NEW YORK – Coney Island is always a spectacle. And then there's the Mermaid Parade every June, a day when self-described Coney Island freaks set the bar for the rest of the year's whimsy and ...

Friends of Coney Island rallied one last time to save their beloved Sunlite Pool. 8. 'The end of an era': Guests share memories at Coney Island on its final day "It's very sad.

Inside a Coney Island theater devoted to circus sideshows, a crowd watched as longtime sword swallower and strongman Adam Rinn presided over a mock funeral, complete with weeping mourners and an ...

His brother would eventually break off from American Coney Island and start his own in 1936 -- Lafayette Coney Island. Between the two is a collective 195 years of Coney greatness.

American Coney Island owner Grace Keros says a recent closure next door to her long-operating restaurant in downtown has customers confused about food quality, cleanliness — and rats. Lafayette ...

These days, Coney Island is known for its roller coasters, Mermaid Parade, and Hot Dog Eating Contest, but back in the 1960s and 1970s, it was a very different story.Instead, the Brooklyn ...

The Coney Island History Project is ringing in the summer season with two new art exhibits opening May 24, Memorial Day weekend. The project combines street photography, cyanotypes, native plants and ...

Coney Island has been a popular destination for the Fourth of July since the early 20th century.; Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held on July 4 since the 1970s.

Hot dogs might be an American classic, but each of us has our own regional favorite that we’ll defend against all others.

New Yorkers turned out in force for Saturday’s reopening of Coney Island’s Luna Park, with some arriving long before any of the amusement park’s workers. Bensonhurst’s David Zubin, 34 ...

Vlahadamis and the Leo’s Coney Island defendants voluntarily entered into the stipulated preliminary injunction order for the sole purpose of moving the matter forward in an expeditious manner ...

The famous Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster in New York City was shut down indefinitely after coming to a stop mid-ride this week. The 97-year-old wooden roller coaster at Luna Park was on its ...