Brighton Beach

One Dead After Construction Collapse Traps Workers In Brighton Beach

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

NEW YORK — Fire officials say one worker is dead and four others were injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn. The Fire Department of New ...

John Rudolf

New York City's Catastrophe That Wasn't

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 10.28.2011

HuffPost reporters Joshua Hersh, Saki Knafo and Matt Sledge contributed to this report. NEW YORK -- The approach of Hurricane Irene prompted an ext...

Last Summer At Coney Island: An Essential Film and a Love Letter to Brooklyn

Sal Nunziato | Posted 08.19.2011

Sal Nunziato

As a Brooklyn boy, my interest in Aronson's film is deep-rooted. I began watching this film with skepticism, but just 5 minutes into this glorious documentary, my skepticism was out the door.

NYPD: More Boardwalk Shooters Still On The Loose

AP | Posted 08.14.2011

NEW YORK — A 19-year-old suspected of shooting into a packed New York City boardwalk in the summer heat is being held without bail on murder cha...

WATCH: Shooting At Brighton Beach Boardwalk Kills Teenage Girl, Injures 4

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.10.2011

A Brighton Beach boardwalk shooting yesterday left four young men wounded, one critically, and a teenage girl dead, reports The New York Daily News. ...

How To Eat Pelmenis At Cafe Glechik

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.29.2011

Josh Ozersky

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Immigration And The U.S.: Dasha's Story

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 06.26.2011

Jack Schimmelman

When you hear someone talk about how we can't afford to have any more immigration to this country, why not remind that person of the talents, love and commitment that new immigrants bring to our culture?

WATCH: Brighton Beach Man Swims 34-Degree Water Daily

Posted 05.25.2011

Brighton Beach resident Gary Atlas isn't afraid of the city's cold, snowy weather. In fact, blizzard or no blizzard, he runs 6 miles, shirtless, alon...

Brighton Beach Part 3: The Beach

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

My epic journey to Brighton Beach could only end one way -- on the boardwalk, as I morphed imperceptibly into the old man I am on my way to becoming. ...

Brighton Beach Part 2: M&I Market

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

This week constitutes an Ozersky TV epic journey: a trip to Brighton Beach involving sausages, madness, and unspecified malfeasance by two shady chara...

Brighton Beach Part 1: The Drive

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

This week constitutes an Ozersky TV epic journey: a trip to Brighton Beach involving sausages, madness, and unspecified malfeasance by two shady chara...

The Mikhail Prokhorov Media Experience, In Brooklyn

Vinnie Rotondaro | Posted 05.25.2011

Vinnie Rotondaro

Mikhail Prokhorov, the 6'8" Russian billionaire, and first foreign owner of an NBA basketball team, wanted a "Brooklyn blogger" to interview him. Somehow his people picked me -- plumb out of the blogosphere.

Holocaust Survivor Evicted in Brooklyn

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Clare O'Connor, Laura Kusisto & Thorsten Schier | Posted 05.25.2011

Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Brooklyn Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Eta Eckstein's furni...