Coney Island Low

Denise: 13th Jul 2005 - 15:23 GMT

it's a shame to see what Coney Island looks like now, once it was such a lovely place to go to..

Peter: 13th Jul 2005 - 15:27 GMT

nothing lasts forever. its got a certain vibe, too, now... which i like alot... actually, thats what keeps me going back... its seedy, graf-covered, beer-soaked goodness :)

Laura : 13th Jul 2005 - 21:15 GMT

These photos are great! Makes me feel like I'm there. I especially like the one of the wonder wheel. I love ferris wheels...they terrify me :)

Anonymous (pool-70-107-146-169.ny325.east.verizon.net): 14th Jul 2005 - 00:55 GMT

nice shots of what used to be child's restaurant.

kc: 14th Jul 2005 - 02:37 GMT

nice shots. I like it out there, too...I guess it's a mess but it feels so much better than the supposed renewal of the Cyclones stadium, even if I love baseball and would love to go and feel the sea breeze...

sine: 14th Jul 2005 - 03:40 GMT

rumor has it Disney just bought a chunk of the island.

Peter: 14th Jul 2005 - 14:08 GMT

laura:the wonderwheel has cars (the inner ones) that move on a short track and swing out quickly as the wheel turns- its scary, especially if you dont expect it!

Anonymous (216-211-206-26.firstgate.net): 14th Jul 2005 - 16:45 GMT

i like your pics especially the first one. It was an interesting contrast of the grafitti (close up) and then the buildings in the distance.

Anonymous (cpe-68-173-202-245.nyc.res.rr.com): 15th Jul 2005 - 00:15 GMT

it wasnt Disney that bought it up...its Thor Equities. They got the plot along the boardwalk tween W12 and Stillwell. Thor is known for its shopping malls.

jack: 19th Jul 2005 - 22:40 GMT

if you want to see that same area of coney island in its 50's look then go out and rent a movie called "the little fugitive". its my old neighborhood.

GGP: 20th Jul 2005 - 12:05 GMT

I second the little fugitive recommendation--beautiful stuff.

jack: 22nd Jul 2005 - 22:14 GMT

the photo of the purse shows an area of stones circular. it used to be a water fountain where people would pile up and i mean pile up on each other on a sweltering day to get some water.

r,i,p: 2nd Nov 2005 - 08:44 GMT

rest in peace to sane,nyc wouldnt be nyc without graffiti,i guess ny isnt ny no more with the sanitized higly lit streets.r,i,p sane,,,r,i,p newyork city

Lola: 5th Nov 2005 - 15:33 GMT

I live in coney island and u cant imagine wat people have to do to survive we have to have our homies to stand by side and always have eachothers backs I really like coney island but when we moved here i can see wat its is like surviving in the streets. I see people in them streets that i dont want to be. Different gangs on each corner killing for color and hoes that dont know where there going just for money. its sad too see what everything is coming too!!!

MC Em CeE: 27th Feb 2006 - 09:03 GMT

I live in coney island to an lola is soo right. I love it cuz of my homies but thea's fiends bums hoes everywhea. when i was younger it wasnt as bad but now i always gotta watch my back.

alex satone: 15th Mar 2006 - 22:14 GMT

my mama told me this place was abandoned and haunted is dat true?...

Jerome: 23rd Mar 2006 - 08:42 GMT

i don't care what anyone says (NATHAN'S) is the place to go in coney island.

KING_FROM_QUEENS: 4th Apr 2006 - 20:05 GMT

XTERMINATING TOY CHUMPS.... XANAX TRIPPIN CAMP

cookie 10: 8th May 2006 - 21:25 GMT

My family moved to Brighton Beach in the 60's and coney island in the 70's. In the 60's it was beautiful. In the mid 70's both Brighton and Coney Island had turn to sh*t. All the neighborhoods had turned Ghetto, all except the 3 blocks I lived in between - W.16th and Neptune Ave. Finally moved out late 70's and moved to California. Recently went back in 2005. I was surprised to see how much it had changed back to the look of the 60's! Clean, new houses in the neighborhood, stores booming, lots of people enjoying themselves at the rides. The boardwalk was full of nice friendly people again. There is even a baseball park there now. The amusement park area is no longer a ghetto and you don't have to worry about getting mugged. It's come full circle. I hope it stays that way.

