A simple sausage from Germany overtook ballparks and backyards to become the quintessential hand-held meal that is decidedly ...

The Coney Island History Project is ringing in the summer season with two new art exhibits opening May 24, Memorial Day weekend. The project combines street photography, cyanotypes, native plants and ...

Green-Wood Cemetery will host an exhibit next month celebrating the life of William F. Mangels, the master mechanic and designer of several turn-of-the-century Coney Island rides, including The Whip, ...

After sustaining significant damage in Hurricane Sandy, the Coney Island History Project is reopening their reconstructed space on March 24, Coney Island's Opening Day, and are already looking at ways ...

CONEY ISLAND — THE CONEY ISLAND HISTORY SHOW & TELL is coming to southern Brooklyn’s historic recreation center on Saturday, Nov. 16. Presenting this interactive reminiscence event are the Coney ...

On the heels of Joe Sitt’s statement that the old buildings in Coney Island are “just horrible, rundown relics with nothing exciting about them, the preservationist group Save Coney Island has ...

One of the saddest days of Charles Denson’s life took place when he was a boy growing up in Coney Island and he watched through a fence as bulldozers tore down the last of the rides in Steeplechase ...

Coney Island has been a popular destination for the Fourth of July since the early 20th century. Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held on July 4 since the 1970s. Vintage photos of the ...