NEW YORK | Coney Island Redevelopment

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

but the casinos are most likely going to times square and citifield, where they belong, so relax newbie.

A casino no more belongs at citifield than it does on Rikers Island. Are they likely to put one there? Big chance. But nothing about that parking lot says a casino belongs there. Let's not get crazy. What should have been put there was the soccer stadium, the one that's taking much needed land for affordable housing. But that's the city's misjudgment.

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by NYguy

A casino no more belongs at citifield than it does on Rikers Island. Are they likely to put one there? Big chance. But nothing about that parking lot says a casino belongs there. Let's not get crazy. What should have been put there was the soccer stadium, the one that's taking much needed land for affordable housing. But that's the city's misjudgment.

nothing sez a casino belongs anywhere, but it most definitely doesnt belong on the famous family beachfront next to kiddie rides. and you know ts and citi are most likely. we’ll see, but bet.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

nothing sez a casino belongs anywhere, but it most definitely doesnt belong on the famous family beachfront next to kiddie rides. and you know ts and citi are most likely. we’ll see, but bet.

Either you've never been to Coney Island, or that just a silly statement on your part. Coney Island has NEVER be a "famous family beachfront for kiddie rides". It's been everything but that. Are there kiddie rides there? Of course there are, it's an amusement district. But to come on here and pretend Coney Island has been a clean, family fun, Disney-like destination is just ridiculous. But even if it were, "kiddies" aren't allowed in casinos, just like they aren't allowed to buy the alcohol served there, or go into the nudie shows.

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[Busy Bee]

He should shave his neck.

I'll let mine get like that sometimes. It itches like crazy and it's not a good look.


Yes to Coney Island casino though.

[Robin~]

Originally Posted by NYguy

But to come on here and pretend Coney Island has been a clean, family fun, Disney-like destination is just ridiculous...

The 80's were a long time ago. The Coney Island of today is no different than most of your standard Jersey beach towns - a bit seedy, but still little more than a sandy beach with carnival rides and overpriced drinks.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Robin~

The 80's were a long time ago. The Coney Island of today is no different than most of your standard Jersey beach towns - a bit seedy, but still little more than a sandy beach with carnival rides and overpriced drinks.

Only an idiot would think Coney Island is not Coney Island. Coney Island was never Disneyland. Do some research on the history of the place before you start babbling that particular brand of nonsense.
And get yourself a ticket to the Burlesque at the Beach. It might enlighten you some. Though I doubt it.


https://www.coneyisland.com/burlesqueatthebeach

Bambi The Mermaid presents our popular Burlesque at the Beach program, a revival of the most glorious and notorious of the "Burly Q Revues" in Coney Island history. The sumptuous decor, fabulous bubble machine, and swell performers make burlesque one of Coney's hottest attractions! A blend of old-style burlesque, sideshow freaks, strange women, new vaudeville, and toe-tappin' music!

This one sounds fun. Don't forget to bring the kiddies.







Too late for this one....

[NYguy]

Say goodbye to year ‘round Coney, and the thousands of jobs that came with it.



https://www.brooklynpaper.com/coney-island-casino-cac-members-announce-no-votes/

Coney Island casino bid appears poised to fail as CAC members announce ‘no’ votes


By Kirstyn Brendlen
September 22, 2025

Council Member Justin Brannan, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton will vote “no” on The Coney, they announced in separate statements on Sept. 22. Marissa Solomon, who was appointed to the CAC by Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny, will also vote “no,” she told Brooklyn Paper.

If the four follow through on their statements at the yet-to-be-scheduled final CAC vote, The Coney’s bid will be finished. The project would need four out of six CAC members to vote “yes” to move forward next stage. Two other CAC members, Alex Sommer and Portia Henry — appointed by Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, respectively — have not spoken out about their votes.

[NYguy]

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/10/28/city-names-rybak-to-develop-505-units-on-coney-island/

City names Rybak developer of 505-unit Coney Island project
Neighborhood redev effort includes $1B+ in boardwalk renovations





By Jake Indursky
October 28, 2025

The New York City Economic Development Corporation has tapped Coney Island-based Rybak Development to lead the next phase of the sweeping redevelopment effort in Coney Island.

The announcement comes eight months after the mayor’s office released a request for proposals for a developer to build a 500-unit project on Surf Avenue between West 21st and 22nd Streets.

The development is one piece of the city’s plans for the neighborhood, including funding affordable housing projects, a more than $1 billion investment in the historic Coney Island Boardwalk and a $42 million renovation of the Abe Stark Sports Center. Rybak’s project is part of the city’s broader effort to build nearly 10,000 housing units on city-owned land, 1,500 of which will be in Coney Island West.

“Utilizing public land for housing is a critical way to increase our supply,” NYCEDC president and CEO Andrew Kimball said in a statement.

Rybak agreed to purchase 80,000 square feet of city-owned land that is currently being used for public parking to build 505 units of mixed-income housing. The project will include 25 percent of units designated as permanently affordable, ranging from 40 percent of the area median income to 100 percent of the area median income.

Sergey Rybak, the CEO of Rybak Development, said he expects the project to cost over $350 million.

As part of the RFP, developers were required to privately finance the deal, according to Rybak, and the project will be eligible for the 485-x tax abatement. He credited the firm’s local expertise with informing how it underwrote the deal, pointing to a 499-unit rental building covering 1 million square feet down the street that launched in the last week.

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2025/...-to-develop-coney-islands-tilyou-towers/

City selects RYBAK to develop Coney Island’s Tilyou Towers





October 28, 2025

RYBAK Development will lead the next phase of development on Coney Island West of a city-owned parking lot into mixed-income housing, the NYC Economic Development Corporation announced on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The project will convert the city/NYCEDC-owned “Parcel A” – an 80,000-square-foot lot on Surf Avenue between West 21st and 22nd streets, west of the Coney Island Amusement District – into over 500 units of mixed-income housing, 25% of which will be affordable.

