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cj: the ci is dope. i love it here. not so great @ night in dywers garden but coney is coney...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

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in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Grace P.: Went to Coney this weekend. Cyclone is now $8 a ride. I almost had a heart attack. Rode it once but that might be it for me now. Last year it was......

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

jack: nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue......

in response to: Heat Wave by Peter

Ty: Coney Island is lovely. ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

db: I wonder if it was built by the same company, but its amazing that while the one at Coney Island is gone the one in Sydney Australia is still in operation, and the gate is......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

ci boy\\\'s: to mr. nobody, It is sometimes better keeping your mouth shut & have people think your a fool then to speak & remove all doubt. THE CONEY ISLAND BOY;S ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

YoYo: What I enjoyed when I would get out of the F train was walking to Coney Island and seeing that little store on the left that sold Candy Apples, Big lollipops, Caramel corn, fudge, Salt......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

Nobody: Saul- I see you are, after all, an insulting, crazy windbag. Not only can you write a cohesive reply to simple questions, you resort to childish insults when pressed. Yes, I'm from Coney. However,......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

saul altman: HEY NOBODY, ARE YOU FROM CONEY? DID YOU HAVE TO FIGHT YOUR WAY HOME EVERY DAY FROM PS 188 & MARK TWAIN OR ARE YOU AN OUTSIDER. ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Nobody: Saul- thats a nice, random factoid. But what does it have to do with this thread? Or Coney Island? Once again, I urge you to stick to fleshing out the statements that you, yourself, originally posted,......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Nobody: Saul- I might have something to say about your views if I knew what they were. You completely failed to address any of my specific points. So in regards to "stepping up to the plate",......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

saul altman: i don't mind expressing my views, however if you have something to say to me about my views step up to the plate & let me & know who you are & whats your interest......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney......

in response to: Untitled by elaine

saul altman: i wonder where the city of New York will build the next death town just like the one they created in Coney? They just don't get it, we need to build a community where all......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

saul altman: i get sick to my stomach when i go home to visit CONEY ISLAND.The city of New York created an area to supply there county jails & state prisons with people who see no way......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull: C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one. The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kenny: I lived on Saratoga and Blake 43-57. It was the best times that a child could ever live thru. Went to PS 156, Somer's JHS then Tilden High. Spent my entire youth playing in school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cloud: I live near Coney Island and I use the Q train to get around. I tell you what, I've been robbed 3 times over 1 school year so far. One of the robberies almost ended......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

little ukraine: I'm with Lefty, EG, you should post them. I have similar regrets; my grandmother grew up on Chauncey Street (right next to the Kramdens, right?) and my father says he remembers her talking about......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

jack: peter, i congratulate you on a great photo journalistic coverage of that event, it is beyond words, well at least the words i can't say out loud. good pic's. now i want to......

in response to: Idiotarod 2008 by Peter

Montrice Weathersby A.K.A Sconey Wrong: I was born and raised in the Henry Horner Homes projects in 1975 in the building 2145 w.lake St.We loater moved to 2215 w.Lake st and all i could remember is gun fire and purse......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

HAWK: Man, I used to hop on the D train after school just to get some shit. that's a hump coming all the way from Coney Island. Shit, I still remember it as BOMB THE SYSTEM.......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Saul Altman: I grew up on Coney Island and I remember when the city of New York decided to create the slimy drug infested getto Coney became instead of investing in the seaside community, and......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

carol: anon (cpe-72-129-0-54.socal.res.rr.com): 11th Nov 2007 - 01:21 GMT Quote from anon. who wants: "Interesting notes on Norweigan foods. Can someone explain Akevitt; krumkaka; sandbachels and rosettes? Visiting Norway this February '07. Oslo to Kirkenes, to have......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Robyn: Rick I have a picture of our moms and your Aunt at Coney Island.Get my e-mail from Robert and I can mail it to you...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Chris: Hey i might as well add since i'm reading through the posts, I myself grew up in coney island. I am now 25 and love to check out old photos at times , i've seen......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

THE PUBLIC ANIMALS JOEY TPA: Check my "Cyclones" out....I used to ride this thing endlessly. I miss and love the old "Coney". Those were the days....me and my baby, Susan Russo from Bay 25th. *Sigh*...

