Of all the Coney Island stories we’ve read and heard, the one about the person that fell through the floor of the toilet at Ruby’s on the Boardwalk is one of the most interesting. Per the FDNY: “One guy was taking a leak, the floor partially collapsed, and he fell 10 feet.” He fell into the dank basement and when he emerged, in the words of an employee, he was “literally covered in shit.” Ruby’s was closed by the DOH after the unfortunate incident, but reopened on Sunday and was closed again. We’re going to guess the reason for the closure is no working bathroom. Talk about having a shitty day at the beach.–The Real Estate
Bklink: Ruby’s Gets Crappy
May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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1 Rubys Host // May 29, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Rubys over the weekend had an unfortunate accident as everyone has reported. The facts are as he did fall thru a partially collapsed floor in the mens room – the piping was not broken – he missed them – barely. He had literally hit the dirt floor underneath along with all the cobwebs etc. When he emerged – he was moving slowly himself up the ladder (thank goodness he had jeans on) only from his knees down was pretty filthy- mainly with dirt.
Rubys was given permission to open over the holiday weekend with outside seating. The building inspector came by Tuesday and closed Rubys until repairs was complete – all the inside – including the grill. Michael thru the food out that had been pulled for Tuesday since he could not put it in Fridge not knowing how many days it could take for repairs.
Repairs are moving very quickly with Mr. Sitt paying part of the cost. He would like Rubys to remain on the boardwalk – for now- and offered to help. Therefore we had engineers in very quickly assessing the hole – contractors begun working Tuesday afternoon.
Michael is hoping to reopen by Friday afternoon/evening.