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.

Visit the post for more. Paradegoers dressed in all types of aquatic-themed costumes march and perform in the 42nd Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in Brooklyn, New York on June 22, 2024.

The parade is inspired by old Coney Island Mardi Gras parades, and it sort of marks the official start of summer in New York City. The Cyclone roller coaster is another New York City landmark. It ...

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 ...

Mr. Sitt argues that Coney Island — which has struggled to regain its footing since its heyday — was the most in need of the economic boost and had the strongest local support.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Community Board 13 members overwhelmingly passed a resolution rejecting the plan, 23 to eight — with the chairwoman saying she didn’t want to turn Coney Island into another Atlantic Cit… ...

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 ...