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIIMALS: I used to eat at the Childs restaurants. There was one up by Columbus Circle where I spent a lot of my youth.[[img:24194]] Here's a shot of the boardwalk leading up to the Child's building......

in response to: Child\'s Restaurant, Coney Island by Peter

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

Christina: It's actually still very much in use. It was built in the 70s, I think. I know they definitely still use the ice rink. There's a few apartment complexes nearby as well and the place......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

jay: Jack im movin to east sussex and am good at pk if u live there u should go to the gymnast place there! im goin 2 start soon! if anyone wants to make a parkour team email me at educatedbaconeater@hotmail.co.uk...

in response to: montreal parkour by hool

M.A.V: iv been living in in coney island graveson for 5 years. it wasent to bad. when i moved to east flatbush the first thing i saw was that the nieghbohood was runed by crips. iv......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Ganja joe: im moving to coney island soon, how hard is it to buy buds? like r there alot of under cover popos or what, hit me up and blaze on......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

ffox88: Hey... some heartfelt stories to be read here. I had my bike (Grey Kona Condercone 2004) stolen last week in Riverdale. I'm devastated. This bike has been with me over 12000km all over Germany. For......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

bed sty-cee!: born and raised in brooklyn--coney island was the boroughs(family getaway) i can't beleive that politician let it rot--but just like all of brooklyn, gentrification will take hold. so all you blacks and puerto ricans better......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

JoEllen: I just came back from the beach in Coney Island. I moved to Jersey but still love to come back to Brooklyn to see my freinds and hang out on the Boardwalk. Coney......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

caron June 22 2007: I too grew up in Luna Park. We moved in when it opened in the early 60's and my parents lived there until 2000. I didn't realize when I was growing up how wonderful Coney......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: yes and good riddence. coney is the past, a time of fun and enjoyment, but it is gone, their was not enough money to support it in the 70's and so no business would......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

JuneNY: is it true that after the 2007 season, Coney Island as we have known it will be gone forever?...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

A. Taylor: Get a life u wanna b gangsta and "cone" you sound like CHAV SCUM go rot in hell !!...

in response to: Graffiti by Duplo

sara: I lived in kensington (A St.) from birth until I was 9. I still have fond memories of being a kid there. I haven't been back to that neighborhood for many many years. Unfortunately the......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

iman: robert: yeah man i go to lafayette hs. by the way, if c.i. is bad already, you're right, it doesn't matter if it gets worse. just as long as it doesn't spread to some people.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: I agree 100%. I dont think Brooklyn is a borough for something like that and Coneyisland is always gonna be a piece of shit no matter what they try to do. People from places around......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

dougieESQ: I think with all the changes coming to coney island in the next few years people will say its getting better but I think it will actually be worse. Luxury lofts and condos do not......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: Ok well i can get what yall are saying. Yea I know where Ft.Greene is i got alot of family that live there real shitty place in some areas.Oh and Bensonhurst aint that by Lafayette......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: Thanks man, but ConeyIsland have mad clicks in my hood and shit. They got nfo im sure you heard of them niggas and some other ones that i cant recall at the moment. I live......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

cone...dcr: whoever is writing cone in my own city is fucking winding me up, email me; kone1972@hotmail.co.uk shout out to my man dine....

in response to: Peterborough Graffiti by diesel city

cone...dcr: yeh man i dont know what the fuck you cats is on, im ORIGINAL DCR cru, fuck man me and earl made the fuckin name up in the nineties. you best fix up man, i......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

cone...dcr: yeh man i dont know what the fuck you cats is on, im ORIGINAL DCR cru, fuck man me and earl made the fuckin name up in the nineties. you best fix up man, i......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

cone...dcr: good to see people still representing the boro!!...

in response to: Peterborough Graffiti by diesel city

cone...dcr: old skool my ass, you guys dont know shit!!! ask someone like dine about the real oldskool, man like cone, jay, earl all ORIGINAL DCR cru, im talkin like eighties and nineties and shit. email......

in response to: Graffiti by Duplo

cone...dcr: yo whats happenin my man dine, you cool?...

in response to: Dine by jamie

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Anonymous: Coney Isalnd has alot of family memories for me and many others. It has been there for many years and i enjoy taking my children to a place where my parents once took me......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: there was a dance pavillion and before that there was one on the boardwalk, and how many people do you know who say, 'broadwalk' it should be, 'boardwalk' there are boards on the walk but......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

gary: jack, yes. i rode a steeplechase horse. i was very small. i was born in '52 in brooklyn and grew up a few miles from coney island and steeplechase park. on......

in response to: Coney Island from the Air by sine

LK: It's on Coney Island Ave, between H and I (closer to I). I shop there a few times a week. It's owned by Pakistanis and it has all kinds of food; Kosher, halal, Russian, you......

in response to: Who Can Resist? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: does the lion have a street cone stuck in it's mouth?...

in response to: Philadelphia Odds & Ends by GGP

jose: i lived in brooklyn at 36 morgan ave,went to ps 145.i was 11yrs old when i came to brooklyn and i left in 1987,i miss the old brooklyn,chocolate egg creams,knishes,nathan;s dog at coney island.i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: good grief, i was just there and shot the same picture. kc do you live near coney. check out my pic about , "who's got a gun". very scary that we were......

in response to: Hoot the Freak by kc

steelisreal: yes peter, it is..... he is a homeless guy and he would hum popular songs into the traffic cone, it was really funny and made him a lot of change....

in response to: London Streets 2 by steelisreal

Peter: is that someone blowing into a traffic cone in the first one? lol......

in response to: London Streets 2 by steelisreal

jamie: {coney island} looks a lot like {cleethorpes}. i may have made this comparison {before}...

