Friday, March 30, 2007
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Coney Island Political and Business Organizations
- Coney Island USA - A Nonprofit Arts Group
- Community Board 13
- Police Precinct 60
- New York City Court, Kings County
- The Coney Island Development Board - Local Businessmen and Politicians Development Plan
- The Future of Coney Island - Thor's Proposed Developments
- Save Coney Island - a group organized to protest developments
- The Coney Island Polar Bear Club
- Brooklyn's Tourism Organization
- Deno's Wonder Wheel
- Astroland Amusement Park
- Nathan's Famous
- The New York Aquarium
- The Brooklyn Cyclones - Coney's Minor League Baseball Team
Coney Island History Resources
Coney Island in Print
- Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Sodom By the Sea by Jo Pilat - An out of print history, much of which Good Old Coney Island is based on. Less well told, more factual.
- Good Old Coney Island by Edo McCullough - A rollicking good read about the highlights of Coney’s Past
- Coney Island Lost and Found by Charles Denson - A modern history of Coney Island
- Who Put the "B" in Ballyhoo? by Carlyn Beccia - A lovely children's history of sideshows
- The Pirates of Coney Island
- Coney Island by Professor Solomon
- The Adventures Of A Boy Reporter by Harry Steele Morrison
Coney Island in the Movies
- Vintage Coney Island NY Amusement Park Films DVD: Roller Coaster Parks, Rides & Classic Brooklyn NYC Rollercoaster Videos
- American Experience - Coney Island - an excellent PBS documentary on the history of Coney Island
- Freaks Uncensored! Ari Roussimoff's thorough and entertaining documentary on the history of sideshows
- Requiem for a Dream
- Annie Hall
Youtube Videos of Coney Island
About Me
- Brian Childs
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- This Brian Childs is not a (professional) Elvis impersonator. He is a fiction writer and freelance reporter. Currently, he is working at Asylum.com. He is author of The Evening Rolled on like a Tank Being Driven by a Zombie: Short Stories by Brian Childs. He previously blogged about Coney Island at The Coney Island Reporter.
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