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Applebee’s to open new eatery in Sandy-torn Coney Island


By Paula Katinas
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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As Coney Island continues its slow recovery from the damage Hurricane Sandy left behind nearly seven months ago, a national chain restaurant is getting set to open a franchise in the storm-torn community.

Apple-Metro, Inc., the company that owns Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants in the tri-state area, is opening a restaurant on June 17 on Surf Avenue between Stillwell Avenue and West 12th Street. It will be the company’s sixth Applebee’s restaurant in Brooklyn.

“We’re not opening just any Applebee’s. This one is going to be very special,” Zane Tankel, CEO of Apple-Metro Inc., told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “In honor of the fact that Coney Island is right off the Atlantic Ocean, we’re putting in a giant fish tank. It’s so huge, it serves as a room divider,” he said.

The fish tank is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. It contains 4,300 gallons of water. To create the fish tank, Applebee’s teamed up with Wayde King from Long Island and Brett Raymer from Brooklyn, co-owners of Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing the stars of Animal Planet’s hit series http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/tanked “TANKED.” The tank will house sharks and other exotic specimens, Tankel said.

The new Applebee’s will have 250 seats in the first floor dining room and an addition 50 seats on a second floor outdoor terrace. The outdoor terrace will have a fireplace.

“Imagine sitting above the excitement of Surf Avenue, watching the comings and goings on the infamous Coney Island Boardwalk while dining on Applebee’s signature favorites” Tankel said


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Brooklyn Nets boutique to open in Coney Island on Thursday
The Nets Shop by Adidas will feature beach balls, flip-flops, visors and the usual Nets gear, but the black-and-white bikinis for the ladies may be the biggest draw.






By Jason Sheftell
May 18, 2013


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All of Brooklyn can get behind these tan lines. Nets bikinis and other fun summer merchandise will be available on the Coney Island beachfront this season in the basketball team’s signature black and white.

The Nets Shop by Adidas — a 1,100-square-foot boutique — will open Thursday across the street from Nathan’s at 3015 Stillwell Ave. at Bowery St. “After one year, we’re fourth in the NBA in apparel,” said Nets and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark. “But this isn’t about sports. The Brooklyn Nets are an international lifestyle brand. Our colors have become synonymous with the borough.”

A “towel-cutting” ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m.



Brooklynettes dance team member Nicolette Peteley models the new bikini that will be available at The Nets Shop by Adidas in Coney Island.



The sexy two-piece — worn by Brooklynette dancer Amanda Robinson — sports the Nets' trademark colors, black and white, and will be available for $80.



Along with the bikinis, modeled by the Brooklynettes' Amanda Robinson (left) and Nicolette Peteley (right), the Coney Island Nets Store by Adidas will sell beach balls, flip-flops, visors and other Nets gear.
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Marty’s Childs play! Plans to convert Coney landmark into outdoor music venue revealed









By Will Bredderman
June 5, 2013


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The city will transform the landmarked-but-vacant Childs Restaurant and an adjoining lot on the Coney Island Boardwalk into an amphitheater with a removable mesh roof and public park that will feature a high-end eatery and rooftop cafe — fulfilling Borough President Markowitz’s once-controversial dream of creating a performance space in his beloved Coney Island.

“I wanted to build something like this for many years, and the plans were put on hold because there were problems with the location,” Markowitz said on Tuesday. “This location will work for Coney Island.”

The city plans to spend $50 million to buy the building and adjacent land along the Boardwalk between W. 21st and W. 22nd streets, from its owner, iStar Financial, knock a hole in the side of the restaurant to make room for a stage, and manicure the land around it that will act as a park when there aren’t any shows, and seating for 5,000 when there are.

iStar will then lease the facility from the city until 2025 for an unspecified amount of money, and rent out the venue, which will host up to 40 concerts from May to October, 15 of which well be free and 25 paid.

