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Looks like Covid pushed the expansion back a year....


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Old Coney Island Amusements Set to Whirl Again Even as New Rides Remain Beached





BY GABRIEL SANDOVAL AND CLIFFORD MICHEL
APR 6, 2021


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When Coney Island’s world-famous amusement rides reopen Friday, crowds of tourists and New Yorkers are expected to hop on for the first time since the pandemic shuttered businesses along Brooklyn’s historic boardwalk last spring.

But notably missing from the beachfront People’s Playground are several attractions originally scheduled for completion up to two years ago — including a new log flume water ride, an arcade, a public plaza with a food court and an “adventure park” with a rope course.

And they’re all still at least a year away.

The city’s Economic Development Corporation announced in 2018 the selection of Central Amusement International, the owner of Coney Island’s Luna Park, to expand the amusement district by 150,000 square feet on city-owned property. That would increase the district by 50%, to 450,000 square feet.

The adventure park was supposed to open in 2019, with the water ride expected a year later. But pandemic shutdowns nixed any hope of the expansion materializing during the 2020 season — a lost year that should have included celebration of the 100th anniversary of Deno’s Wonder Wheel.

The EDC doesn’t anticipate the new attractions to be ready until the 2022 season, according to a spokesperson.


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Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park also reopens Friday, with tickets honored for up to two hours sold online in advance.

As part of a belated 100th birthday celebration, Deno’s will give free rides to 100 front-line workers, Bklyner reported.

This summer is also expected to bring the debut of Phoenix, a new roller coaster that will stand 68 feet tall and reach speeds of up to 34 mph, according to the Alliance for Coney Island.

Deno’s’ and Luna Park’s main gates will be closed to prevent passersby without tickets from wandering around to look at the rides.


Didn't know Deno's was expecting another attraction. Good for them.



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that new coaster at deno's, while obviously not a high-octane thrill ride, looks fun.

i love the fact that coney island somehow survived its dark ages and is now seeing significant investment in its amusement parks once again.

the US doesn't really have a whole lot in the way of urban amusement parks left.
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that new coaster at deno's, while obviously not a high-octane thrill ride, looks fun.

i love the fact that coney island somehow survived its dark ages and is now seeing significant investment in its amusement parks once again.

the US doesn't really have a whole lot in the way of urban amusement parks left.

It really has come a long way since Astroland closed. They've added a few more attractions every year, and people who haven't been there in years are always surprised at what they find. It's a genuinely fun place to visit, far from the years when people though of just crime.

They've also been building a lot of housing on some of the empty lots, and that will continue. What will really turn the corner for CI though is when they start to build the indoor amusements.



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LUNA PARK IN CONEY ISLAND PAYS HOMAGE TO FAMILY ROOTS WITH NEW RIDE NAMES


April 21, 2022


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With a highly anticipated season ahead, iconic amusement park, Luna Park in Coney Island is thrilled to announce the official names of its brand-new attractions officially opening this Summer.

Making its global debut, the new roller coaster, custom made for Coney Island, will be named “Tony’s Express,” and the bespoke log flume ride will be known as “Leti’s Treasure,” the Zamperla family – owners of Central Amusement International Inc. (“CAI”) and Luna Park in Coney Island – and their legacy of five generations in the amusement industry.
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Tony’s Express and Leti’s Treasure are set to be intertwined rides created to provide guests with a unique experience that showcases innovation and the rich heritage of Coney Island.

The vehicles and the boats design pay homage to Coney Island’s historic attractions Switchback Railway and The Chutes while the illuminated station house, archways, and tracks reestablishes Luna Park as “The Electric Eden.”

The integrated rides represent a unique marriage of experiences and pay tribute to CAI’s President and CEO, Alessandro Zamperla’s grandparents, the late Antonio and Letizia Zamperla.
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Tony’s Express is a family friendly coaster that will bend and curve around Leti’s Treasure at more than 40 mph with more than 1200 exhilarating feet of track, comprised of two enchanting trains equipped with ADA access. Leti’s Treasure is a massive log flume that will operate with 12 flume boats seating up to six guests at a time, lifting riders up to 40 feet in the air and providing a semi-circle panoramic view of Coney Island’s shoreline, before plunging down to a speed of over 35mph for a big splash.

In addition to the roller coaster and log flume ride, Luna Park will also unveil the 50-foot custom designed Sky Chaser Ropes Course and pedestrian plazas as part of its 2022 expansion, where the park is developing 5 acres along the Coney Island Boardwalk and Surf Avenue. The historic expansion will increase Luna Park in Coney Island’s size by 50% and will activate areas in Coney Island that had been vacant for over 40 years. The expansion will be the newest asset to the Coney Island Amusement District and is set to create an additional 100 jobs and increase visitorship in South Brooklyn.
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The backdrop to a proposed casino on Coney Island is that development has been steadily taking place. 1515 Surf taking shape.




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Really nice to see the Coney Island skyline start to fill in.

It's been a long time coming. Hopefully this is just the beginning.
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Really nice to see the Coney Island skyline start to fill in.

It's been a long time coming. Hopefully this is just the beginning.
It’s not really the beginning. They’ve been filling in the empty lots on Surf Ave with these residential buildings that are the result of the rezoning. There are a lot more planned though.
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Wake up, New Yorkers: Coney Island is now an underrated gem





By Steve Cuozzo
June 24, 2023


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Hot dog! Coney Island’s annual wiener-wolfing contest isn’t till July 4th, but it isn’t too early to celebrate the city’s reborn capital of good, clean fun.

