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June 23, 2021

By Emily Drooby and Erin DeGregorio CONEY ISLAND — Gray skies and rainy, wind-swept weather didn’t stop some of the best and […]

May 20, 2021

By Emily Drooby After coming to the U.S. from Egypt as a child, Merna Abdelhalem became the first in her family to […]

April 9, 2021

By Emily Drooby It has been a roller-coaster of a year for Coney Island. The pandemic forced amusement parks to stay closed. […]

July 26, 2018

On the feast day of Saints Joachim and Anne, Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens hosted a gathering for families at the […]

June 26, 2018

The collars squeezed out a win over the scholars in softball. That’s not all that happened on the diamond at MCU Park! […]

May 30, 2018

The low-income Coney Island community has been waiting for five years for the City to restore the Surfside Gardens Cornerstone center, which […]

October 11, 2017

They are the shining stars of their communities — Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens dedicated to helping their immigrant neighbors and fulfilling […]

September 19, 2017

In the Brooklyn diocese, a major ethnic celebration takes place in Coney Island. Tim Harfmann reports from this year’s Great Irish Fair.

August 4, 2017

It’s a night of baseball and a celebration of the Brooklyn Diocese. Among those in attendance are a team of all-star Catholic […]

July 28, 2017

It is the cherished feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s parents, St. Joachim and St. Anne. At the Coney Island nursing […]

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