Within the city’s presentation prepared for the Coney Island Scoping Hearing on Tuesday night were some new renderings of a proposed Coney future, as well as new detailed maps and diagrams of what would go where. The raucous meeting ended up with the following headline in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: “Coney Plan Overwhelmingly Rejected at […]

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Coney Island USA’s Dick Zigun, recently resigned his membership on the board of the Coney Island Development Corporation and has become an outspoken critic of the city’s revised rezoning proposal. Here’s a video of testimony at the often raucous Scoping Hearing on Tuesday night, as well as a written version of his words after the […]

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For those that haven’t had their fill of the circus of the Coney Island Scoping Meeting on Tuesday Night, here’s a vid of NY 1’s report that’s been posted to the YouTube:

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/flickr] Here’s one of those gorgeous Coney Island sunsets showing off the South Brooklyn Light. That’s KeySpan Park under the glowing cloud. This comes to our GL Photo Pool courtesy of Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of GerritsenBeach.Net/flickr] Normally, “scoping hearings” are boring in the deadliest way. Not last night’s hearing about Coney Island rezoning. Not by a longshot. You expected differently when the Mermaid Queen had been on a hunger strike to publicize it and get people to attend? There was a large turnout and it was a […]

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[Photo courtesy of GerristensBeach.Net/flickr] The second Coney Island rezoning Scoping Meeting took place last night in front of a large crowd with testimony that ran toward performance art. An earlier meeting had been held, but the process has had to be redone, because the plan has been revised since then. Kinetic Carnival said the meeting […]

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We were lucky enough to trespa visit the roof of the historic Childs Building in Coney Island and get a look at some rarely seen Coney views as well as to see some of the building’s decorative sea creatures and other elements up close. Before last year’s Mermaid Ball there had been no public access […]

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Coney’s Beer Island has food! Specifically, it has a BBQ truck. “It’s owned and run by Chris McGee, a veteran of Blue Smoke and Jean-Georges. He’s serving Kansas City Style BBQ (where he’s from)—KC ribs, Pulled pork, pulled chicken, Brisket, Chicken ribs (essentially a smoked chicken leg), burgers, hot dogs, smoked turkey burgers, salads, slaw, […]

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The next step in the Coney Island redevelopment process takes place tonight at 6PM, which is when the Scoping Meeting on the revised Coney Island zoning proposal takes place. (The meeting was held earlier this year but the plan has changed since then, so it has to be done again. It will take place at […]

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[Photo courtesy of Ruby’s Host/GL Flickr Pool] Hunger striking Coney Island Mermaid Queen Savitri D. has been getting her share of press attention, including an appearance on the Brian Lehrer Show yesterday with the Coney Island History Project’s Charles Denson. She’s in her final hunger strike day today, as it was designed to draw attention […]

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Kinetic Carnival has chatted with hunger striking Mermaid Savitri D. Here’s a sample: “KC: Is this the first time you put yourself through this kind of thing for a protest? coneyislandmermaid: Yeah I have never fasted like this or lived in a window before, I have fasted before with juice and maple syrup but never […]

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“The New York Aquarium is mourning the loss of a Pacific walrus named Ayveq. Ayveq was about 14. He died Sunday after a short illness. The aquarium is awaiting the results of a necropsy done to determine the cause of his death. The director, Jon Forrest Dohlin, says aquarium workers took extraordinary steps to try […]

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[Photo courtesy of Shield/GL Flickr Pool] Mermaid Parade day always yields some interesting visuals, as per this scene captured on the N Train going in the direction of Coney Island by Shield and put into our GL Flickr Pool.

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Yes, we attended the Mermaid Ball at the historic Childs Restaurant building on Saturday. We’ve already posted a short vid, but here’s a photo gallery to make the record complete.

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And now, a few video moments at the 2008 Mermaid Ball at the historic Childs Restaurant building on the boardwalk.

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Of course, we attended the magnificent Mermaid Parade on Saturday and came away with, like, 1,000 photos or something close to that. We’ve added another flickr set of pics we didn’t have a chance to get to yesterday. Our original photo gallery that we posted yesterday is here. Enjoy the, uh, mermaids.

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As has been widely noted and is now on live webcam, the Queen of the Mermaid Parade is on a short hunger strike to draw attention to opposition to the city’s revised plan for Coney Island and to try to get a big turnout at the “scoping” meeting on Tuesday for it. The hunger strike […]

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Here’s a special extra Brooklinks in order to roundup a small selection of Mermaid Parade linkage: · 11,100+ Mermaid Parade 2008 flickr Photos!!! [flickr] · Rite of Summer Turns a Little Serious [NYT] · Coney Island Mermaid Parade 08 [Gothamist] · Mermaids and Moshers: A Tale of Two Islands [Brit in Brooklyn] &#183 Brooklyn Mermaids […]

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[Photo courtesy of itsnotthatfar/GL Flickr Pool] There were more interesting visuals in Coney Island this weekend that one could keep up with. This is one of them, courtesy of a contribution to our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool from itsnotthatfar. Checkout itsnotthatfar’s full Mermaid Parade flickr set here.

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Here are some of the first posted YouTube vids of the 2008 Mermaid Parade. Enjoy.

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[Photo courtesy of Julie Wilson World/flickr] Some of the coolest photos we’ve seen in a long time are the ones that Julie Wilson World has been putting up on flickr of Coney Island in the late 80s and early 90s. The photo above is from a set of Mermaid Parade photos from 1991. Do take […]

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Summer is here!!! We do love the Friday night fireworks in Coney Island, as there’s nothing quite like heading there on a Friday evening to sit on the beach and watch what is always a nice display. They kick off tonight after dark and are sponsored by Astroland. We’ve found the time they start can […]

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We posted earlier this week about the Coney Photos that were posted by Julie Wilson World on flickr. That set has been greatly expanded and is totally worth checking out on this Mermaid Parade Weekend.

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We were waiting to see what was going to happen at the Mermaid Parade this year, particularly given the fact that its founder Dick Zigun is now very publicly against the city’s revised development strategy. Yesterday, the first shoe dropped: This year’s Queen Mermaid, Savitri D, (King Neptune is the Rev. Billy) is going to […]

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“The designy walls have been finished and ready for coloring at the Coney Island USA building. They plan to be open provisionally in time for the Mermaid Parade, though the interior may still be in the process of completion.”–Kinetic Carnival

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