Ride the Wonder Wheel for free on opening day
OK, so it's snowing, in March. Might not be the best time to be thinking about frolicking on the beach…
Category: Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island gets a 1940s shooting gallery back for the summer
Other than the good news about the New York Aquarium re-opening, stories about Coney Island are almost always sad ones…
Hang with the fishes when the New York Aquarium re-opens
Slowly but surely, New York is picking itself up and dusting itself off after Sandy. Because screw you, ya jerk…
Looking for a summer job? Become a Coney Island carny
If you've ever harbored the desire to man a midway booth, you're in luck: Coney Island's getting ramped up for…
Cha Cha’s last dance? Coney Island bar ‘officially closed’
We get one awesome piece of news about a Brooklyn place re-opening and we guess the universe considers it balance…
Too good to be true: Cyclones to hold ‘Fictitious Friday’ in honor of Manti Te’o
The story of Manti Te'o and his fake dead girlfriend is one of endless twists and endless delights. Did he…
Goodbye Coney Island, hello Myrtle Beach
Brace yourselves, Coney Island, hurricane Rita is coming, as in Main Street 'Rita, that vaguely booz-ish beverage you ordered off…
Too much water is not a good thing: help save the NY Aquarium
While Sandy damaged but didn't sweep away the Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel, some of Brooklyn's living, breathing animals weren't quite…
Eye see what you did there: free eye care comes to Coney Island
As Brooklyn rebuilds after Sandy, people are starting to focus on smaller things they may have fallen behind on or…
Getting Coney bumping again will take some dough
While we were fortunate enough to be spared the Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel, Sandy may be depriving us of a…