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

Robert G: I moved to Trump Village when I was 5 years old, that was the year it opened, we lived on the 23rd floor facing the ocean. When I was a kid I use to watch......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

aer suzuki: so...what, in "shoot the freak" do they have a real live freak runnin' around in a sunken cage you shoot at? i'm a freak, i'll take that job, what does it pay? should i pack......

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

Biff: No, from my balconey on 40 Homewood, Neil Wycik is behind the Primrose hotel.I can see where I work from here, very scarey. Biff...

in response to: Basil Flower by Biff

Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

don't worry about it!: Coney Island is the safest neiborhood in brooklyn. I lived here for all my 15yrs and it's great. I go by myself alot of places and never had a problum. about the gangs their wannabes.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

aer suzuki: thankya...always wanted to visit nyc since i was a teen, have wanted to visit coney island since seeing photos on this site....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

GGP: that is SO great! reminds me of some of the architecture at coney island....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

groovehouse: Right after I made this post, the below link was in the 'from the archives' section [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/1640]] Another Lost Traffic Cone by jeeff ...

in response to: Congregating Cones by groovehouse

aj schure: i used to go to coney is. as a kid us guys hung out at brighton 4 i hope to go back to the ole hood in oct. iwant t take a load of pics......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

EvilGentleman: I find that Las Vegas is visually exciting, but mentally and emotionally draining. There can be no doubt that the city catches the eye. Everything there was designed to do just that. Las Vegas is......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 2 by aer suzuki

jack: sticky you will die the same way your father and friend did and the way every other drunk did since there was booze around to drink. is there anyone who will weep for the......

in response to: Dirty Nights and Painful Mornings. by Sticky

owen: Coney is a gettho has any one heard of o dywers Gardens hosing projects that place is a no go zone ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

owen: Coney is a gettho has any one heard of o dywers Gardens hosing projects that place is a no go zone ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

athar elhassan: i enjoyed coney island alot because of all the rides were so exciting i liked the most was the pirate ship to all future commers your going to like it...

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

anon (ce3.vicone.netspace.net.au): this is the best site and i love the bloods there the best and ive herd lots of things about them ...

in response to: noise in a city by elaine

jack: EG i was about 3 yrs old at wars end but i remember curtains on our windows for blackout because we lived too close to coney island. check out the movie, 'radio days' and......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

EvilGentleman: Scones [[wiki:scone (bread)]] are a flatbread of Scottish origin adopted heavily by Canadian Indians, particularly the Cree, Ojibwa and Chipewyan. For Indian tacos, look at [[wiki:frybread]]...

in response to: Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow 2006 by EvilGentleman

markus: I been a bike courier for years in different cities, but in the early 90's bikes were getting ripped off from couriers in T.O, they were using a larger bar to break them at......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

jamie: what are 'scones'?...

in response to: Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow 2006 by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: Sussex folk lore says that the ice cream cone was invented a few months before the St. louis World's Fair. Apparently a baker made a bad batch of dough that was baking very hard......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

george: Invention: ice cream cone in 1904 - st. louis world's fair Definition: noun / edible cone shaped container for ice cream Function: An ice cream cone is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

Chris Erb: This walking bridge claims to be the longest pedestrian-only bridge in the world. I'm skeptical however as there seems to be a culture of exaggeration around here when it comes to such things. ......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

Andrew Smith: That's the guy Jack. I'm sure the guide said the wood came from Sherwood Forest! He was a bit of a turncoat, though, and sometimes used to steal windows from the poor to give to......

in response to: Very, Very Old Windows by Andrew Smith

gsis: that pic is very artistic. i like it in black n white coney island, im from canada and the only thing it reminds me of is requeim for a dream. heh...

in response to: Winter by Oneon

Peter: yay {coney island}! i had heard they were gonna light it up, but hadnt gotten around to seeing any pics yet, so thanks. wow, the second and third shots are grand....

in response to: Parachute Jump by oneon

mofidious: ooooooh a fan? hey man ...editor cool name unless u r the editor then its just normal i'm not gona tell u who i am ..sorry , i cud give u my myspace url but......

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

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