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

Posted in Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged Barry Yanowitz, Coney Island Polar Bear Club, Coney ISland Polar Bear Swim, New Year's Day, Polar Bear Plunge, Polar Bear Swim, winter swimming on January 8, 2016| 2 Comments »

New Years Day Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge, January 1, 2016. Photo © Barry Yanowitz

Brooklyn photographer Barry Yanowitz grew up in Coney Island and comes home every January 1st to photograph the colorful characters at the Polar Bear Plunge. “It’s the perfect way to begin the year,” he says. You can see more of Barry’s photos from his New Year’s Day set on his website.

If you missed Santa and the New Year’s Day Plunge, you can join the Coney Island Polar Bear Club as a guest at their Sunday swims between November and April. This Sunday, the forecast is a balmy 58 degrees! Just show up at the Bears “Clubhouse” at the Aquarium’s Education Hall on the Boardwalk at West 8th Street by 12:30 pm with your bathing suit, a towel, surf boots or an extra pair of sneakers, and some warm clothing.

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

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged Christmas, Christmas Window, CO Bigelow, Ferris wheel, Greenwich Village, Holiday windows, holidays on December 7, 2015| 4 Comments »

Holiday window at Bigelow Pharmacy in the Village. December 6, 2015. Photo © Tricia Vita

On Sixth Avenue in the Village is C.O. Bigelow Chemists, established 1838, where you can get not only your Rx but the most wonderful perfumes and toiletries. The Washington Square Arch is in one of its holiday windows and a Ferris Wheel is in the other. It brings to mind the last time we saw an actual Ferris Wheel in the Village. Our Lady of Pompeii Church on Carmine Street had a street fair in the 1970s and ’80s with an Eli Wheel that let riders peer into upper story windows. Those were the days! Let us know if you spot any amusement park rides or circuses in holiday windows this season.

Holiday Windows at Bigelow Pharmacy in the Village. December 6, 2015. Photo © Tricia Vita

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

Posted in Amusement ride, Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower, Coney Island sunset, France, French tricolor, looping coaster, Luna Park, Parachute Jump, roller coaster, sunset, Thunderbolt on November 16, 2015| 4 Comments »

Coney Island Parachute Jump French Tricolor

Coney Island Parachute Jump –Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower– Lit at Sunset in French Tricolor. November 15, 2015. Photo © Tricia Vita

On Sunday we happened to be on the Boardwalk in Coney Island at the very moment the lights on the Parachute Jump were switched on. Known as Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower, the Jump is being lit in France’s tricolor to show solidarity after the Paris attacks.

Although Coney’s rides are now closed for the season, the Parachute Jump’s 8000 LEDs are lit year round with lighting schemes varying by the day. occasion and season. One of our favorite shots of the Jump is through the loop of Luna Park’s Thunderbolt roller coaster, which is on West 15th Street off the Boardwalk.