Coney Island is a twentieth-century icon of American fun, and the birthplace of the large-scale amusement park. George Tilyou's grinning "funny face" logo for Steeplechase Park, the giant tower at ...

Take a flight high above Coney Island and experience breathtaking aerial views of America's oldest amusement park. This captivating drone footage showcases the iconic Cyclone roller coaster ...

At Coney Island amusement park between 1903 and 1943 there was an extraordinary exhibit: tiny, premature babies. 'Dr. Martin Couney's infant incubator' facility was staffed by nurses in starched white ...

Tilyou open Surf Theater, Coney Island's first theater, on an alley later named the Bowery. Captain Paul Boyton opens Sea-Lion Park, the first enclosed amusement park at Coney Island. George C.

ONE & Urbanism has grand plans to transform a major coastal area: Coney Island. The plan would deliver 1,500 homes and other features.

In the early 1900s, Coney Island enticed New Yorkers to visit with its bathing pavilions, seaside resorts and amusement park. The Great Depression took its toll on the fun-loving spot, causing ...

But gradually, the idea of a permanent, enclosed amusement park space began to emerge. When Coney Island developed an amusement area at the turn of the 20th Century, it became one of the best ...

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 299 apartments in a 100 percent affordable development rising on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue, overlooking the Brooklyn Cyclones’ home ground, Maimonides ...