The semi-circular seating bowl will sit beneath a huge billowing tent, and be located outside the Childs Building on the side nearest W. 22nd Street. During the fall and winter, the tent fabric will come down, and the supporting trusses will light up.

In the winter months, sliding doors will keep out the cold as the stage continues to entertain customers at the year-round restaurant inside the building.

The restaurant will also have an open-air outpost on the roof of the building — much like the original Childs Restaurant.

The design team vowed to remain true to the original Childs design in the rest of the proposal. The plan will restore the classic Greek-, Spanish-, and maritime-influenced terra-cotta detailing along the Boardwalk and W. 21st Street sides of the building. In addition, flags will once again fly along the rooftop.

“We’re able to blend the historic character of this building into the new elements,” said architect Randolph Gerner.
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New Thunderbolt roller coaster to join Cyclone at Coney Island


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Coney Island’s world-famous roller coaster is getting some super-steep competition. The city’s Economic Development Corp. is bringing a sleek new version of the old Thunderbolt roller coaster back to Coney Island next summer – one that’s faster, taller and smoother than the legendary, wooden Cyclone a few blocks down the boardwalk. Unlike the original Thunderbolt on the same site — which was immortalized in Woody Allen’s 1977 film “Annie Hall” and then torn down in 2000 to make way for the Mets’ minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones — the new coaster will include thrilling, backward loops, corkscrew turns and a stomach-churning 125-foot drop.

It will also hit speeds of 65 mph — the fastest of any coaster in the city’s history, surpassing the Cyclone’s 60-mph maximum.

“There’s nothing like it in Coney Island right now, and people are going to love it,” boasted Valerio Ferrari, president of Zamperla USA, which will build and operate the $10 million ride.

It’ll be the first custom-made coaster for Coney Island since the Cyclone opened in 1927. The coaster will feature three cars that can each carry up to nine passengers.

It’ll be built of more than 2,000 feet of steel track on a long, but narrow acre of city-owned land at West 15th Street between Surf Avenue and the boardwalk.

The site is part of a larger, long-vacant lot that once housed the original Thunderbolt and other amusements. The family of Kansas Fried Chicken king Horace Bullard, who passed away in April, owns the rest of the old Thunderbolt property.

Kyle Kimball, the EDC’s executive director, said the Thunderbolt’s rebirth coupled with the recent reopening of the beaches, boardwalk and other new amusements shows that “Coney Island is once again demonstrating its incredible resilience” even while “still recovering” from Superstorm Sandy.

Only two weeks ago, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a long-anticipated piece of his Coney Island makeover plan just next door to the Thunderbolt site: the new Steeplechase Plaza, which showcases the landmarked Parachute Jump and a restored, century-old carousel.
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Coney Island Is Resurrecting a Legendary Coaster--With a New Twist





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Next summer Coney Island is getting back a little bit of its former glory with a familiar roller coaster. Some 14 years after it was demolished, the once famous Thunderbolt coaster is roaring back onto the boardwalk at 65 miles per hour.

The former Thunderbolt thrilled patrons from 1925 until 1982 before it was torn down to make way for the Cyclones baseball team in 2000. You might recall seeing the original in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall," back in 1977. But next summer, a brand-new and improved Thunderbolt with over 2,000 feet of track and a 125-foot tower will be nestled right next to the baseball stadium, near the new B&B carousel.











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CAI was selected to build the coaster following a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) in the Fall of 2012 seeking development on the West 15th Street site. Thunderbolt is designed as a one-of-a-kind ‘out and back’ steel coaster, taking riders in a vertical lift reaching a staggering height of 110 feet. Once riders reach the top of the lift, the train will be unleashed onto the first vertical drop and then through a series of elements and inversions while traveling at 65 mph. The ride will then make its return through a series of “bunny hills” that will give riders a floating sensation until the train returns back into the station.

