July 4, 2009
Full Coverage: Coney Island
Coney Island icon caught in tug-o-Wheel with city
Denos Vourderis made a promise to his girlfriend in 1948: "You marry me, I buy you the Wonder Wheel."
Astroland opens Sunday for likely final season
Coney Island's Astroland Amusement Park will open Sunday for what is likely its final season.
Coney Island's 'Eak the Geek' goes to law school
For 15 years, Eak the Geek earned his living as a "freak" in the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, wowing thousands of spectacle seekers each summer with his spacey facial tattoos and signature stunt: the Bed of Nails sandwich.
Report: City nixes Coney Island plans
City leaders refuse to meet with the developer planning a $1.5 billion face-lift for Coney Island unless it drastically alters its vision for the fabled amusement area, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Inside Crazy Legs Conti's training camp
The centerpiece of Crazy Legs Conti's cramped East Village kitchen is not a dining table or oversized refrigerator.
Coney Island exhibit opens
Coney Island's future may be cloudy, but its past is well preserved.
Sun may set on historic Coney Island
Tom Sumrall's parents first started taking him to enjoy the rides, sun and sand of Coney Island as a child 38 years ago. Today, he brings his own 3 1/2 –year-old son there several times each year.