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Adams Announces Partners to Build 1,100 New Homes on Coney Island
Mayor Eric Adams has announced new partners to build roughly 1,100 new homes in Brooklyn’s Coney Island.
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Mermaids and glitter abound as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade returns on June 21
The creatures of the Atlantic Ocean will shimmy up the beach and onto the boardwalk on June 21 as the 43rd annual Coney ...
The ban is over: Joey Chestnut will be back where he belongs this Fourth of July
Joey Chestnut enters the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, July. 4, 2023. After being banned from the ...
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Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade returns to the boardwalk on Saturday
The colorful, sea-inspired Mermaid Parade splashes back onto the Coney Island boardwalk this weekend for its 43rd year.
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This powerful photo exhibit shows the turmoil of Coney Island in the 1960s-70s
These days, Coney Island is known for its roller coasters, Mermaid Parade, and Hot Dog Eating Contest, but back in the 1960s ...
Father's Day in Fond du Lac brings Coney Island hot dogs and Car & Truck Show
Father's Day is June 15, and the Evening Optimists and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church have two ideas to spend the day in ...
Remember when you could get a Coney Island hot dog from Phillips Cafe? Here's its legacy in Fond du Lac.
Steve and Virginia Phillips ran Phillips Cafe on Main Street until 1982. Their daughter Julie recreates Steve's Coney Island ...
Larry Charles Sold $10 Jokes Before Larry David and ‘Seinfeld’ Changed Everything
The comedy writer and ‘Borat’ director on his childhood in Coney Island, seeking refuge in movie theaters and what happened ...