BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) --A barrier beach is reopening for its first full summer season in 19 years. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch announced Saturday that Pleasure Beach, a city-owned, 71 ...

BRIDGEPORT — City officials shuttered Pleasure Beach ... The isolated public beach, which is only open on the weekend, is accessible by water taxis that launch from a pier on Seaview Avenue.

BRIDGEPORT -- Work is proceeding, albeit slowly, on a $1.9 million, federally funded project that would create water taxi service to connect Seaview Avenue with Pleasure Beach, Mayor Bill Finch ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch has unveiled a new historic walking tour on the Pleasure Beach island park that will reopen for the Memorial Day weekend. Finch said at ...

It debuted as a summer destination last year, but there's even more in store for Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport this year. "This year, we're adding a historic walking tour. You know Frank Sinatra ...

BRIDGEPORT — The draw of Bridgeport's isolated Pleasure Beach is that it is a rare spot that feels like a slice of Cape Cod, the Maine shoreline, or some other natural habitat far removed from ...

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WABC) -- The scheduled Fourth of July opening of Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Connecticut has been postponed due to a high tick population. Mayor Ganim and the Department ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—Jorge Garcia was at a waterfront park celebrating Father's Day in 1996 when he saw the bridge to Pleasure Beach burn down. "We said, 'What's that plume of smoke?' And it kept ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A barrier beach is reopening for its first full summer season in 19 years. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch said Saturday that Pleasure Beach, a city-owned, 71-acre park on ...