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Photo of the Day: Dragonflies Swarm Coney Island

Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Beach Shop, Coney Island Boardwalk, dragonflies, dragonfly, Maya Haddad Miller, swarm of dragonflies on July 17, 2013| 5 Comments »

Dragonfly Visits Brooklyn Beach Shop, Coney Island Boardwalk. July 16, 2013. Photo © Maya Haddad Miller/Brooklyn Beach Shop

“We don’t know anything about what the dragonflies do when they get in the vicinity of the city,” says Michael L. May, a professor of entomology at Rutgers University in an article in the New Yorker. Now we do, they like to shop for beach gear in Coney Island.

On Tuesday, we received an email from Maya Haddad Miller of Brooklyn Beach Shop on the Coney Island Boardwalk: “Is this an annual thing? Hundreds of dragonflies show up around the same time each year? When I arrived this morning, it looked like over a hundred of them were swarming the boardwalk. I had a few in the shop from the night before. They fly in and out all day. I had a about five in the shop at the same time. I’m thinking its cause of the heat.”

Is Coney Island on the dragonflies’ migratory path or are they simply coming out to the beach to beat the heat like everyone else? A web search turned up a tweet from last year around this time that said, “Omg Coney Island is swamped with dragonflies – Williamsburg Night at the Cyclones game…” And also led us to Backyard and Beyond’s lovely photos of “Weekend Dragonflies” in Brooklyn Bridge Park two days ago. It’s definitely dragonfly time in Brooklyn

Coney Island Prize of the Day: Mardi Gras Tigers

Posted in Photo of the Day, Photography, Uncategorized, tagged Coney Island, plush, Prize on July 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Two Tigers, Coney Island. May 12, 2013 Photo © Tricia Vita via flickr

Sorry, ATZ is not having a prize giveaway! These plush tigers wearing Mardi Gras beads are among the prizes at the High Striker on West 12th Street in Coney Island.

Photo of the Day: Fashion Plates at Water Race Game

Posted in Amusement Game, Photo of the Day, Photography, tagged Coney Island, Jones Walk, water race game on June 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

On the way to Friday’s Parachute Jump Lighting, we cut through Jones Walk and came across these fashion plates playing the water race. “A winner every game, a prize every time!”