Photograph of police at 7th Avenue station by Erik Olson
8:28 a.m. NYC Transit has an alert about service along the F line, due to a police investigation: "Jamaica-bound F trains are running on the D line between the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue" [...]
Crazy Coney Island news just keeps on coming. Less than a week after Mayor Bloomberg reached a $95.7 million deal to purchase 6.9 acres of the neighborhood's ailing amusement district from landowner Joe Sitt, the city has announced plans to bring ferry service back [...]
Now that it has seven acres of Coney Island beachfront property in its mitts, the city isn't wasting time gearing up for next summer. In addition to inviting Lola Staar to return, today the Econom...
Continue reading "ISO: Amusement Park Operator (Ask For Mike B.)" > ' [...]It's long been assumed that developer Joe Sitt, who's been letting his vast holdings in Coney Island go all to hell, has been holding out for the best price he can get from the city, which has r...
Continue reading "City to Buy 7 Acres of" [...]
Amy Dreher's Flickr The Bloomberg administration will spend $95.7 million in taxpayer money to purchase 6.9 acres of land in the Coney Island amusement district from millionaire developer Joe Sitt. The deal, which will be officially announced tomorrow, marks the end [...]
This charming aerial video of the Coney Island amusement district is about four months old—eons in Internet time—so if you've seen it already, please do gloat in the comments. NYC The Blog spotted it today, and reports that it's the work of one Jason Lam, founder of' [...]
