Sep 20, 2013

By Elyssa Goodman   Almost everyone who comes to Coney Island is a tourist, and honestly that’s part of the fun! How often do we get to be tourists in our own city, staring up at the skyline or out into the water and enjoying even for a few hours a getaway from the madness of city life? At Coney Island, you get to do that and be a kid again, hot dogs,...

Jan 20, 2009

  44 years after the Dodgers left Brooklyn, baseball made its return. The Brooklyn Cyclones debuted in 2001 at MCU Park. The ballpark is at the center of the historic Coney Island, with the amusement park and the Atlantic Ocean visible just beyond the walls of the ballpark. MCU Park proves to be the best of both worlds as it has an intimate setting, seating...

May 21, 2008

Between 1880 and World War II the largest amusement area in the country resided in Brooklyn. In it’s heyday Coney Island housed three amusement parks, Dreamland, Steeplechase Park, and Luna Park, as well as many independent amusements. The amusement parks in Coney Island attracted millions of visitors each year. Dreamland was known primarily as a freakshow....