Thunderbolt is the latest in a series of investments by the City and CAI, its key partner in the development of the Coney Island amusement area. Since the passage of the Coney Island rezoning in 2009, the City and CAI have built over 8 acres of new amusement parks, restoring once vacant properties with new popular attractions. The amusement parks are now larger than at any time since 1964. The construction of Thunderbolt is another key piece of the City’s Coney Island Revitalization Plan, which will continue to preserve and grow the historic amusement area; create a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood with new retail options and nearly 5,000 new units of housing, including 900 income-targeted units; and generate more than 25,000 construction jobs and 6,000 permanent jobs. As part of the plan, the City is investing more than $150 million toward infrastructure improvements in Coney Island, including rebuilding large sections of the Boardwalk as well as implementing other streetscape improvements which are planned in Coney Island for the next two summer seasons.













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Hip chains are flocking to Coney Island, including Applebee’s with a 20-foot shark tank
IT'Sugar, Johnny Rockets, Red Mango and other chains mark effort to restore glitziness of yesteryear to seaside resort.





Its Sugar is part of an explosion of new stores on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island. It is part of a new generation of stores in the amusement area.


By Simone Weichselbaum
June 12, 2013


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This isn't your daddy’s Coney Island, but it may be a little bit like your grandpa’s. Brooklyn’s legendary amusement area by the sea is getting a Times Square twist, attracting glitzy national chain shops and such outlandish sights as a 20-foot shark tank at a soon-to-be-opened Applebee’s.

But wait, there’s more.

* Across the street there are giant five-pound gummy bears selling for $40 at IT’Sugar, a shiny new branch of the chain that counts dozens of sites in 20 states.

* Johnny Rockets and Red Mango frozen yogurt are moving in down the block in 2014, said real estate broker Joe Vitacco, who negotiated the deal.

* The Nets Shop by Adidas is hawking sexy Brooklyn Net bikinis for $85. Next door, at Bridgehampton-founded Wampum skate shop, are $220 extra-long skate boards.

“Speculation has returned to Coney Island. It is the Gold Rush mentality,” said Charles Denson, director of the Coney Island History Project.

In a sense, this evolution into corporate gold mine marks an attempt to return the area to the halcyon days of the early 20th Century, but this is much more than a case of history circling back and repeating itself.

“Coney Island’s time has come. It’s the renaissance of the neighborhood,” said Applebee’s owner Zane Tankel, who has a two-decade lease on the Surf Ave. spot he’s set to open on June 17. The shark tank — expected to house stingrays, leopard sharks and other scary sea creatures — was Tankel’s brainchild. “We want it to be a reason to come in,” he said.

It might all sound fishy, but it appears to be working. Even some of the visitors these days come from outside of New York. This is so much better than Disneyland,” said Ellie Glanz, a 10-year-old tourist from California who was busily surveying tables of glossy jelly beans inside It’Sugar.

It’s a redevelopement that city leaders have been craving — and one that’s seemed somewhat elusive — for many years. A century ago, the sandy haven resembled a sprawling resort town, attracting deep-pocketed Manhattanites who hung out in swank hotels like the “Oriental.” Then the Depression rolled in like a storm surge, and wiped away all the finery. In its place emerged a “Nickel Empire,” and Coney Island was reborn as a destination for working-class New Yorkers who took a nickel trip on the subway to enjoy a 25-cent thrill on the Cyclone.

“They were trying to compete with Atlantic City when the Depression hit,” said Denson, describing the now-defunct chains — like Nedick’s restaurant and the United Cigar Company — that used to pepper this place.

There’s still a cheap thrill or two to be found. Around the corner from the Nets mecca, a 16-year-old booth operator named Rico Wells charges $3 to shoot a water gun into the mouth of a Bart Simpson doll. Next to the skate shop, 52-year-old Seth Braunstein opened the area’s first used book store inside his Brooklyn Rocks t-shirt shop, where he sells Norman Mailer paperbacks along with other five-buck reads. “Coney Island has the greatest cross-section of humanity; it gives us access to the widest audience in Brooklyn,” said Braunstein, who was lured by a bargain-basement lease to relocate from his previous digs by the Barclays Center. His landlord, Thor Equities, charged him 15% of sales, instead of rent, and gave IT’Sugar, Nets and Wampum similar deals. “If you want to improve an area, you have to have room for places with name-recognition,” said Thor spokesman Stefan Friedman.

