Safety Cannot Wait Until 2032
Demand Immediate Repairs and Real Maintenance for the Coney Island & Brighton Beach Boardwalk
People are falling. People are getting hurt.

A walk on one of New York City’s most famous landmarks should not end with an emergency room visit.

For over 100 years, the Riegelmann Boardwalk has been part of New York history, serving local residents, seniors taking daily walks, families with children, and millions of visitors from around the world. 

But today, many sections of our boardwalk are deteriorating.

Residents are reporting:

⚠️ Loose and uneven wooden planks
⚠️ Raised boards creating trip hazards
⚠️ Exposed and lifted screws
⚠️ Dangerous areas that need immediate attention

New York City announced a major $1 billion investment into the future of Coney Island and the boardwalk area. We support rebuilding and protecting this historic landmark.

But the reality is simple:

Major reconstruction may take years. Current timelines extend toward 2032.

What happens to everyone walking there tomorrow? Next month? Next summer?

A future reconstruction plan does not remove the responsibility to maintain a public space used by millions today.

When known dangerous conditions persist, injuries occur, and repairs cannot keep pace with deterioration, serious questions about public safety responsibility arise.

We are asking New York City for immediate action:

✅ Continue routine maintenance and public safety repairs independently of the $1 billion Boardwalk reconstruction project.

✅ Increase maintenance resources dedicated to the Boardwalk.

✅ Conduct regular, comprehensive inspections—not just emergency patchwork repairs.

✅ Repair raised boards, loose planks, protruding screws, rotten planks, and other trip hazards before people get injured.

✅ Bring in outside contractors if additional manpower is needed to complete repairs promptly.

✅ Reduce the use of heavy maintenance vehicles on the wooden Boardwalk and replace them with lighter alternatives—i.e., golf carts and other low-impact utility vehicles, whenever practical to minimize additional damage.

✅ Provide monthly public updates showing inspections completed, repairs made, and work planned for the following month.

This is not about stopping the future reconstruction. This is about preventing injuries while we wait.

We cannot allow a 100-year-old structure used by millions of people to decline for another six years while everyone waits for the “big project.”

The boardwalk is part of New York history.

But history is about the people who use it, not dangerous boards and exposed screws.

Safety cannot wait until 2032.

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FIX RIEGELMANN BOARDWALK NOW.