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Warm weather draws thousands to the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

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A scene from a previous year's Polar Plunge in Coney Island

A scene from a previous year's Polar Plunge in Coney Island. By Scott Lynch for Gothamist

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A scene from a previous year's event. / Scott Lynch for Gothamist

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was among the New Yorkers who participated in this year's Polar Bear Plunge.

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