Tory Island (Toraigh) off the north-west coast has now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband. The broadband rollout to ...

Landmark Coney Island hot dog chain Nathan’s Famous is being sold to meat packaging company Smithfield Foods for $450 million ...

Nathan’s Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged ...

Nathan’s is on of America’s most iconic brands. It began in 1916 when Nathan Handwerker opened a humble stand with a $300 loan and began selling hot dogs for a nickel. After opening a handful of other ...

CONEY ISLAND — Thousands ‘brrr-ought’ in the new year at the 123rd annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club Plunge on Thursday, Jan.1. The tradition challenges brave souls to take a dip into the frigid ...

After a few years of milder temperatures on New Year’s Day, 2026 began with frigid cold, bitter winds, and a dusting of snow over the streets and sidewalks of NYC. That, of course, didn’t stop the ...

Environmentalist have criticised the staging of an international motocross event on national park land at Coney Island. The Bermuda Audubon Society has again expressed disappointment over the ...

The new year arrived windy and freezing in Brooklyn, but bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. After a few years of ...

If you're thinking about joining the hundreds of people who will take to the frigid waters off Coney Island on New Year’s Day for the annual Polar Bear Plunge, medical experts have some advice. The ...

CONEY ISLAND — WHILE MANY NEW YORKERS WILL BE RECOVERING FROM NEW YEAR’S EVE REVELRY, a group of hardy swimmers will gather the morning of Jan. 1 to dive into the ocean. They are the Coney Island ...