Coney Island boardwalk

Aug
13
25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest This Saturday

25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest This Saturday

A sand sculpture from last year’s competition. (Photo by Avi Salzman)Interested in looking at art but don’t
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Jan
20
Pols Slam City’s Concrete Boardwalk Plan At Rally

Pols Slam City’s Concrete Boardwalk Plan At Rally

Courtesy of Councilman Treyger’s officePublic Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Comptroller Scott Stringer joined local
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Nov
13

Say Goodbye To Luna Park’s Boardwalk Flight

Flickr/dtanistIf you have not yet experienced flying across the Coney Island boardwalk harnessed to a bungee cord via Luna
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Jul
10
Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Rink Coming To Prospect Park Tomorrow

Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Rink Coming To Prospect Park Tomorrow

Dianna Carlin, a Ditmas Park resident better known as Lola Star [http://lolastar.com/], is bringing the glitz and glamour
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Jun
09

What Do You Think Of Choice Of Dante And Chiara De Blasio As King & Queen Of Mermaid Parade?

The 32nd Annual Mermaid Parade [http://www.coneyisland.com//programs/mermaid-parade] is just around the corner, kicking off at 1
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Mar
19

Spotlight On Gary Atlas, Shirtless Man Who Runs Boardwalk Every Day For Six Years And Counting

Atlas on NY1At this point, just about every resident of Southern Brooklyn’s boardwalk communities knows Gary Atlas – if not
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Dec
18

Beyonce’s New Coney Island Music Video, For Which She Tortured An Innocent Woman To Tears, Is Now Out

Quote the internet: ERMAHGUD! BEYONCE’S GOT A NEW MOOZAK VIDYA! Beyonce’s new Coney Island-themed music video for her
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Oct
03

Coney Island’s Steeplechase Pier Is Now Open!

Photo by Bruce BrodinskySteeplechase Pier, located off the boardwalk at Coney Island, reopened this week, nearly a year after sustaining
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Jul
29

Coney Island History Project Remembers The Astrotower In New Video Montage

The Astrotower may be nothing more than a 5-foot stump [/astrotower-demolished/] , but Coney Island lovers will forever remember it as
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Jun
03

FEMA To Pay For Repairs To Coney Island Boardwalk Lighting

Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe following is a press release issued last week by the offices of Senator Charles Schumer. > U.
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