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Courtesy of Luna Park/FacebookBrooklynites rejoice! Coney Island’s Luna Park, the Thunderbolt, and the iconic Cyclone rollercoaster will all re-open for spring on March 20 at 12pm. The iconic coaster, which has brought fearless daredevils to the park for almost a century, has been refurbished and painted, bringing it
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A scene from last year’s Haunted Walk, courtesy of Owl’s Head Park.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/]. Regina Opera In Concert [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/calendar/
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Photo via Flickr, David K [https://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticrevolver/269608865]Want to chow down on some barbecue while shredding those bank and insurance documents that have been piling up in your house for a year? Head over to the Luna Park building at 2871 West 12th Street, between
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Photo via Luna Park NYC [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunaparknyc/8725607599/] via FlickrA Bensonhurst couple is suing Coney Island’s Luna Park [http://lunaparknyc.com/] saying its employees failed to accommodate a religious request and then assailed them with racial slurs before booting them from the park. According to
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Trump Village Shopping Center (Source: Google Maps)Community members are invited to attend a meeting on a massive tower planned at the current site of the Trump Village Shopping Center tomorrow, January 21. The discussion, which is expected to address environmental contamination found at the site among other concerns, will
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Flickr/dtanistIf you have not yet experienced flying across the Coney Island boardwalk harnessed to a bungee cord via Luna Park [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/tag/luna-park/]‘s Boardwalk Flight SkyCoaster, you have missed your chance. Boardwalk Flight, which was launched in the summer of 2012 as part of the
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Photo by Elle SpektorBeachgoers on Saturday were dazzled by dozens of sand sculptors who carved up the shore for the 24th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest. The event, hosted by Astella Development Corporation and Brooklyn Community Services, saw the creation of everything from the amusing and bizarre to touching
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I was really hoping to be among the first riders of the new Thunderbolt roller coaster [/thunderbolt-roller-coaster-looks-to-rock-coney-island/], which finally opened to the public after a short delay on Saturday [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/06/delays-coney-islands-thunderbolt-open-friday-june-6/] . Unfortunately, Father’s Day plans got in the way, dashing my dream of telling
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Source: ZamperlaConey Island’s newest amusement tycoons, Central Amusement International (a.k.a. Zamperla USA), broke ground on the Thunderbolt yesterday, the first roller coaster in more than a century at the People’s Playground to throw riders through a literal loop. The three-car coaster will hold 27 people as
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Quote the internet: ERMAHGUD! BEYONCE’S GOT A NEW MOOZAK VIDYA! Beyonce’s new Coney Island-themed music video for her song “XO” dropped on Monday, causing my news alerts to go haywire with mentions of Coney Island. So, apparently, I can’t get back to bringing you the news until
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Beyonce On the Cyclone (Source: Coney Island Facebook page)Superstar singer Beyonce made waves in Coney Island yesterday, riding the Cyclone roller coaster as part of a new music video. While Beyonce’s presence caused joy for most fans in the area, one woman was left in tears, according to
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The end of summer is nigh, as public school students report for roll call on September 9 [http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D45BBFC5-BB4E-4C6B-ACE7-F7E15D8AA1BE/0/20132014SchoolYearCalendar.pdf] . The question now is: How do we make the most of the remaining summer days? We’ve created a bucket list of exciting