Peter: 31st May 2006 - 16:52 GMT

photos of the same building, almost a year later... no one touched the sane piece, and rightfully so:

Dont matter: 11th Jun 2006 - 21:50 GMT

Coney island is my hometown when i look in the past and see how prosperous it was it makes me sad.I lived here for my whole 14 years and want coney island to have a good name again.Also i hope they clean up the creek.

Matt: 14th Jun 2006 - 04:21 GMT

Sane? Who's that? I lived in Coney Island for 20+ years (70's-90's) and while I was not the best kid growing up, I knew not to defame other people's property. I'm not trying to open up the argument of whether or not there is a place for grafitti as I believe there is. Some of those artists are likely old friends of mine and have tremendous talent. But, the reason why no one has renovated Child's Restaurant to bring it back to it's former glory is because of the fear that it would still be targeted for tagging. Anyhow, these photos are sad as I think of all the many stories those walls can tell. But at the same time, the photos are hopeful...for the future of Coney. Good post.

owen: 17th Aug 2006 - 00:57 GMT

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

owen: 17th Aug 2006 - 00:57 GMT

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

JA: 7th Dec 2006 - 20:15 GMT

yo sons of nyc sane was a livin legend and still is. He dead though we believe that he jumped off the MANHATTAN bridge or the BK bridge. watch your tone wit em.
R.I.P. sane

Rick: 21st Dec 2006 - 18:44 GMT

The wonder wheel next to the warriors throw up is bomb as fuck

Anonymous: 31st Mar 2007 - 18:01 GMT

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 and my sister to play, and where my parents once came to play as children and hang out at as teenagers. It's part of every new yorkers past. They do need to clean it up a little but i don't think that they should demolish it. Oh and it's the people that make the ghetto not the area.

kricket: 23rd May 2007 - 03:59 GMT

i love the look of that warriors poster, even if it is just an ad for the game. cool photos.

JuneNY: 21st Jun 2007 - 12:00 GMT

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

jack: 21st Jun 2007 - 13:12 GMT

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 open up and everything deteriorated in to the crumbling zone you see now. ah, the 40's and 50's, thats when coney rose to its peak and began the ride in a downward spindle.

JoEllen: 27th Jun 2007 - 02:40 GMT

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 Island has a flavor noone can touch...

bed sty-cee!: 19th Jul 2007 - 06:28 GMT

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 understand whats happening in our neighborhoods-no more blaming whitey-- we let this shit get like this-we should have controlled that piece of land since 1977.. we made it rich in history now were making it poor in appearance..

tom : 25th Nov 2007 - 21:19 GMT

i love the warriors its my favourite film of all time WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAYYYYYEEEYYY

Saul Altman: 28th Dec 2007 - 19:51 GMT

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 rebuild not only the historic landscape but the families as well.
Although the Coney I remember is gone forever I will always smell the hot dogs where ever I go.

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: 30th Jan 2008 - 16:20 GMT

True kings never Die. RIP David SANE Smith from Mist1 TDT Sheffield ENgland uk.

saul altman: 14th Mar 2008 - 16:47 GMT

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 out of poverty,drugs crime and prison. The lucky ones die young, they don't suffer.
More to come.

saul altman: 11th Apr 2008 - 18:38 GMT

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 law abiding Americans can live together leaving the addicts, thieves & general POS'S to pray on themselves.
Imagine a community where all people live peaceful lives.Schools from k-12
on one campus also doubling as a community center where tutoring & sports are the norm not drugs, crime, prison & death... more to come.

Nobody: 11th Apr 2008 - 20:38 GMT

Leaving the addicts, thieves & general POS'S to pray on themselves?

They have those sorts of communities in NYC. Theyre called Projects.

Projects, incidentally, were originally supposed to be these sorts of community-centered entities that you're daydreaming about, and look how they turned out.

So keep dreaming.

saul altman: 14th Apr 2008 - 17:07 GMT

I'm not talking about building projects, thats there idea of a community,
what i envision is apartment buildings,2-3 family style homes with lawns trees you know a place were all solid Americans can start families & live life with out needing someone to have there back.... more to come.

ps Theres plenty of good decent people leaving in the New York Projects and its time to HELP THEM. C.I.SAUL

Nobody: 14th Apr 2008 - 17:47 GMT

Saul- perhaps sarcasm doesn't travel well through the internet. I do have a few points for your consideration, though:

1. "thats there [sic] idea of a community.

