NEW YORK | Coney Island Redevelopment

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New stores and restaurants are opening up on sandy damaged Surf Avenue...


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Applebee’s to open new eatery in Sandy-torn Coney Island


By Paula Katinas
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

As Coney Island continues its slow recovery from the damage Hurricane Sandy left behind nearly seven months ago, a national chain restaurant is getting set to open a franchise in the storm-torn community.

Apple-Metro, Inc., the company that owns Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants in the tri-state area, is opening a restaurant on June 17 on Surf Avenue between Stillwell Avenue and West 12th Street. It will be the company’s sixth Applebee’s restaurant in Brooklyn.

“We’re not opening just any Applebee’s. This one is going to be very special,” Zane Tankel, CEO of Apple-Metro Inc., told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “In honor of the fact that Coney Island is right off the Atlantic Ocean, we’re putting in a giant fish tank. It’s so huge, it serves as a room divider,” he said.

The fish tank is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. It contains 4,300 gallons of water. To create the fish tank, Applebee’s teamed up with Wayde King from Long Island and Brett Raymer from Brooklyn, co-owners of Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing the stars of Animal Planet’s hit series http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/tanked “TANKED.” The tank will house sharks and other exotic specimens, Tankel said.

The new Applebee’s will have 250 seats in the first floor dining room and an addition 50 seats on a second floor outdoor terrace. The outdoor terrace will have a fireplace.

“Imagine sitting above the excitement of Surf Avenue, watching the comings and goings on the infamous Coney Island Boardwalk while dining on Applebee’s signature favorites” Tankel said

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Brooklyn Nets boutique to open in Coney Island on Thursday
The Nets Shop by Adidas will feature beach balls, flip-flops, visors and the usual Nets gear, but the black-and-white bikinis for the ladies may be the biggest draw.





By Jason Sheftell
May 18, 2013

All of Brooklyn can get behind these tan lines. Nets bikinis and other fun summer merchandise will be available on the Coney Island beachfront this season in the basketball team’s signature black and white.

The Nets Shop by Adidas — a 1,100-square-foot boutique — will open Thursday across the street from Nathan’s at 3015 Stillwell Ave. at Bowery St. “After one year, we’re fourth in the NBA in apparel,” said Nets and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark. “But this isn’t about sports. The Brooklyn Nets are an international lifestyle brand. Our colors have become synonymous with the borough.”

A “towel-cutting” ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m.

Brooklynettes dance team member Nicolette Peteley models the new bikini that will be available at The Nets Shop by Adidas in Coney Island.



The sexy two-piece — worn by Brooklynette dancer Amanda Robinson — sports the Nets' trademark colors, black and white, and will be available for $80.



Along with the bikinis, modeled by the Brooklynettes' Amanda Robinson (left) and Nicolette Peteley (right), the Coney Island Nets Store by Adidas will sell beach balls, flip-flops, visors and other Nets gear.