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Wires are seen dangling from the ceiling of Coney Island Hospital shortly after superstorm Sandy hit. (credit: Coney Island Hospital)

Half Of Coney Island Hospital ER Remains A Construction Zone Six Months After Sandy

Severe basement flooding destroyed the main building’s electrical system. The flooding destroyed all of the hospital’s diagnostic equipment.

2013/04/29

(credit: Eileen Lehpamer, 1010 WINS)

Schumer Announces $103 Million In Sandy Aid For Hospitals

The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will go to facilities including Bellevue Hospital, Coney Island Hospital, Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital Center.

2013/01/17

Beth Israel Medical Center Emergency Room Dec. 4, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Emergency Rooms See Influx Of Patients As Some Storm-Affected Hospitals Remain Closed

It would be an understatement to say the emergency room at Beth Israel Medical Center in the East Village is bursting at the seams.

2012/12/04

Bellevue Hospital

Real Life New York City ER Dramas During Sandy Trump Anything On Television

There have been so many stories of fear, bravery and determination following Superstorm Sandy, perhaps none so dramatic as those from several New York City hospitals forced to evacuate in the middle of the storm.

2012/11/20

Bellevue Hospital was evacuated on Oct. 31, 2012 due to damage by megastorm Sandy. (credit: CBS 2)

Bellevue, Coney Island Hospitals Won’t Fully Reopen Until Next Year

It will be 2013 before Bellevue and Coney Island hospitals fully recover from the storm.

2012/11/12

Ambulances line up to evacuate patients from NYU Hospital after Sandy knocked out power on Oct. 29, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Hundreds Of Patients Safely Evacuated From NYU Medical Center; Research Reportedly Destroyed

EMTs from as far away as Florida and Texas are in New York helping out.

2012/10/30

Coney Island Hospital (credit: Ann Mercogliano/WCBS-TV)

Police: Ocean Parkway Head-On Car Crash Leaves 23-Year-Old Man Dead

Police said that a head-on car crash in Brooklyn left one man dead and two other people injured. The collision happened late Saturday on the Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay.

2012/05/06

FILE - An ambulance in front of Coney Island Hospital in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Police: Baby Found Abandoned Inside Brooklyn Apartment Building

Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, EMS was called to a building n West 33rd Street near Surf Avenue in Brooklyn. When they arrived, they found a baby girl, believed to be about 5-months-old, in the hallway of the seventh floor.

2012/02/09

Vlad Godin and Alla Kamenev (credit: CBS 2)

Woman Gunned Down While Walking In Brighton Beach

The NYPD says a gunman shot Alla Kamenev several times in the torso just before noon on Thursday in Brighton Beach.

2011/10/21

Mayor Bloomberg announces mandatory evacuations (credit: CBS 2)

New Yorkers Heed Mayor’s Warning, Leave Evacuation Areas In Advance Of Irene

Nearly 270,000 New Yorkers live in the low lying areas most susceptible to flooding and wind damage. The mayor has to decided to get them out of their houses before buses, subways, and commuter trains shut down at noon Saturday, and bridges possibly close as well.

2011/08/26

Credit: Google Maps

Cops: Newborn Found Dead After B’klyn Mom, 14, Hospitalized

Police discovered a newborn boy dead Monday morning in a Coney Island apartment after his 14-year-old mother was taken to the hospital.

2011/02/07

2819 West 12 Street in Coney Island (Photo/Google Street View)

Police Accuse Coney Is. Man Of Murdering Mother

A New York City man is accused of smothering to death his 86-year-old mother with a pillow at the apartment that they shared.

2010/12/18

MTA bus

MTA Bus Driver: Woman Attacked Me For Driving Too Slow

A Brooklyn woman has been charged after allegedly attacking a city bus driver for driving too slow.

2010/12/09

Maria Louis Jeune is in the process of suing Coney Island Hospital for alleged malpractice after a mistake during potassium injections left her scarred for life.

Exclusive: NYC Hospital Sued For ‘Scarring’ Mistake

A local woman is suing a hospital after she says she went for an injection – and days later watched the skin peel off both of her arms.

2010/11/11

Generic Handgun File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

Police: Teen Shot In Coney Island Building

Police responded to a report of a person shot inside 2839 W. 33rd St. at 1:15 a.m. They found a man shot in the torso.

2010/11/07

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