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Coney Island Rides Soar As Fun-Filled Season Begins

Summer is still more than two months away, but Coney Island is getting a head start on the season. The neighborhood's amusement parks officially opened Sunday with the annual blessing of the rides, and the traditional egg-cream christ [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Coney Island Boardwalk Closer to Concrete

One speaker waved an ugly chunk of concrete, while another rhapsodized about the slant of sunlight on real wood. But in the end, the New York City Public Design Commission voted to allow the city’s parks department to install a sect [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Coney Island's crumpled glory

American decline is a hot-button issue these days. Between depressed consumer confidence, low consumer spending, stubbornly high unemployment, flat capital expenditure and manufacturing levels, non-existent faith in the banking system, fl [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Fire cuts short F, Q lines in Coney Island

Beach-goers beware: subway service will be spotty in Coney Island on Saturday. A fire broke out on the roof of a signal room near the West 8th Street station on Friday evening, shutting down service on the F and Q lines. MTA spokeswo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Leave Coney Island Boardwalk the way it is, cries community ...

As Coney Island gears up to open for the summer this weekend, a local community board had a message for the city: Hands off our beloved Boardwalk! Community Board 13 voted 21-7 Tuesday night to reject a plan to rebuild a chunk of the i [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Coney Island losing longtime boardwalk vendors

Some longtime Coney Island vendors are getting the boot -- from the Brooklyn amusement park's new Italian developers. Letters were sent Monday to 11 boardwalk vendors doing business near the Luna Park rides installed in May to kick-s [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Development plans may change look and feel of Coney Island

Air National Guard Maj. John Klatt takes in the view as he flies over Coney Island in his Extra-300L aerobatic airplane.That view will certainly change in the coming years, and as the summer season comes to a close, Coney Island faces an [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Coney Island hopping

With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh sure looked like America’s golden girls again at the Coney Island AVP Brooklyn Open. The top-seeded beach volleyball duo defeated Jennifer Boss and Ap [...]