Coney Island boardwalk landmark fight gains momentum
Two Brooklyn lawmakers are putting some muscle behind their calls for the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island as a landmark.
Councilmember Mark Treyger, co-chairman of the council’s Brooklyn delegation, and Councilmember Chaim Deutsch have introduced a resolution calling on the LPC to grant landmark status to the boardwalk and have gotten 49 councilmembers to sign on to it.
Public Advocate Letitia James has also added her name to the resolution.
Designating the boardwalk as a landmark would recognize the structure as one of Southern Brooklyn’s historic locations, but would also prevent more of its traditional wooden planks from being replaced with concrete and plastic without a public review process, Treyger said.