Created sometime around 1925, this fascinating vintage film shows street and buildings around Midtown and Lower Manhattan, and the beach and boardwalk of Coney Island. Originally a silent…
"Roller Coaster Kids; Tales of 1960's Coney Island" is a Brooklyn artist's wild coming of age memoir that chronicles the author's many friendships and adventures while growing up in the…
Colorized by expert colorist Dana Keller, this great vintage photograph shows elephants in Luna Park, and the Coney Island promenade around 1907, the way it probably looked as if you were…
Captured on October 1st, 1921, this great vintage photograph shows Brooklyn Borough President Edward J. Riegelmann driving the very first stake into the ground for the Coney Island…
The Cyclone is a 91-year-old wooden roller coaster at Coney Island's Luna Park that rolls over 2,640 feet of track and features twelve drops. This great vintage photograph shows what the…
This great vintage photograph from 1977 shows Debbie Harry, lead singer of new wave/pop band Blondie, hanging out in the parking lot of Luna Park at Coney Island, Brooklyn. The roller…
This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of…
Wonder Wheel is a new movie from writer/director Woody Allen that is set in 1950s Coney Island, at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, one of the neighborhoods most famous attractions. Starring actors…
This vintage photograph from the 1950s shows a very crowded Coney Island beach and boardwalk, as seen from atop the Coney Island Parachute Jump ride. While the beach may not attract this…
Back in the early 1980s, when the New York City subway was a dirty, grimy, and crime-ridden place, the red-beret wearing Guardian Angels would protect commuters by establish a presence on…
