Pays des merveilles from Lico on Vimeo. Here’s a video from a French rapper named Lico with music and rap over some great historic archival footage of Coney Island. Enjoy.

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Are you a member of our GL Flickr Pool? If you’re not, please join and put you new Brooklyn photos there so that we can see and post some of your pics. [Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is the body of water separating Coney Island from the Mainland, Coney Island Creek. It […]

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Thor Equities didn’t publicize it’s “Night of Faith” at Astroland last night, but it’s doing so after the fact this morning. Here we go: Thor Equities last night hosted more than 1,000 members of eight separate Coney Island religious congregations at Astroland amusement park in Coney Island — part of a free “Night of Faith.” […]

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The Wonder Wheel in Coney Island turns 88 today! There aren’t many details on the CIDC Coney Island Fun Guide, but there’s supposed to be a day-long celebration. Regardless, it’s a great excuse to go take a spin on an historic Ferris wheel and think about all the other people that have taken the same […]

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The Times looks again at one of the Freaks of Shoot the Freak in Coney Island. “Jose lives in East New York, Brooklyn, and is going into his senior year at Progress High School for Professional Careers, in Williamsburg. He wants to become a police officer, a profession in which the whole dodging shooters thing […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] All we can say about this astounding sunset pic that was dropped into our GL Flickr Pool by the wonderful Rubys Host is this: Holy. Crap.

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“There are new vending machines in Coney Island. They actually grill as you wait for you hot dog. Though not a Nathan’s dog – you get a Kosher frank in under 90 seconds…The vending machines are expected to be placed in about fifteen hundred different locations in the next two years. The machines also dispenses […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] The Santos White Community Garden in Coney Island is not only a gorgeous little spot, but the good news is that it’s not threatened by development. GL Contributor Deborah Matlack, who’s been making the rounds of Coney Community Gardens for us, writes of the garden on Mermaid Avenue at […]

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[Image courtesy of Atomische.Com/flickr and atomische.com] So, the latest Coney Island attraction is a Waterboarding simulation. Yes, waterboarding, as in the torture technique used by the U.S. in interrogation of terror suspects that leads the victim to believe that he is drowning. The Waterboarding show is on W. 12 Street and comes from an artist […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Klinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] These are the lights of Astroland in Coney Island as captured by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and photographer extraordinaire Adrian Kinloch.

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Here’s a short vid from the opening party for Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink this past weekend.

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Documentary – Coney Island from Mike Nubie on Vimeo. Yes, there are a lot of nostalgic looks at Coney Island around featuring footage of Coney and older people talking about the good old day. We like this one we found on Vimeo.

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[Image courtesy of Captain_Nemo/Coney Island Message Board] The other day, we had some images of developer Joe Sitt’s land in Coney Island being cleared out as the “Summer of Hope” attractions pulled out somewhat before the end of the summer. This is what the lot now looks like. (It was occupied by amusements until the […]

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Vids from last week’s arm wrestling in Coney Island.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flicrk Pool] This is a recent sunset as seen from the roof of one of the buildings on the Boardwalk. It come, of course, from Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is all that remains of the property owned by developer Joe Sit and Thor Equities after the amusements that were there were packed up trucks and driven to a fair in Tennessee. The rides and other attractions were supposed to be on the property through Labor Day […]

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Sad news from Brighton Beach, where the body of Akira Johnson the 10-year-old girl who drowned at Coney Island this morning was found offshore by a fisherman this morning. She was pulled under by a riptide around 5:30PM on Saturday in the water off W. 23rd Street.–NY1

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Yes, we’ve announced the “opening” of the Dreamland Roller Rink many times, but we like it so much that we’re going to note that the official Opening Party is Saturday, Aug. 2 starting at 7PM. Here’s some info about the rink, which is in the historic Childs Restaurant Building in Coney Island: We have the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Photo Pool] This is the Ring of Fire ride on land owned by developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities in Coney Island being dismantled. It comes from the roving camera of Rubys Host. The ride was one of those that was supposed to be in Coney Island all summer as […]

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If you’re in Coney Island you’ve got to stop by the Coney Island History Project (well, it’s a cool place to stop in any case) and see the exhibition that starts on August 2. It’s called “THE ASTROLAND ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Back to the Future. It opens on Saturday (8/2) and runs through September 1. […]

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[Photo courtesy of Ruby’s Host/GL Flickr Pool] This night shot of Coney Island come from Rubys Host via our GL Flickr Pool. The ride is one of those on property belonging to developer Joe Sitt.

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If it were in Britain, Coney Island United could be the name of a soccer team. But Coney Island United is in Brooklyn and it’s a new Coney group that’s been set up to push a Coney agenda. Here is the group’s mission statement: The purpose of Coney Island United is to create and move […]

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The search was called off for a little girl presumed drown in Coney Island on Saturday evening. Ten-year-old Akira Johnson vanished around 5:30PM on Saturday while swimming near W. 23rd Street. She “was one of seven presumed drowning victims during a weekend of mayhem at city and Long Island beaches. The drownings appear to be […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This pic manages to capture some of essence of the Surf Avenue scene in Coney Island. It comes from lornagrl, whose Coney Island photography is, in a work, superb.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Astella’s 18th Annual Sand Sculpting Contest took place on the beach yesterday and produced some very cool displays of sculpted sand as it does every year. Check out Rubys Host and lornagrl for more pics of the scene. There was also an Arm Wrestling Championship yesterday and you […]

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