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Where Gay Meets Pretty

It is 1996 and I’m in love with Coney Island. I’m in love with its decrepit, ancient buildings, crumbling but also vibrating with color and ...

I went out to Coney Island on New Year's Day and it was good to see all the oddballs again. I used to love to go out there, but I don...

Today, when you arrive at Coney Island and emerge from the train station, instead of the grand old Henderson Building , the first thing you ...

If you haven't yet seen the movie Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride , you absolutely must. I won't take no for an answer. An...

Reader Philip Shelley turns us on to a great find--from the NBC/Universal Film Archives, originally shot for NBC News, it's a whole bunc...

If yesterday's post on the downfall of Coney Island at the hands of Applebee's got you down, cleanse your palate with this little d...

This past weekend, the Applebee's of Coney Island had its grand opening, unveiling a giant shark tank filled with amusement park miniatu...

It's a lazy, end-of-summer, holiday week, and that means...reruns! I'll be revisiting some of my personal favorite posts here this w...

One bit of authenticity that still exists at Coney Island, that hasn't yet been destroyed by Thor, Zamperla, and Bloomberg, that won...

Coney Island's old Playland is losing its letters. One by one as the years go by. Summer 2010 They're mid-century neon letters. One ...

My last drink at Ruby's on the boardwalk at Coney Island. I don't have much to say about it. It's been here, "a Brooklyn t...

Assuming Hurricane Irene didn't suck Zamperla out to sea, there's not much time left to say goodbye to Coney Island as we've lon...