“Yesterday evening’s public scoping meeting at Lincoln High School was a fairly orderly and tame affair. This wasn’t too surprising- considering that the meeting was devoted to specific responses to a specific document (the Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS)– but was still a departure from the emotion and boisterousness of other meetings that the Coney […]

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Leni Schwendinger, who designed the lighting scheme for the Coney Island Parachute Jump that Borough President Marty Markowitz announced it’s being done again as a “Phase II,” is speaking out and is not entirely pleased. The city has issued a 178-page RFP for the “lighting enhancement.” (Mr. Markowitz originally called the redone stucture “a beacon […]

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There’s a screenshot of a Cyclone-like roller coaster from Grand Theft Auto IV that someone who goes by the name of keithnoir posted on the Coney Island message board. The shot below is a Brooklyn Bridge screencap, with many liberties taken as to the streetscape.

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Call it one of the most short-lived coup attempts in Brooklyn history. “A plan floated Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz for the city to take control of the New York Aquarium is dead in the water,” Jotham Sederstrom reports in today’s Daily News. On Thursday night, during his “State of the Borough” report, Borough President […]

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[Photos by Poci, Coney Island Message Board] Of all the structures in Coney Island, one of the most interesting ones to many visitors is the ruined Playland arcade. It sits on Surf Avenue at one end of the big lot that was once occupied by the demolished Thunderbolt roller coaster. Viewed from the boardwalk, it […]

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It seems like only yesterday we look over our shoulder on Astroland’s “last day” and said goodbye. Well, there are already signs that Astroland is preparing to reopen for the 2008 season, according to the gentleman who goes by the name of Captain Nemo on the Coney Island Message Board. In fact, because Easter is […]

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Here’s a short vid featuring some recollections of Coney Island in the old days.

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Grimshaw Architects have been picked to design a possible Coney Island amphitheater in Asser Levy Park in Coney Island. The announcement came from Borough President Marty Markowitz’s who said the Grimshaw firm, which has dozens of high profile projects around the world in its portfolio and is doing the redesign of the historic Queens Museum […]

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Was it barely two years ago that the lighting scheme designed by Leni Schwendinger was unveiled? Well, the very subtle lighting debuted to mixed reviews and apparently hasn’t done the trick and, now, Borough President Marty Markowitz is pushing a $1.5 million project that would include another redo of the lighting for Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower. […]

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Among the highlights of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s State of the Borough speech last night was a suggestion that the city cancel a that puts the New York Aquarium in Coney Island under the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo. Mr. Markowitz basically suggested the institution is getting a raw deal in terms […]

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Here are some very cool, almost timeless, photos of Coney Island culled from contributions to the “Goodbye Coney Island?” flickr group. The Coney Island Sunset photo and Time to Rain, in particular, are gems.–Brooklyn Museum

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There are a number of community gardens in Coney Island that are particularly threatened by development. They are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and don’t have the protection of those transfered to the Parks Department or the Trust for Public Land–Flatbush Gardener

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A fun vid shot in winter in Coney Island, before the clearance of some land by developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities.

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Coney Island is featured in one of the MTA’s new “art cards” on the subway. This photo, which was posted by Rapid T. Rabbit on the Coney Island Message Board, is from the 4-5-6 line. The posters are actually available for purchase through the New York City Transit Museum’s online store.

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The photo above is from Deborah Matlack, a local photographer who’s contributed some photos to GL in the past. Coney Island is among the places she photographs often, and some of her Coney pics are on display at the Patio Lounge in Park Slope through early March. Patio Lounge is s located at 179 Fifth […]

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The two images above are pinhole photos of Coney Island shot by Anna Sawaryn, who is having a show of her work called Coney Island Through the Invisible Lens that open on February 2. She writes: This is photography in it’s simplest form, using a wooden box, NOT a camera. The box does not have […]

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We’ve posted a couple of old Astroland commercials in the past. Here’s one that was just posted to YouTube that haven’t had before.

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So, it turns out that State Sen. Carl Kruger spent $2,475.00 to shut down that Coney Island Development Corp. informational session in November. An online expenditure report for Sen. Kruger’s campaign committee shows a $2,475 payment to Dimino Express.–The Real Estate

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We love the dancing on the boardwalk in Coney Island in summer. We especially love to remember it in the middle of January and think about how it will be back beore we know it.

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We don’t normally post music videos, unless they have some local content we like. So it is with this song, called “Mannequin Legs” from Zucchini Drive. We think the music and images of Coney Island in winter go together like hand and glove.

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There are four episodes, so far, of an online reality TV show called Born Ready that follows Coney Island high school basketball star Lance Stephenson. Episode Three is about the neighborhood in Coney Island itself. Give it a view.–Born Ready

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The approval process for the Coney Island rezoning will be a long and technical one, including things like the upcoming Public Scoping Meeting. The session will be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 6:00 PM at Abraham Lincoln High School, which is located at 2800 Ocean Parkway. In (relatively) plain English, the meeting will […]

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A letter from Coney Island Development Corp. president Lynn Kelly went out yesterday afternoon to announce an upcoming meeting that is the first step in the official public approval process for the city’s Coney Island rezoning proposal and plan. Here is some of what it said: As you may know, the Coney Island Development Corporation […]

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We weren’t aware that Nathan’s had veggie hot dogs, but no we know that it does. The chain is being sued for trademark infringement by Northern Soy over the term ‘not dog.’ No word if the subjects of the litigation were ever served in Coney Island.–Kinetic Carnival

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