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Coney Island Times, 1955-1956, 1962, 1969, 1974-1979, inclusive

bin: 18 (Material Type: Microform)

Extent

7 Reels

Scope and Contents

Focusing on the neighborhoods of Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Boro Park, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Sheepshead Bay, the Coney Island Times provides local news coverage of business, politics, education, community events, clubs and organizations, arts, culture, and entertainment. Birth announcements, wedding announcements, and obituaries do not appear in the paper. Death notices for prominent Brooklynites are occasionally published. Profiles of local residents are printed in a regularly appearing column called "About Important People." News concerning the Red Cross is also regularly provided, as is Boy Scout news. Advertisements and photographs appear throughout.

General

Issues up to 1964 are available digitally on Brooklyn Newsstand. That content is also available via your or your library's paid subscription to Newspapers.com.

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