Dilgen, a 22-year-old Tottenville resident, has been battling epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare, life-threatening genetic ...

The National Day Calendar lists Jan. 1 as Polar Bear Plunge Day. The world’s best-known example, the annual New Year’s Day plunge in Coney Island, N.Y., is entering its 122nd year in 2025.

Lustgarten’s group – the Coney Island Polar Bear Club – hosted the first winter water plunge in the United States on New Year ...

In Coney Island, a hardier group gathered to brrrrrr-ing in the New Year by taking the annual plunge into the Atlantic Ocean — water temperature 43 degrees. At the Polar Bear Club’s annual dip ...