The seaside playground famed for its beach, thrill rides, and roller-coaster history — both literal and symbolic — is in its best shape in generations.

If you haven’t been recently, you’re missing out on the Big Apple’s happiest good times, waterfront revival.

Coney Island in the 1970s-’90s was a crime-filled, run-down ghost of its glorious heyday, but has since morphed into the city’s most welcoming-to-everyone, old neighborhood made new.

Unlike expensively redeveloped waterfront complexes in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn, Coney Island isn’t “gentrified.” There are no designer boutiques or $75 veal parmigiana.
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There’s Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and the 103-year-old title attraction with the famous swinging cars.

The Steeplechase Pier, which was rebuilt and improved after Superstorm Sandy, thrusts 1,100 feet into the Atlantic Ocean.

Unexpectedly diverse new places to eat share Surf Avenue with attractive new housing developments.

Everything is within an easy stroll of the European-style, glass-domed Stillwell Avenue subway station where the B, D, F, Q, and N lines converge.

And it’s a 15-minute walk to the New York Aquarium and a 20-minute stroll to Russian-dominated Brighton Beach to the east.
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The future is looking bright, too.

All eyes are on the landmarked former theater at 1301 Surf at the corner of Stillwell, which a development outfit called PYE is slowly transforming into a hotel that Coney Island desperately needs.

And a consortium led by Coney Island native Joseph Sitt’s Thor Equities hopes to win a gaming license for a five-acre location it owns behind Luna Park — one of the dozen-odd proposals the state will consider for a casino in the city, a decision likely to be made later this year.

Here’s a beach bag full of reasons why every New Yorker should put Coney Island on their “must” list this summer — and even consider it as a place to live.
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Potholes have been replaced by gateways to pleasure
Visitors once had to navigate grungy, pothole-filled obstacle courses at the feet of Stillwell Avenue and West 12th and 15th streets to reach the boardwalk.

The Parachute Jump is prettier than ever
The iconic ride often called the “Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn” was moved from the 1939 World’s Fair to Coney Island’s long-gone Steeplechase Park in 1941 and thrilled customers until 1964.

The skeletal steel frame survived efforts by Steeplechase owner Fred Trump to sell it for scrap metal and was designated a landmark in 1989.

Now, its nighttime LED lighting in shifting colors makes it one of the Big Apple’s most arresting sights.

The rides are more fun than ever

If the Cyclone’s too much for you, “family-friendly” Tony’s Express twists and curls around Leti’s Treasure, a water flume ride that recalls the old Luna Park’s famous Shoot the Chutes, at a (slightly) less-heart-pounding 30 mph across 1,200 feet of track.

An older coaster, the Thunderbolt is named after a long-demolished roller coaster referenced in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall.”

At Deno’s, run by Dennis and Steve Vourderis, the new roller coaster Phoenix roars into its third season.
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There’s a mini Restaurant Row developing
Legendary Gargiulo has served fine cuisine at 2911 West 15th Street since 1907.

Famed pizza eatery Totonno’s reopened last winter after a Covid shutdown.

Both of them, as well as the original Nathan’s Famous, are joined by bold new efforts to break Coney out of its fast-food rut.

The menus are as polyglot as the crowds.

Teura at 1215 Surf Avenue offers a blend of Italian and Albanian.

Cajun seafood spot Hook & Reel and KPot Korean BBQ dwell under the same roof at 1217 Surf Ave.

Zula, a sprawling, two-level Mediterranean spot, took over the landmarked, Spanish Colonial-style Childs Building on the boardwalk at West 21st Street.

The Turkish-tinted menu has everything from side pide to octopus carpaccio, and the rooftop offers a “hookah” bar and live entertainment.
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One block north of the boardwalk, Surf Avenue’s previous backwater of crumbling buildings and empty lots is growing into an attractive residential corridor.

Gargulio was instrumental in the Renaissance.

Restaurant owner Michael Russo leased land he owns across the street to developer LCOR, which just topped off a game-changing, twin-tower rental apartment building at 1515 Surf Avenue — with a mix of market-rate and “affordable” apartments, retail storefronts and an open-air pool for residents.

Russo, who was born in Coney Island, took care of deciding whom to bring to the site.

“I investigated before I signed the lease,” he said. “Everybody wants affordable housing, and that’s good.”

But unlike other projects, LCOR’s project has market-rate apartments as well as cheaper ones, making “a real investment in the neighborhood,” he said.

Meanwhile, major developers BFC Partners, L + M Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners have opened two large, all-affordable apartment buildings on blocks west of LCOR and will break ground soon on a third.

Farther west, another handsome residence, Raven Hall, will soon open as well.

One priority for The Alliance for Coney Island, a business advocacy organization, is to upgrade the shopping scene along Mermaid Avenue.
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“We’re very fixed on retail upgrades on Mermaid,” said executive director Daniel Murphy. “The amusement parks are great but they can’t alone sustain a residential neighborhood.”

Developer John Catsimaditis, who also owns the Red Apple Group supermarket empire, built two gleamings, Miami-like Ocean Drive apartment towers at the boardwalk’s west end.

He wants to build three more towers next door, to be called Ocean Dreams.

But he needs approvals to create market-rate apartments. “There’s enough affordable housing in Coney Island already,” he said. “We need more middle-class housing.”

It’s a fantastic people-watching experience — for free
The Riegelmann Boardwalk, a name nobody uses, is 3.2 miles long from Brighton Beach at the east end to the private Sea Gate community at the west end. It doesn’t cost a dime to take it all in — but it will transport you.










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