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Last 50 Posts

• Photo of the Day: Mama & Papa Burger Together Again at Paul’s Daughter

• Thor’s Coney Island: Joe Sitt Wants Zoning Changes to 2009 Rezoning to Build “Great Big Hotel”

• Will Woody Allen’s Next Film Be Shot in Coney Island?

• Coney Island High Striker Queen Is Back in New Location

• #LandmarkTheBoardwalk: A Coney Island Poet’s Testimony

• Flea Market Named After Amusement Park Coming to Coney Island’s Surf Avenue

• May 4: Speak up to Landmark the Coney Island Boardwalk

• Rita’s of Coney Island Has New Owner, Open 7 Days A Week

• Thor’s Coney Island: Coney Art Walls Return Minus Smorgasburg, Go Karts May Be On The Way

• New York Primary: Who’s First to be Photographed Eating a Hot Dog at Nathan’s?

• In Memoriam: James Carchiolo, Coney Island’s Jimmy Balloons

• Help Wanted: Skin the Wire & Feed the Clown Game Operator in Coney Island

• Video of the Day: Return of Wonder Wheel Cars Marks First Sign of Spring

• Coney Island’s High Striker Queen First Victim of Eminent Domain

• Art of the Day: La Femme Araignee, Parisian Circus Poster for Spidora

• Rest in Peace: Pastor Debbe Santiago of Coney Island’s Salt and Sea Mission

• Save Your Quarters, Only 7 Weeks Till Coney Island’s Opening Day

• Rare & Vintage: Roller Skating Monkey Banner by Bobby Wicks

• EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Persily Recalls Family’s Coney Island Years After Sale of Property to Thor Equities

• For One Night Only, 1980’s Coney Island Talker Revives One-Man Show

• Photo Album: Blizzard 2016 in Coney Island by Bruce Handy

• Coney Island Polar Bears Ready for Blizzard Dip

• Art of the Day: Coney Island at Valentine Museum of Art

• Rare & Vintage: A Collection of Clown Shoes to Try On

• Coney Island 2016: Pizza Hut Express Signs Lease on Coney Island’s Surf Ave

• NYU Heralds Circus Now 2016 with Window Exhibit of Ringling Costumes

• Photo of the Day: Santa at Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge by Barry Yanowitz

• Coney Island New Year’s by the Numbers: 28K Visitors, Nearly $90K Raised for Charity

• Coney Island to Ring in 2016 with Parties, Free Rides, Light Shows, Fireworks, Polar Bear Plunge

• Holiday Videos of Parks & Attractions Around the World

• Winter Reading: The Sea Beach Line by Ben Nadler

• Traveler: New Hampshire’s World’s Largest Arcade & American Classic Arcade Museum

• Dance with Miss Coney Island on New Year’s Day

• Astroland Star, Signage, Dante’s Inferno & Bonanza Shooting Gallery Up for Sale

• Photo of the Day: Ferris Wheel in CO Bigelow Christmas Window

• Make A Splash as a Coney Island Lifeguard! Qualifying Test for 2016 Underway

• ATZ’s Coney Island Holiday Gift Guide for 2015

• Rest in Peace: John “Cha Cha” Ciarcia of Coney Island

• Art of the Day: Remembering Spookhouse – A Ride Through Gallery in the Dark

• Photos of the Day: Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower Lit at Sunset in France’s Tricolor

• November 13: Author Talk on The New Coney Island: Who Gains, Who Loses

• Up for Auction: Vestie Davis Painting of the Coney Island Cyclone

• Thor Equities Buying 3 Lots on Coney Island’s Bowery, Mom & Pops Await Rent Increase Amid Rumors of Hotel

• $1.49M Hot Dog! Colorado’s Hot Dog-Shaped Coney Island Diner Up for Sale Again

• Rare & Vintage: Coin-Operated Arcade Peep Show

• Coney Island Polar Bears Get Shout-Out from Mayor in Winter Tourism Campaign

• Halloween Weekend: Last Spin of 2015 for Spook-A-Rama, Other Coney Island Rides

• Environmental Assessment Underway at Coney Island’s Shore Theater

• Autumn Reading: Novels Starring Circus Mermaids, Coney Island Sideshows, Traveling Shows

• Cute as a Button Coney Island Kitten Up for Adoption