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Aug. 3, 1975: Coney Island was one of the few areas of activity during that summer’s hottest days, as the “Coney Island Chamber of Commerce reported a crowd of more than 1 million people, including more than 5,000 who slept on the beaches overnight,” The Times reported. Elsewhere across the five boroughs, “New York City was a town in low gear,” as temperatures seemed to linger in the 90s without any respite in sight.

Vintage Photograph Shows Thousands of Beachgoers on Packed Coney Island Beach in 1975

by Matt Coneybeare

on Sep. 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM

at 12:00 PM on September 4, 2022

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