We finally had a chance to see and shoot some vid of the “Waterboarding Attraction” in Coney Island. Here’s the action both outside and inside. It’s more hype and political statement than waterboarding, but we imagine that dollar bill collector has been sucking up a bunch of them.

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We didn’t know that someone was making a Save Coney Island documentary, but now we do. We came across this trailer on Kinetic Carnival. The wording on YouTube, where it was posted on Monday, says: “When Thor Equities, an infamous real-estate company, threatens to build condominiums on Coney Island’s core amusements, Amos Wengler, the troubadour, […]

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The “Summer of Hope,” the label attached by Thor Equities to its summer activities in Coney Island, has boiled down to a few inflatable attractions at the corner of the big lot on Stillwell Avenue on which the developer demolished attractions nearly two year ago. Rides were on the property for part of the summer […]

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“…apparently there is a new kid working in the Shoot the Freak pit called the ‘zone’ dodging paint balls. At one point when a customer had finished playing and put his gun down – the customer’s child grabbed the gun and shot the unsuspecting kid working as the ‘freak’ and nailed him in the eye […]

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“What is it about the inexorable approach of the end of summer. Even though I love the fall, and even the winter, when it is not too intense, the approach of the week before labor day brings a little bit of ennui, a rootlessness and sense of endings, of movings on..For most households that include […]

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It’s a few seconds of vid we shot on Saturday afternoon on the Boardwalk in Coney Island.

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This pic placed into our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by lornagrl almost leaves us speechless. It is classically Coney Island and absolutely timeless.

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] Today, this is a Nathan’s outpost and Cha Cha’s. Shoot the Freak would be to the right. Old timers still look at the building on the Coney Boardwalk and call it The Atlantis.

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Definitely check this out. It’s a very nicely done Point of View ride on the Cyclone.

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] There are many pics around of the Thunderbolt, which sat in a glorious state of decay in Coney Island for many years (until demolition crews dispatched by the Giuliani Administration showed up to tear it down without warning). We are always fascinated when we come across them and this […]

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Here we go again. “Astroland’s co-owner says she won’t put the storied Coney Island amusement park’s rides up for sale just yet, despite issuing an ultimatum that she would do so if she was not offered a lease for 2009 by Friday. ‘I’m just kind of in this holding pattern,’ Carol Hill Albert told amNewYork […]

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Check out the dude in drag dancing on the Coney Island Boardwalk. The vid shifts from horizontal to vertical part of the way through, but it’s still fun to watch.

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[Photo courtesy of mugsniffer/GL Flickr Pool] Well, it has quickly become the most well known attraction in Coney Island this summer, clearly doing better than Shoot the Freak in terms of getting press attention. Our photographer writes, “Two boys wait in line for the Spongebob Squarepants Waterboard Thrill Ride at Coney Island.” But, can they […]

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Looks like an old Coney tradition–stealing someone’s shit on the beach–is alive and well. “During the three-week period ending July 13, the 60th precinct — which serves Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst — saw a 44.1 percent increase in grand larcenies and 17.8 increase in robberies, compared to the same period last year. Most […]

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Today’s Times takes a look at Diana Carlin’s wonderful Dreamland Roller Rink in the historic Childs Building in Coney Island. “The rink is scheduled to open every weekend until October, at least. Longtime roller skaters who showed up at Dreamland on Saturday night said they had yet to find a new home since the Roxy […]

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So, here’s a Beard and Mustache Competition coming up in Coney Island on September 6 (yes, this is post-Labor Day and by definition kind of depressing). Here’s a bit of info from the email: Donny Vomit in association with Coney Island USA presents: The First Annual Coney Island Beard and Moustache Competition! All are welcome […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/Gl Flickr Pool] This is quite a sand structure under contruction in Coney Island captured by Rubys Host.

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Perhaps you’ve seen Coney Ilsand Albino Python White Lager and the other Coney Beers? So what do you get when you mix a tattoo artist, coriander, the boardwalk, a pinch of “the sensual dance of provocative hops” and a snake charmer? Coney Island Albino Python White Lager — one of five beers developed by Shmaltz […]

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[Photo courtesy of wzrdreams/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s some “Coney Tarot” via our GL Flickr Pool. Also check out this cool Coney fireworks photo from the tables next to Nathan’s from the same photo contributor.

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] Here’s an angle on the Friday night Coney Island fireworks that one doesn’t often see and that’s really cool. It comes from the Belt Parkway from the camera of GL Contributor Deborah Matlack. [Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]

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[Photo courtesy of Tricia/Coney Island Message Board] The latest Summer of Hope attractions brought to Coney Island by Thor Equities, several blow up rides places in the big empty lot at Stillwell Avenue, are not necessarily being warmly received by the Coney Island crowd. Tricia on the Coney Island Message Board writes: The Summer of […]

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The fame of Coney’s Waterboarding attraction has now spread nationwide as per this clip on CNN that we came across via Kinetic Carnival.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a sudden Coney downpour on Friday captured by our valued GL Photo Pool contributor, Rubys Host.

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