After serving its last supper on August 24, 2010 in its former location at Surf and Stillwell, Popeyes Chicken is reopening today at 1220 Surf Avenue. As previously reported in “Popeyes Chicken Returning to Coney Island’s Surf Avenue” (ATZ, October 17, 2011), the restaurant’s owner had been in business year-round in Coney Island for 27 [...]
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Relocated Popeyes Set to Open Today in Coney Island
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Coney Island, Herman Popper, Popeyes Chicken, Popper Building, Surf Avenue on April 10, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Thor Equities Paid $4.5M for Coney Island’s Eldorado
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, Uncategorized, tagged Coney Island, Coney Island USA, Denny's Ice Cream, Dick Zigun, Eldorado, Surf Avenue, Thor Equities on April 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Thor Equities paid $4.5 million for Coney Island’s Eldorado Building according to the deed recorded on Thursday for the March sale of the property. The recorded buyer is a newly formed foreign limited liability company with Thor Equities listed as the contact. The multi-parcel transaction included the 4,500-square-foot building at 1218 Surf Avenue housing the [...]
Thor’s Coney Island: New Surf Ave Building Encased in Plywood
Posted in Real Estate, Redevelopment, Uncategorized, tagged Bruce Handy, Coney Island, New Construction, Thor Equities, urban blight on February 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Even though ATZ has been covering the boarding up of Thor Equities new (and first-ever) building in Coney Island, we were shocked by these photos. Is this a glimpse into the future of what we can expect on Joe Sitt’s property in Coney Island? Yes, the building is ugly and out of place, but the [...]