So far, at least, the new corporate Coney has made some effort to co-exist with the mainstay mom-and-pops. Shop owners said they weren’t fearful of being priced out by the national chains. “It’s Coney Island. As long as it’s sunny, everyone is making money,” said Peter Agrapides Jr., whose popular Williams Candy Shoppe is known for scrumptious, guilty pleasures like the candy-covered marshmallows in its window.



Kitty Glance took grandchildren including Ellie Glance, 10, from California, to Coney Island where they visited Its Sugar on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island. It is part of a new generation of stores in the amusement area.





Peter Agrapides, owner of Willaims Candy and Petes Clam Stop on Surf Avenue in Coney Island with employees, Rita and Elizabeth Vivar. New stores are part of a new generation of stores in the amusement area.
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It's really fantastic to see all this going on at Coney Island! I randomly drove down to NYC from Ottawa last August, parked the car in long term parking off Times Square for three days and did a solo pub crawl all weekend. On the Monday I got my hung over ass on a subway and went down to Coney Island for the first time. I tried the Cyclone three times in a row, got sick...that is the scariest rollercoaster I have ever been on and I've made a point of trying the world's best coasters like Kingda Ka and Millenium Force. It is literally falling apart and run by high school kids. I got a Nate's dog and a Coney Island microbrew and fell asleep on the beach for a couple of hours. I left with fond memories but I did notice Coney Island is pretty rough around the edges. I look forward to round 2 in a new and improved Coney Island!
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It's really fantastic to see all this going on at Coney Island!

I tried the Cyclone three times in a row, got sick...that is the scariest rollercoaster I have ever been on and I've made a point of trying the world's
best coasters like Kingda Ka and Millenium Force. It is literally falling apart and run by high school kids.

I've never ridden the Cyclone, but I'm told that it felt dangerous, and the cars were somewhat "loose". However, with the rebuilding of the tracks by Zamperla this year,
I've read that part of the thrill is gone. But safety first.

It is interesting though to look at Coney's history, from its glory days, to its downfall, (and the city's hand in that), to the city's current plan to revitalize the area
that was pretty much left for dead. I find all of it fascinating.


Here's an image from 1906 when the big 3 (Steeplechase, Luna Park, and Dreamland) were in operation. The last of the big parks, Steeplechase, closed in 1964.
It was mostly a large indoor amusement park, but included the pier and the parachute drop which are both still standing today. The MCU stadium for minor league baseball
now sits on that site. (The image is the earlier version of Steeplechase.)







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It's been a long time since Coney Island amusements extended this far west along the boardwalk.

A look at the original Thunderbolt, next to Steeplechase Park...





The Thunderbolt in its last days...





Another classic, lost to fire, the Tornado...





An idea of how the new Thunderbolt fits into Zamperla's current operations in the area...





