The Education of Joe Sitt

The tone of a City Council hearing last week on Mayor Bloomberg’s major Coney Island redevelopment plans was music to Joe Sitt’s ears.

Coney Island Assembles Industry’s Big Wheels

The Cyclone’s riders are still screaming. The Wonder Wheel is still spinning. And folks are still jammed onto the sidewalk awaiting their hot dogs and fries from Nathan’s Famous.

THE CYCLONE JUMPSTARTS THE 2009 CONEY ISLAND SEASON ON APRIL 5th

The world famous Coney Island Cyclone roars into action on Sunday, April 5th, starting at Noon. With a bottle of authentic Brooklyn egg cream in hand, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join Miss Cyclone, the Hungry March Band, and hundreds of expected guests in launching the 2009 season.

Blasting Off From the Coney Island Boardwalk

It sometimes feels as if New York has been bidding farewell to old Coney Island for as long as there has been a Boardwalk. With almost every change, its raucous spirit is diminished. Yet then it somehow keeps staggering on.

NYC, arts group hint at Coney Island rejuvenation

A private arts group and City Hall are engaged in separate efforts to rejuvenate Coney Island that could lead to the reincarnation of the historic oceanside amusement complex with new year-round entertainment facilities,

ASTROLAND HOPE

The Bloomberg administration is in serious negotiations to buy 10.5 acres of real estate in Coney Island that once appeared unobtainable

Be ‘Very, Very Scared’ of Coney Island Without Rezoning, City Warns

Back in the late spring, the city added a few new slides to its Coney Island redevelopment plan PowerPoint, presumably to assuage critics, that showed successively how the core amusement area has shrunk decade after decade to become just a pitiful shadow of what it once was.

CITY RIDES BIZMAN OVER CONEY CLOSURE

A controversial developer is now officially Coney Island’s public enemy No. 1 — at least as far as the Bloomberg administration is concerned.

Development plans may change look and feel of Coney Island

Air National Guard Maj. John Klatt takes in the view as he flies over Coney Island in his Extra-300L aerobatic airplane.

Big Wheel Keep on Turnin’

Many of the headlines–The Ride is Over at Coney Island, Coney Island Closes–as well as the content of the news stories that have been published and broadcast the past few days would have you believe that Astroland and Coney Island are one and the same. From the sounds of it, people might think the entire Brooklyn beach, boardwalk, and surrounding Coney Island area have somehow vanished. It’s shoddy journalism, and it’s making me mad.

Swan song for Coney Island’s Astroland

By the time Astroland’s gates opened for the final time yesterday, dozens of thrill seekers were already waiting to say goodbye to the iconic Coney Island amusement park.

Is the ride at Coney Island really over this time?

This summer could mark the end of Coney Island’s historic Astroland amusement park.

Coney Island’s Astroland vows to close unless new lease signed

The Astroland amusement park, after two years of teetering on extinction, vowed to close its rides for good next week unless a new lease is signed.

The changing face of Coney Island

Coney Island is famous for its kitsch charm, but a looming redevelopment plan hoping to bring in hotels other mainstream commerce is threatening to change the amusement park for good.

Astroland owner left to sit and spin

Coney Island’s historic Astroland will close up for the season in just over a month — and when it does, it may be closing for good.

Coney Island’s Latest Roller Coaster Ride

In a city with its share of eccentrics, Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade is like an early-summer extravaganza:

Coney does Disney?

The state of Coney Island is not strong, one of its most vocal boosters said this week.

With cooperation, Coney Island can be a year-round playground

Coney Island is referred to as “America’s Playground,” and if you go there on a summer afternoon, that name fits. But during the winter, when temperatures drop and the sun sets early, it doesn’t look the same.

Next stop, Brooklyn

Manhattan is a blinding, bright star on the family vacation sky. But look or, better yet, travel by subway or taxi to the borough to the southeast and explore the rich offerings of Brooklyn,

Astroland opens Sunday for likely final season

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