Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn ventured out to Coney Island recently and was in for a surprise. Here’s an excerpt from his blog:
Despite the intermittent media coverage regarding pending development, it was still a bit of a surprise, visiting Coney Island yesterday, to see the huge swath of the Boardwalk, from Stillwell Avenue east, fenced off, shops closed, as reconstruction of the Boardwalk, and presumably further development, commences.
While it was still early in the season, only a couple of food stands were open, west of Stillwell. I didn’t realize that the impact of the development would be felt so soon, it seems clear that that the fenced off area precludes business in this section over the summer, if, as the sign indicates, work will be completed in Fall 2010. While it is possible to walk the length of the shore, much of the trip to Brighton Beach would have to be made either on the street or on the sand, since the Boardwalk no longer serves as a thoroughfare…
RUBY’S IS OPEN – as I posted on the blog mentioned – The entire boardwalk project will be completed 2011 – the section that is currently being worked on is in two parts. Stillwell Ave- – Deno’s (W 10th ) – the part closest to water is being redone and is currently fenced off. The section that goes from the fence to our store fronts is only closed off from 6:30 am – 2 pm Mon – Fri this week only. They are in the process of placing the concrete slabs down. This process is done by a Crane that goes over the store fronts. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubys_host/4494815010/
Once the slabs are in place they start putting the Honduras wood planks back down – this process should be completed by Memorial day weekend. —