Announcements Coney Island Community Prepares a Feast for 1000 The Coney Island Gospel Assembly at 2828 Neptune Ave (Screenshot via Google Maps)CONEY ISLAND – This Thanksgiving, the Coney Island community is doing all they can to make sure no one goes hungry. Every year for the last 20 years, local stakeholders in the Amusement District have come together to
Announcements Thunderbolt, Carousell, Skating Rink & More Open For Coney Island New Year’s Eve Bash Fireworks in Coney Island. (Photo: Pisanofrank [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coney_Island,_NY.jpg] / Wikimedia Commons)Ring in the New Year at the People’s Playground. For the second year in a row, Coney Island is throwing a New Year’s Eve bash to rival the festivities in
coney island circus sidesh Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: Meteor Shower, Coney Island History Day, Anti-Nuclear Weapon March & Vigil A meteor catching fire in the sky. (Photo: Mike Lewinski [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ikewinski/9520654026] / Flickr)Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Karaoke in Front of Deno’
astroland Iconic Astroland Rocket Returns To Coney Island The rocket returns! Last night, the rocket was trucked into Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. (Photo by Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project)For the first time in five years, the most prominent symbol of Coney Island’s Astroland – the amusement park’s iconic rocket ship – has returned to the
b.i.g. Cool Video Of Famed Coney Island Fortune Teller Head Getting Repaired Superstorm Sandy not only destroyed businesses and homes but some of our favorite Coney Island attractions, including the ominous ‘Cleveland Grandma Fortune Teller.’ In the video above, posted by NationalJukeBox [http://www.youtube.com/user/NationalJukebox?feature=watch], John Poppa shares the history of the famous wax figure which dates
Brooklyn parks Local Brooklyn Parks Will Be Closed For Months Source: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia CommonsThe iconic parks of Southern Brooklyn damaged by Superstorm Sandy will remain closed for months while the city focuses its resources on higher priority disaster needs according to a report in the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-beaches-pkaygrounds-parks-ready-summer-article-1.1215839?localLinksEnabled=
1920s TOMORROW: Live Music, Entertainment & Interactive History At Coney’s 2nd Annual History Day Source: Thirsty Girl ProductionsIt’s time to get your history on and tap into your databank of Coney Island trivia during the Second Annual History Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and The Coney Island History Project, tomorrow, August 11 (rain date: August 12), from 1:00 to 6:
boardwalk Pet Day And Costume Contest At Deno’s Park Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park by the Coney Island boardwalk is set to hold their second annual Pet Day and Costume Contest on Saturday, June 16. From noon through 7 p.m., all pets will receive a free ride on the park’s Wonder Wheel when escorted by their owner.
Deno's Wonder Wheel Zoltar Comes to Coney — Be Careful What You Wish For! Zoltar in Coney Island (Source: Deno's Wonder Wheel Park)As a diminutive Brooklynite whose posterior is a little too close to the ground for my liking, I could not have been more ecstatic to learn that a Zoltar Speaks fortune telling machine [http://www.zoltarmachine.com/] — the exact same kind