Whose idea? The people who live in the projects? I bet if you conducted a poll of project residents, few to none would agree that the projects they live in are "their idea of a community". Many of them are there due to conditioning, lack of any better option/choice, and disadvantage. How do you define "community"?

2. "family style homes with lawns and trees"

Exactly where, praytell, do you plan to locate this? Especially, if we're focusing on NYC here... where do you see this happening? How would the massive amount of land (not to mention approval, funding, etc) be aquired? Who would pay for it?

3. "solid Americans"

Please explain what this means. This sounds like a rather disposable, empty descriptor. What constitutes a "solid American" in your eyes?

3. "HELP THEM"

Help them what? What makes you think they want "help"? What sort of "help" are you proposing?

I ask because your proposal, besides sounding entirely unrealistic and dreamily utopian, sounds obtusely presumptuous and also seems to steer clearly towards vaguely dark, prejudicial presumptions about those whom live in projects as well as unfounded assumptions about what those people need/want.

So in your "more to come", please address these inquiries. Thanks.

saul altman: 21st Apr 2008 - 16:30 GMT

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 coney or any other preplanned human warehouse for those who see no way out. or are you just another good American with nothing to do & nowhere to go................more to come

Nobody: 21st Apr 2008 - 16:36 GMT

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", looks like you have some work to do in that regard, yourself.

If that's not enough food for thought, perhaps you could start by explaining exactly what you mean when you refer to Coney Island as a "preplanned human warehouse"?

saul altman: 21st Apr 2008 - 20:49 GMT

once again you refuse to ident. yourself, just like a coward. REMEMBER I NOT HERE TO FILL YOUR NEEDS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE, OR DROP OFF. MORE TO COME ABOUT JUNKY JUNGLES.

Nobody: 21st Apr 2008 - 20:54 GMT

Saul- this is the internet, and you're not the boss of it. Now either get on topic and finally get around to this "more to come" that you keep mentioning (yet never get around to elaborating on) or "drop off". Frankly, I can't imagine how my identity matters, or has anything to do with any of this.

If it makes it easier for you to wrap your head around, you can call me Dirk.

Now. On with all these big ideas you have to share with us.

saul altman: 22nd Apr 2008 - 16:08 GMT

There are 1 out of 100 Americans in PRISONS

Nobody: 22nd Apr 2008 - 17:11 GMT

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, lest you appear to be an eccentric rabble-rouser spouting tangential points for no apparent reason.

saul altman: 23rd Apr 2008 - 16:34 GMT

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.

Nobody: 23rd Apr 2008 - 19:21 GMT

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, unlike you, I'm openminded and sensible, so I don't know where your anger is coming from.

I think at heart you're probably a racist. Or just mad about something that happened in the past, at best.

saul altman: 25th Apr 2008 - 16:32 GMT

to mr. nobody ,
don't be nasty, i never attacked you i just block you out mostly.
i suggest you "think" of something to say thats constructive.

Nobody: 25th Apr 2008 - 17:16 GMT

Saul- perhaps you'll find this constructive-- you've commented ten times on this post and managed to still not say anything constructive, yourself.

So, as I have repeatedly above, I urge you to to stop merely dropping in to rabble-rouse without making any specific points, and to actually tell us something.

And regarding "never attacking me", I guess you meant it constructively when you said "GET A LIFE", huh? Sorry if I appear to be on the offensive here, but take a moment to look back at the above thread, where I'm sure you'll agree you've contributed nothing to this thread but wild generalizations (that often lean towards inane) and name-calling, so I propose you do exactly what you've recommended for the rest of us and "think of something to say thats constructive", or at least bother to answer some of the questions I asked you over a couple of weeks ago.

saul altman: 25th Apr 2008 - 20:24 GMT

kiss my a-- in macy's window you condescending pos

Nobody: 25th Apr 2008 - 20:36 GMT

Saul- thanks for further proving at least one of my points. Now please take your inane yammer somewhere else.

ci boy\\\'s: 7th May 2008 - 16:24 GMT

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

cj: 22nd Jun 2008 - 00:51 GMT

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