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Why Coney Island? Well, there is the hot dog competition, and if you can eat 55 you might be able to win next year. There is the boardwalk and the nasty New York harbor water, but, most importantly, Coney Island has an old school freak show, or sideshow, as they call it. See a sword eater, a bug eater, a contortionist, a mermaid (really just a stripper with a tail), and more! And of course, all those games to win stuffed animals. Hours: Easter-Memorial Day Sat & Sun; Memorial Day-Labor Day Daily; Labor Day-late September Sat & Sun
Due to the crushing prices and lack of real estate, not to mention some straggling anti-racketeering laws, New York City ain't exactly Portland when it comes to fully stocked pinball palaces. While mo... More »
We’re not making any promises about lithesome redheads or singing crustaceans, but by now, with the Mermaid Parade in its 30th year, seashell bikinis are pretty much a given. The Coney Island tradition was originally conceived as a way to combine... More »
Whether January 1 brings us more unseasonably warm weather or another snowpocalypse, we know one thing for sure—the Atlantic Ocean will be frigid. Wanna take a dip? Join scores of other nutcases today by taking the Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day... More »
Barely a month ago, Cheap Tricks stage collapsed on them in Canada and, luckily, no one in the band was injured. Disasters aside, very little has changed for 70s rockers Cheap Trick over the past three decades. Their set lists continue to be... More »
Coney Island has long been NYC's go-to spot for sideshows and freak shows--sword swallowers, fire eaters, people straightening out their deviated septums by pounding nails up their nostrils. Such exotic thrills, though, need not be limited to the tattooed performers--indeed, anyone can practice daredevilry at Coney Island. How? By walking barefoot on broken glass. Where? Why, on the very beach itself! Coney Island's not exactly pristine sand is composed of a startling amount of broken bo... More »
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