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GOALS: Coney Island will get two new soccer fi elds by the end of this year — similar to the one installed at PS 335 in Crown Heights in 2017, pictured
— as part of a citywide initiative to build 50 of the fi elds throughout the Big Apple. Nathan Congleton
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
A dump truck driver struck
and killed a 58-year-old man
while he was crossing W. 21st
Street in Coney Island on Saturday.
The May 11 incident occurred
at Mermaid Avenue
shortly after 9:45 a.m., when
the driver — who was traveling
down 21st Street from
Neptune Avenue toward Surf
Avenue in the 2018 Kenworth
truck — struck the man as
he attempted to cross W. 21st
Street in the marked crosswalk,
cops said.
Police did not immediately
respond to an inquiry about
which direction the man was
crossing the street.
Offi cers found the man lying
on the roadway unconscious
and unresponsive, with
trauma to his body, police said,
adding that paramedics transported
the 58-year-old to NYU
Langone Hospital–Brooklyn,
where doctors pronounced
him dead.
There were no arrests, and
the NYPD’s Collision Investigation
Squad is investigating
the incident, police said, adding
that they have not yet notifi
ed the victim’s family.
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
Talk about getting the ball
rolling!
The People’s Playground
will get two new soccer
fi elds by the end of this year
as part of a citywide initiative
to build 50 of the fi elds
throughout the Big Apple.
The pair of green spaces
will give Coney Islanders
who love soccer a place to
come together and share
their passion for the game,
according to the executive
director of the Mayor’s Fund
to Advance New York City,
which co-sponsors the NYC
Soccer Initiative along with
the U.S. Soccer Foundation,
the New York City Football
Club, Etihad Airways, and
Adidas.
“It’s clear that there is no
shortage of talent, passion,
or interest surrounding the
sport among Coney Island
residents of all ages — in
both of our planned locations
we’ve seen people setting
up makeshift goal posts,
using the resources at hand
to play the game they love,”
said Toya Williford. “These
pitches will add new highquality
play space and will
also serve as positive gathering
places for all community
members to enjoy.”
Honchos plan to build the
public fi elds at Neptune Playground,
on W. 12th Street
between Neptune and Surf
avenues, and at Century
Playground, on W. Brighton
Avenue at W. Second Street,
pending approval from the
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