Coney Island lost an historical figure who helped transform one of the amusement area’s oldest properties into a space age theme park in the 1960s. Jerry Albert, the co-founder of Astroland Park with his father Dewey Albert, died on Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. This year is the 50th anniversary of the [...]
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Rest in Peace: Jerry Albert, Co-Founder of Coney Island’s Astroland Park
Posted in In Memoriam, News, tagged amusement park operator, Astroland, Astroland Park, Jereome Albert, Jerry Albert, obituary on March 16, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Coney Entrepreneurs to Open 1st Ever Nathan’s Gift Shop
Posted in News, tagged Coney Island 2012, Coney Island Beach Shop, entrepreneur, gift shop, Haim Haddad, hot dog, hot dog eating contest, Maya Haddad, Nathan's Famous on March 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Nathan’s Famous has been in business in Coney Island since 1916, when Nathan and Ida Handwerker made a success out of selling a frankfurter in a bun for a nickel. This season, the world-renowned eatery will have its first-ever brick-and-mortar gift shop thanks to a licensing agreement with Maya Haddad and her father Haim, the [...]
Parks Postpones Do-Or-Die Hearing on Coney Concretewalk
Posted in News, Photography, tagged Boardwalk, Bruce Handy, Coney Island, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, design, environment, Friends of the Boardwalk, Parks Department on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Parks Department has postponed to February 21 a hearing to win approval for its controversial plan to pave all but four blocks of the Coney Island Boardwalk with concrete and plastic wood. On Monday night, Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance’s Rob Burstein told ATZ: “I just received an e-mail from the Parks Department’s liaison to the [...]
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