Baby, it's cold outside - and feels even colder in the Atlantic Ocean! The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is getting hyped for its annual plunge into the waves on New Year's Day. Proclaimed as the ...

The New Year's Day event expected to draw over 4,000 swimmers; the Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing club in the United States, dating back to 1903. World’s largest ...

Last year, the Polar Bear Club raised over $136,000, surpassing the previous year’s total. The funds raised at this year’s event will benefit several local organizations, including the Alliance for ...

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Revelers wearing bikinis walk away ...

I don’t care how crazy that makes me sound.” It’s all for the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day Polar Plunge. “I am 60 years old, but when I jump in that water I ...

The event, put on by The Alliance for Coney Island and the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, celebrated its 122nd year in existence. Participant Dawn Clarity told Eyewitness News she's been taking ...

A growing body of research verifies that cold water plunges do provide benefits, particularly for mood and cognitive ...

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear ...