fromBrooklyn Eagle
3 days agoFlatbush man braves subzero temps for daily Coney Island swim
CONEY ISLAND - FLATBUSH RESIDENT STEPHEN Niese, age 62, isn't breaking from his decade-long daily jetty-to-jetty swim routine off of Coney Island, despite the threat of Winter Storm Fern, the New York Post reports . Niese, a model, endured 36-degree waters and a brutal -2-degree windchill last week, as the storm bore down on the city, touting the health benefits of and saying he welcomed the challenge - but adding that it took more than two hours to be able to feel his toes again.
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