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It's really fantastic to see all this going on at Coney Island! I randomly drove down to NYC from Ottawa last August, parked the car in long term parking off Times Square for three days and did a solo pub crawl all weekend. On the Monday I got my hung over ass on a subway and went down to Coney Island for the first time. I tried the Cyclone three times in a row, got sick...that is the scariest rollercoaster I have ever been on and I've made a point of trying the world's best coasters like Kingda Ka and Millenium Force. It is literally falling apart and run by high school kids. I got a Nate's dog and a Coney Island microbrew and fell asleep on the beach for a couple of hours. I left with fond memories but I did notice Coney Island is pretty rough around the edges. I look forward to round 2 in a new and improved Coney Island!
Though I think the Cyclone is a great ride I can honestly say it is not at all scary on today's standards. Kingda Ka, Millennium Force, El Toro, Nitro, and even Rolling Thunder at ALL scarier than the Cyclone though that is no slight to a coaster that is over 80 years old.
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I've never ridden the Cyclone, but I'm told that it felt dangerous, and the cars were somewhat "loose". However, with the rebuilding of the tracks by Zamperla this year,
I've read that part of the thrill is gone. But safety first.
Ive heard the same thing over and over again NYguy and I can honestly say it is not true. I have last ridden the Cyclone last on its 85 birthday (June 30th of last year) and the drop was of completely new wood (and it wasn't even painted yet, it was unpainted pure brown wood in contrast to the white painted wood of the rest of the ride) as well as other various aspects of the ride that had new wood integrated with the old. I can honestly say it hasn't changed the ride in any way from the other times I have ridden it over the years; it is the same exact ride!
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I can honestly say it hasn't changed the ride in any way from the other times I have ridden it over the years; it is the same exact ride!
I guess that's good to know. I doubt I will be getting on it though. The last coaster ride I took made me sick...


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That coaster looks fucking awesome. I've never seen a roller coaster lift the car to the top of the first drop like an elevator. MUST RIDE
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That coaster looks fucking awesome. I've never seen a roller coaster lift the car to the top of the first drop like an elevator. MUST RIDE
Yea me either however the vertical lift that NYguy originally pictured below is much better.

It is hard to explain but being lifted up 90 degrees is actually quite scary and you are talking to someone who has ridden hundreds of coasters and is never scared. The hill looks a lot taller and you are directly fighting gravity so you kinda feel pushed back into your seat when going up.
The coaster Ive ridden that is the simular type of coaster as this is Mystery Mine in Dollywood. Here is a video
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I am trying to build a copy of the new Thunderbolt in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. It's harder than it looks though it is fun. I think after they are done building the new Thunderbolt they should build a new Tornado next to it. It does look like there is room for a second coaster.
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I am trying to build a copy of the new Thunderbolt in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. It's harder than it looks though it is fun. I think after they are done building the new Thunderbolt they should build a new Tornado next to it. It does look like there is room for a second coaster.
You'll have a much easier time with this http://www.nolimitscoaster.com/
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A look at the original Thunderbolt, next to Steeplechase Park...

I'd pay good money to go back in time and experience this.

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Though I think the Cyclone is a great ride I can honestly say it is not at all scary on today's standards. Kingda Ka, Millennium Force, El Toro, Nitro, and even Rolling Thunder at ALL scarier than the Cyclone though that is no slight to a coaster that is over 80 years old.
Classic, broken-in wooden roller coasters offer certain thrills and charms that newer coasters can't provide. The Cyclone isn't the greatest example of these, to be honest, as there are two Jackrabbits and two Thunderbolts still operating that I'd prefer. What's important is that it's been there for almost 90 years. It's a landmark.
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Yea me either however the vertical lift that NYguy originally pictured below is much better.
I'm not sure which is the most accurate (the video or render) because they haven't given a lot of details. Probably the rendering though, since it looks like everything else they've built.


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I think after they are done building the new Thunderbolt they should build a new Tornado next to it. It does look like there is room for a second coaster.
That would be fantastic, similar to the way they have the Boardwalk Flyer and Steeplechase coasters side by side. However, the city doesn't own the rest of that lot yet (the longtime owner, Horrace Bullard recently died). This new thunderbolt will sit on the eastern 1/3 of the site, which the city owns. The original stood in the middle, or just to the west of the new site. I fully expect the city to buy out the rest of the property though, leaving developer Joseph Sitt as the largest private landowner in the amusement district. His properties though are mostly in the indoor amusement zone. His plans for a movie complex with rides on the roof are somewhat stalled.


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I'd pay good money to go back in time and experience this.
Hopefully, we are building towards something like that in the future. The more Coney has to offer, the more people it will pull in, especially with transportation there being so easy.




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Old Posted Jun 14, 2013, 7:21 PM
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Just a quick note, GCI is the one re-tracking the cyclone, not Zamperla.
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