Parks Department Reveals Coney Island Boardwalk Lacks Year-Round Carpenter for Repairs
There are no carpenters assigned to maintain the Coney Island Boardwalk year-round, despite the frequent damage that the heavily trafficked landmark sustains, a Parks Department official revealed at a Monday hearing.
Get Ready for Amusement With the Reopening of Coney Island This Month
Celebrate the fact that warm weather weekends are in sight with the opening of Coney Island’s Luna Park and Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.
Coney Island Boardwalk Designated a Scenic Landmark by the LPC
This morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favor of designating the Coney Island Boardwalk.
Take a Photography Tour of Coney Island and Coney Island Creek
Winter's chill may have set in, but that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities to get out there and take some great photographs of Brooklyn's scenery.
The Cyclone Turns 90: Coney Island’s Famed Coaster Through the Years (Photos)
A Coney Island icon celebrates 90 years of thrills.
The Insider’s Guide to Brooklyn’s Best Beaches
It's summertime in the city and there's no place we'd rather be. With rebuilt boardwalks and beaches, the shores of Brooklyn are better than ever, and offer something for everyone in need of a little solar therapy. Kite surfing, anyone?
Car Rental Just Got Cheaper
Most of the time, you do just fine without a car. But…maybe the weather is lousy, or you have to do just a little more shopping than you can carry, or maybe you don’t feel like braving the weekend trains.
Coney Island’s Lost Bicycle Racing Velodrome
Photo via Ephemeral New York
Bicycles may be the thing here in 21st century Brooklyn, but all of the borough’s current bike venues have nothing on Coney Island’s former bicycling stadium.
Your Guide to Coney Island Entertainment Through the New Year
Photo by Luna Park NYC via Flickr
As 2015 draws to a close, Coney Island only gets wilder.
Brooklyn’s Climate Crisis: Is the Borough Doomed?
Photo by Hannah Frishberg
Brooklyn is intensely threatened by the very real threat of global warming and rising sea levels, according to panelists at a recent BRIC TV event.
