers ...

Summer weather has arrived in New York City ahead of schedule, and the cool relief of a swim in the Atlantic Ocean is just a few days away. Brooklyn’s beaches will officially reopen for the season on ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Several thousands welcomed 2025 with a nice cold dip as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear plunge on Wednesday. The event, put on by The Alliance for Coney ...

A Brooklyn teen who drowned in the waters off Coney Island near the iconic Cyclone rollercoaster had autism and epilepsy — and suffered a medical episode in the water just before he went under, his ...

Two teenagers died while swimming at New York's Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, police said. Police received an emergency call for a water rescue in the area of Stillwell Avenue and Boardwalk West at ...

Safety can be hard to explicitly measure but an analysis of data found New York had the second highest water rescues in the nation for three years straight. The data comes from the United States ...