Brooklyn-based IMC Architecture is the designer for this complex, which will provide ground-floor retail space and replace existing public surface parking with new public structured parking. Named Tilyou Towers, for George C. Tilyou, founder of Steeplechase Park, the project is slated to begin construction expected in 2027, with a completion goal of 2030.

[NYguy]

Another look...


https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...development-massive-coney-island-project






https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2025/...-to-develop-coney-islands-tilyou-towers/





Announcement...
https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-sel...er-key-housing-project-coney-island-west

[Busy Bee]

The architecture is just okayish but overall this looks pretty good.

[NYguy]

It's too bad they can't begin construction right away...


https://www.6sqft.com/500-unit-high-rise...s-first-phase-of-coney-island-west-plan/

[NYguy]

Live look at the Coney Island amusement/entertainment district, on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. Dead as a doornail. And such, it shall remain. That sound you hear (if you could) is the silence of thousands of people not working, playing, relaxing. The silence of no economic activity taking place whatsoever. There are people who would have you think this is better. They are Morons.

[Busy Bee]

If you look close you can see the Rogues, Warriors and Gramercy Riffs headed to the beach for a showdown.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

If you look close you can see the Rogues, Warriors and Gramercy Riffs headed to the beach for a showdown.

Everyone's there.



http://www.sneakpeek.ca/2024/01/the-warrios-come-out-to-play.html

[NYguy]

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/08/billion-dollar-riegelmann-boardwalk-coney-island-renovation/

Billion-Dollar Makeover for Coney Island Boardwalk
The money committed by the outgoing Adams administration could transform the iconic but rickety structure, but that work is still years away.


by Samantha Maldonado
Dec. 8, 2025

The Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island will get a $1 billion makeover.

As part of the full reconstruction of the nearly three-mile-long boardwalk, the Parks Department will partner with the Economic Development Corporation to replace the utilities and structural piles and elevate the walkway in some places.

The complete project also includes improving adjacent access points to the boardwalk with ramps and plazas, and renovating more than a dozen adjacent buildings that house lifeguard stations and public restrooms.

“This is really our opportunity to look at the whole 2.5 miles together as one piece,” said Grace Tang, a Parks program director, at a Brooklyn Community Board 13 meeting Monday night.

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget in September earmarked the capital funds for the project through 2032. Mayor Eric Adams in February noted the boardwalk’s reconstruction as part of a larger initiative to redevelop the neighborhood, with plans for 1,500 new apartments and the renovation of the Abe Stark Sports Center.

Construction is many years away with design for the new boardwalk yet to begin. The EDC plans to issue a request for proposals for the project early next year.

The work will take place in phases, across years, to allow the public access to the beach, said Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher. He estimated that community input sessions would start in two years.

The Parks Department floated an idea to create upper and lower tiers of the boardwalk in the reconstruction. That would involve keeping some parts of the boardwalk on lower tiers, with steps or ramps as much as 30 inches up to connect to higher tiers.

Parks officials said the elevation would not block views of the beach and would be in alignment with possible future coastal flood protection plans from the federal Army Corps of Engineers.

One area resident, Abby Jordan, said she would like to see flood resilience elements for the boardwalk resemble those in the Rockaways, with beach grass to fortify sand dunes along with an elevated boardwalk.

“It would be a dream that would hopefully see something that is hybrid, holistic, meets the points of being able to work with nature-based solutions, but then also meets the points of maintaining a historic amusement district,” Jordan said.

[mrnyc]

as long as they keep as much wood as they can thats great news --

[NYguy]

https://www.archpaper.com/2026/02/tenberke-renovate-abe-stark/

Consigli Construction and TenBerke to renovate Abe Stark Sports Center in Coney Island

Daniel Jonas Roche
Feb 12, 2026

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has selected the design-build team of Consigli Construction and TenBerke to renovate the Abe Stark Sports Center in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

The Abe Stark Sports Center was designed by Daniel Chait and opened in 1970—it measures 46,000 square feet. Architecturally, the building is defined by umbrella columns that support a sloped roof. Clerestories wrap its envelope, and its cavernous interior is primarily a hockey rink. The building’s namesake is “Mr. Brooklyn” Abe Stark, a Brooklyn borough president who served in the 1950s and ’60s.

The De Blasio administration initially proposed demolishing and replacing the rink in 2019, but community opposition saved the sports center. Now, TenBerke’s goal is to “re-establish the sports center as a vibrant hub for recreation and strengthen its connection to the surrounding community,” the office shared in a statement.

Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project director, applied for landmark status to the LPC last year for the Abe Stark Sports Center. Denson’s RFE application was accepted by the LPC last May and the hearing is pending, Denson told AN. “I don’t know how the city’s recently announced plans to renovate the structure will affect the application but I hope that the facade is preserved,“ Denson said.

[NYguy]

Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project director, applied for landmark status to the LPC last year for the Abe Stark Sports Center. Denson’s RFE application was accepted by the LPC last May and the hearing is pending, Denson told AN. “I don’t know how the city’s recently announced plans to renovate the structure will affect the application but I hope that the facade is preserved,“ Denson said.

Everything that is wrong with Coney Island....in no way should this monstrosity be landmarked. I preferred a complete rebuild, but we're not getting that. Landmarking would make it impossible to get anything decent out of this hulk.




https://www.brooklynpaper.com/locals-dem...k-remain-under-parks-department-control/

[NYguy]

JUNE 26, 2026


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