Full Coverage: Coney Island

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Take A Ride on the Cyclone Coaster

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Riders, Managers Talk About Cyclone

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Nudity at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

May 22, 2008

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."

March 11, 2008

Astroland opens Sunday for likely final season

Coney Island's Astroland Amusement Park will open Sunday for what is likely its final season.

September 4, 2007

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.

August 29, 2007

Eminent domain in Coney Island?

As city officials play hardball with a developer over the future of Coney Island's amusement zone, rumblings of a land takeover by the Bloomberg administration through eminent domain have surfaced in published reports.

August 6, 2007

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.

June 29, 2007

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.

June 1, 2007

Coney Island exhibit opens

Coney Island's future may be cloudy, but its past is well preserved.

May 29, 2007

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.