Coney Island Always Returns, Miss Coney Island Gets Dancing ‘Coney’ Rabbit

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Coney Island Always Returns, Miss Coney Island Gets Dancing ‘Coney’ Rabbit

March 15, 2015 by Tricia

Window detail at Coney Island Always, West 12th St, Coney Island. Photo © Tricia Vita

The famed life-size dancing doll “Miss Coney Island” and the miniature animated rides of “Coney Island Always” are getting spruced up today in anticipation of Coney Island’s official Opening Day. Palm Sunday is just two weeks away on March 29th.

Window washing and replacement of some of the novel items on display are currently underway. The big news is that one of Miss Coney’s dancing cats is retiring and a dancing white rabbit doll is getting the spot. This means that Miss Coney Island will have possibly the only coney in Coney! Coney Island was of course named Conyne Eylandt –Rabbit Island– by the Dutch after the wild rabbits that lived here in the 17th century.

These whimsical, independently owned amusements cost only 25 cents each to enjoy and along with games of skill such as Skin the Wire and Feed the Clown are located on West 12th Street beneath Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. If you would like to spend the summer with Miss Coney Island and her friends, games operators are needed for the 2015 season. Apply in person or tweet @MissConeyIsland.

UPDATE…

First look at Miss #ConeyIsland's dancing bunny. Not dancing yet but hopefully soon! pic.twitter.com/gIHappWWuM

— Miss Coney Island (@MissConeyIsland) March 15, 2015