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Where to Watch New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Brooklyn

New Year’s Eve firework show at Grand Army Plaza. Photo courtesy of Prospect Park Alliance.With less than 34 hours until the new year begins, it’s time to decide where you’ll watch this year’s fireworks. Skip the chaos at Times Square to watch the ball drop

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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: Fireworks, Magic, A Beard And Moustache Contest & More Labor Day Fun

An original Steeplechase horse at the Coney Island History Project. (Photo: Coney Island History Project [https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandHistoryProject/photos/pb.149347545095135.-2207520000.1441306096./1075659232463957/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)There’s no shortage of wonders to find in southern Brooklyn this Labor Day weekend. Check out Coney Island’

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Everything That’ll Be Open, Closed & Running On A Different Schedule On July 4th Weekend

Photo by lunaparknyc [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunaparknyc/7820360738/] Break out the buns, franks, and firework — the Fourth of July weekend is right around the corner. If you’re sticking around the city to see the Macy’s fireworks display [http://social.macys.com/fireworks/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-fireworks-_

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Coney Island’s Friday Night Fireworks To Begin June 20

Fireworks rang in the 2013 season. (Photo by Butch)Coney Island’s traditional Friday night fireworks will kick off for the 2014 season on June 20, just hours before the first day of summer and the Mermaid Parade, Amusing the Zillion reports [http://amusingthezillion.com/2014/05/30/coney-island-fireworks-2014-fridays-six-saturdays-and-more/] . The

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This May Be Our Favorite Vintage Footage Of The Coney Island Freak Show We’ve Seen So Far

It is appropriate with Halloween being around the corner that we have the pleasure to introduce more glorious footage of Coney Island’s yesteryear, highlighting the spooky freak shows that help make the boardwalk iconic. Last month [/hurry-hurry-and-watch-this-vintage-coney-island-freak-show-clip-from-the-1940s/] , we came across a 50-second clip uploaded by ChiTownView [http://www.youtube.

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Catch July 4 Fireworks For Free Inside MCU Park At Coney Island

Source: akdetrick via flickrOn a whim, I hopped down to Coney Island to catch the fireworks on July 4 last year. It was hot and crowded with no good place to steal a glimpse of the fireworks show without cramming myself between a bunch of sweaty, drunk people. Luckily, for