Bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge.

Wenzel W barrels down 17th Street on the Tron Bike during the 18th annual South Slope Derby on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. The ...

CONEY ISLAND — Thousands ‘brrr-ought’ in the new year at the 123rd annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club Plunge on Thursday, Jan.1. The tradition challenges brave souls to take a dip into the frigid ...

Date on Events in your CityDeets: Join us for our annual New Years plunge at Coney Island! The day is always a surprise, ...

On a hot, sunny afternoon, Coney Island is packed with strollers, couples in locked hands, and generations of families. But above the crash of waves and the roar of the Cyclone, a quieter story ...

An army of cops responded to a massive teen fight in Coney Island on Monday evening, arresting 17 brawlers as a sweltering heat wave gripped the city, officials said. As temperatures in Brooklyn ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The vibrant ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Thousands of costumed participants braved frigid waters to kick off the new year and support local charities during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on ...

NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn mother who is accused of drowning her three children at a New York City beach has been charged with murder. Erin Merdy, 30, was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) — The Coney Island boardwalk was already buzzing Thursday, as dozens of beachgoers and shops got ready for what’s expected to be one of the biggest holiday crowds of the ...

Along with iconic New York sites like Times Square and the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, a peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Brooklyn, is a name known around the world. The origins of its name ...