May 20th, 2013 at 11:00AM: A photo of Coney Island from May 2013
When the first structures were being built in Coney Island in the 1840s, the surrounding community was in uproar. Residents wanted to preserve the land's natural beauty. In the early 1900s, the City of New York endeavored to condemn all buildings south of Surf Avenue and the amusement community of Coney Island opposed the city. Amusements on the beach were ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Coney Island 2013: Weathering The Storm
May 20th, 2013 at 11:00AM: A photo of Coney Island from May 2013
When the first structures were being built in Coney Island in the 1840s, the surrounding community was in uproar. Residents wanted to preserve the land's natural beauty. In the early 1900s, the City of New York endeavored to condemn all buildings south of Surf Avenue and the amusement community of Coney Island opposed the city. Amusements on the beach were ...Photo Of The Day: Brooklyn Cyclone Summer
Aug 9th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
For many of us, there are few things more American or summer-like than Brooklyn's Coney Island. It's been the site of family fun, local seediness, freaks of nature, and luxury development plans. Throughout its many iterations, Coney Island has retained its particular mix of beach, carnival, and city resort. Today's Photo of the Day by Flickr user David Ellwood captures Coney Island's Cyclone, ...Video of the day: Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Jul 20th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
THE 2011 MERMAID PARADE by PHiLLYK from PHiLLYK on Vimeo.
For all of the years that I lived in New York City, I am ashamed to say that I never actually made it out to Brooklyn's Coney Island to witness (or participate in) the annual Mermaid Parade. As it was, I found myself traveling just about every summer while living in the city, and being that this is a summer event, the stars just ...
Vintage Coney Island: postcard from 1938 Fortune Magazine
May 30th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
Summer has officially started and for many New Yorkers, summer is synonymous with Coney Island's boardwalk, beach, and hot dog eating contests. Fortune Magazine has just republished a story from their archives about Brooklyn's famous "island" (really, it's been connected to the mainland for many years and is an island only in name, though technically it is part of Brooklyn, which is part of Long ...Coney Island's Scream Zone to boast two thrilling roller coasters
Feb 7th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Coney Island is about to get a much needed boost in the thrills department. Once home to cutting edge amusement rides and the World's fastest roller coaster in the famed Coney Island Cyclone, the area has closed rides and had few roller coasters of note. Scream Zone looks to change that with two new roller coasters.
Steeplechase Horses Coaster might be considered the headliner for the new ...Ousted Coney Island businesses plan rally
Nov 5th, 2010 at 5:30PM:
Patrons of several longtime Coney Island businesses that were recently denied lease renewals are planning a rally at noon Saturday. The patrons are hoping to make Central Amusement International reconsider its plans to shut down some classic Coney Island businesses.
On Monday, CAI told 11 Coney Island boardwalk eateries, shops and concessions that their leases would not be renewed, and that ...Photo of the Day (10.17.10)
Oct 17th, 2010 at 6:00PM:
Whoa, what is that thing? Some kind of mutant flower? An architecture project gone wrong? It's actually New York City's Coney Island Parachute Jump, taken courtesy of Flickr user ☆ Ambré ☆. There's a couple neat photographic tricks going on here, most of which are created using a special photographic style called Lomography, a technique that allows photographers to create some ...Theme park news roundup: The word of the day is giga-coaster
Apr 7th, 2010 at 3:00PM: The new Intimidator 305 roller coaster has opened at Kings Dominion theme park in Richmond, VA. The coaster, named in honor of the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, has ride cars that look like Earnhardt's famous black Chevy. Earnhardt's daughter Taylor visited the park last week to open the ride.
The Intimidator 305 screams along at 92 miles per hour, thanks to a 300-foot drop at the ...
Ten vintage carousels with a romance side
Oct 26th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
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What is it about painted horses that follow each other around and around in a circle that's so compelling? Ever since carousels first became part of New York's Coney Island boardwalk scene in 1886, their appeal hasn't waned. Head to almost any amusement park, carnival, ...Photo of the Day (9.20.09)
Sep 20th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Gadling first wrote about the secret pleasures of New York City's Coney Island back in May. Brooklyn's very own quirky seaside amusement area boasts a vintage rollercoaster, beach access and the annual Mermaid Parade. Coney Island is also a particularly "atmospheric" place, as Flickr user cmvoelkel captured in today's shot. The park's famous Wonder Wheel strikes an eerie silhouette against the ...See Chicago wieners (and others) on IgoUgo list
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Chicago makes several appearances on IgoUgo's list of top hotdog establishments, but there are plenty of spots across the country where you can pick up a great hotdog. My favorite apparently made the cut – a shortcoming of the list, I guess. For me, it doesn't get better than Popo's, in Swampscott, MA, and my local shop, Gray's Papaya, is no slouch, either.
And, don't forget that there are ...The Mermaid Parade at Coney Island
Jun 19th, 2009 at 10:00AM: There are certain events that are purely connected to the place where they are held. The Mermaid Parade at Coney Island in Brooklyn is one of them. Tomorrow, June 20 starting at 2 p.m. is the big event. Since 1983, people have been dressing up in over the top creative costumes-- mermaid related or not, to join in on one of the largest art parades in the United States. There are floats, bands and ...Undiscovered New York: All the way to Coney Island
May 13th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Coney Island is New York City's very own magical land of Oz. Just about everyone has heard about it - a derelict Brooklyn resort and amusement park stacked with ramshackle rides, Nathan's hot dogs, sashaying mermaids and Vaudevillian freak shows - a seaside Gomorrah of fading glories and sandy cigarette butts. It is a place that is at once alluring and repulsive...drawing you in with its ...Photo of the Day (09.20.08)
Sep 20th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Today's photo comes from Rubys Host, taken just at sunset on Coney Island. I love how the sun is framed right between the two people walking down the boardwalk. Kind of makes you want to go on an evening roller coaster ride doesn't it? To have your shot considered for Photo of the Day, submit it here. ...Photo of the Day (7/25/07)
Jul 25th, 2007 at 11:28PM: There's no guessing what kind of prizes are available here if you win this carnival game. How big is the prize you ask anyway? It's big... It's a "BIG ASS PRIZE." This game vendor was captured at Coney Island in New York by shadixpn during Memorial Day weekend when I'm sure the place was crawling with children and kid-at-heart adult types looking to win a big stuffed toy. ...Amusement Park Rides That Could Be Movies--Kind of
May 31st, 2007 at 9:50PM:
With Pirates of the Caribbean's popularity, perhaps the think-tank at Disney is wondering what other amusement park rides can spin-off into a blockbuster movie. With this in mind, at Blogzarro: "the blog of comics, movies, television and bizarre thoughts," James A. wrote a clever post with such possibilities. Most of his ideas are horror film or action thriller varieties involving rides like The ...A Renovated Coney Island??
Apr 22nd, 2007 at 10:38AM: Well, I'm surprised I read this first in a UK newspaper, but, apparently, there are some big changes headed for Brooklyn's Coney Island. Most Americans probably know the park more for its past than its present: either its heyday 60 or so years ago, or its cameo in the movie The Warriors. But its future might be looking up--depending on who you ask.
A developer named Thor Equities has bought up ...
