The New York city council finally got around to holding a vote on the future of Coney Island, but in the end they mostly waved the city’s plan on through: The way things are going, the never-ending Coney Island rezoning … Continue reading
Four years and change in the making, the rezoning plan for Coney Island is finally about to be voted up or down, and you can’t tell all the competing factions without a scorecard: The battle over Coney Island’s future is … Continue reading
Back to Coney Island again this weekend, to see if the “Festival By The Sea” finally got off the ground: After last weekend’s false start, Joe Sitt’s Festival By The Sea finally kicked off this weekend, giving Coney Island visitors … Continue reading
The opening of Joe Sitt’s “Festival By The Sea” in Coney Island was postponed this weekend, but there’s plenty of signs what will be in store (or not) on the developer’s land this summer: Joe Sitt’s much-hyped Festival By The … Continue reading
The Coney Island community board voted on the controversial neighborhood rezoning plan last night, and the result gave herding cats a bad name: It took four years, but the fate of Coney Island’s future finally began the deliberative phase tonight, … Continue reading
I couldn’t make it out to Coney Island today for the city’s big redevelopment announcement, and given the despicable weather, boy, am I glad I didn’t: There hasn’t been much good news coming out of Coney Island of late, unless … Continue reading
The long-awaited death of Coney Island looks like it may finally be at hand, and there’s plenty of blame to go around: Coney Island in winter always feels desolate, but this year the spooky whistle the wind makes as it … Continue reading
It’s the moment none of us were waiting for: Astroland’s rides have begun to be packed away for what’s almost certainly the last time. Take a look at Astroland from a passing Q train, and you might not notice anything … Continue reading
A short clarification of what’s really going on in Coney Island after the New York Times reported that a landmark just changed hands: Notwithstanding our earlier report, not to mention Jennifer 8. Lee’s report in this morning’s Times, the city … Continue reading
Rumors are afoot that Coney Island’s Astroland may be saved after all. Are they for real? It seems you can’t keep a good amusement park down: Thursday night, after three days of rumors that the city was hoping to save … Continue reading