This is one of the renderings of a new Coney Island just released by the Municipal Art Society that will be presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this evening. More about it all tomorrow.

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This morning’s Post brings news of a potentially huge development in Coney Island: the city may be close to a deal worth between $200 million-$250 million to acquire all of developer Joe Sitt’s land in the amusement zone where the city would like to develop and amusement park. This land would include the Astroland property. […]

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This vid, which features Lou Reed’s classic Coney Island Baby with pics of Coney Island almost brings tears to our eyes on a rainy and kind of sad fall Saturday morning. Watch it. It’s very pretty and evocative with Lou signing about the glory of love and that the city is a funny place, you […]

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The next step in the Municipal Art Society’s Imagine Coney effort–which is bringing to together designers to develop a vision for redevelopment–will take place on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 PM at the Bamcafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They will be presenting some initial results fo their work. Also, they will be having […]

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There had been a report that something called Flea by Sea would be operating on the Astroland property in Coney Island next summer, but it’s not true. There may be something called Flea by Sea but it will be on the Thor Equities property on Stillwell Avenue that was home to some rides for part […]

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These are photos of Thor Equities property in Coney Island posted to the Coney Island Message Board by Captain Nemo. Our friends at Kinetic Carnival also had a post about it yesterday. We’re not suggesting that developer Joe Sitt is dumping garbage on his property, only that it is so poorly secured and maintained that […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] It’s fall kite surfing in Coney Island, friends, courtesy of Ruby’s Host.

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Everyone, it seems now wants to have something to say about the future of Coney Island. From the Center for an Urban Future: Well-known architects, historians, novelists, developers and amusement industry experts from New York and around the world offer their “vision” for Coney Island’s future in a new report being released today by the […]

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Now that the rides are down, the water’s cold, and we’re all getting ready to bunker down in and close to our homes for the winter, Coney Island has turned into a quiet wonderland fitting to sing the blues. Some people, though, take full advantage of having the place all to themselves, as can be […]

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[Photo courtesy of Kinetic Carnival] As the holidays are fast approaching, so is the time for the Union Square Holiday Market. In addition to the candles, sweaters, hats and puppet booths, there’s one more that everyone should get excited about – the Lola Staar Holiday Boutique will also be there. T-shirts, jewelry, tchotchkes and mementos […]

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Oh, those crazy kids are still jumping off the Pier in Coney Island. We watched it a number of times last year.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Charles Andrisano] We have to say, it’s one of the coolest pics of our beloved Coney Island Parachute Jump we’ve ever seen.

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The photo above comes from Jones Walk in Coney Island via the Coney Island Message Board where people are wondering what the markings–which clearly indicate the presence of underground cables and other lines–mean. Is there construction plannned? The ownership of the property is not even clear, although some neighboring structures are owned by developer Joe […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] We were going to run this photo submitted by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and GL Contributing Photographer Adrian Kinloch this morning, but figured the only decent thing to do, given that it’s a picture of the Coney Island collection of brews, was to wait until afternoon. It just […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Dude in a lobster suit in a pretty heavy wind on the beach in Coney Island. Nice stuff.

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Here’s another lovely photo of Coney Island in the off season courtesy of our contributing photographer Deborah Matlack, who loves documenting our favorite place in Brooklyn. All we can say is it’s quiet down there on Surf Avenue at night in October, but Faber’s Fascination is clearly open.

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Many people have been arguing that no matter what the outcome of the city’s rezoning effort for Coney Island and whether efforts to dislodge developer Joe Sitt from the heart of the amusement district are successful, that the city lacks an interim plan to keep Coney Island from turning into a desolate wasteland of Thor […]

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This is the new Freak Bar and Gift Shop at Coney Island. Do make sure to check out the backgroiund music.

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Contributing photogrpaher Deborah Matlack has outdone herself with this shot of Nathan’s on Coney’s Surf Avenue in Fall. Bravo.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] All we can say about this pic shot by Rubys Host in front of Shoot the Freak on the Coney boardwalk is: Ruby, we love your photos.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Every time we’ve seen the ultimately beautiful sunset pic from Coney Island from Rubys Host, she blows us away with another one. Wow.

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If you know Coney Island, you know shut down wreck known as the Shore Hotel. In its final days it was a notorious hot sheets/crack joint type of place. In any case, L Magazine had a wonderful recollection of the place when it was open that we found courtesy of the Coney Island Message Board:<blockquote>Me […]

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This is “Coney Island Saved Me!” by Amanda Jencsik, the winner of the Best “Made in Coney Island” Film at the 2008 Coney Island Film Festival. Check it out.

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The bombshell dropped late yesterday morning in a press release from the New York City Economic Development Corporation: the city had bought a key parcel of land held by the Ward Family Trust for $11 million. The property is the front part of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and it brings the total of city owned […]

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