Coney Island was home to a host of bizarre attractions (some of which would not be acceptable today), especially back in the days of Luna Park, Dreamland, and Steeplechase Park.

NEW CONEY DAZZLES ITS RECORD MULTITUDE; Luna Park and Dreamland the Centres of Great Crush. 250,000 PERSONS AT ISLAND Novel and Costly Shows, with the Frankfurter and Peanut as Reminders of By ...

Visitors enjoying a ride in Coney Island — Dreamland, Luna Park. March 19, 1966. Image Source: Shorpy. 2. Three girls on a giant slide at Coney Island, circa 1953. Image Source: Shorpy. 3.

The first roller coaster ride in America opened at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York, on this day in history, June 16, 1884. The coaster traveled about six miles an hour and cost just 5 cents.

If you run a Google news search on Coney Island, the top stories are the bailout of the park’s last, historic carousel, and a fire at the Luna Park housing complex. Into this context comes the ...

Coney Island has been a popular destination for Fourth of July celebrations since the early 1900s and the introduction of the ...

But Pilot Purchase was over Coney Island on a Sunday afternoon, and all he could see was 800,000 people in bathing suits. A hundred feet behind the beach was the only open space, Dreamland Park: a ...

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