Franke Costello and Vito Genovese were a partnership born amidst the flurry of Prohibition that devolved into a vicious ...

Gravesend Bay, into which Coney Island Creek flows, was the site of famed Central and Prospect Park landscape architect, Calvert Vaux’s (1824-1895) death. On a foggy November morning in 1895, while ...

Bensonhurst’s David Zubin, 34, arrived outside the park at 3:45 a.m., to make sure he was one of the first in line for the ...

Rinn is the artistic director at Coney Island USA, a nonprofit group that operates the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the ...

Luna Park, the world-famous amusement district in Coney Island, is set to open for the 2025 season on Saturday, March 29 at ...

Coney Island's amusements are set to open Saturday as the Brooklyn Borough President weighs in on a casino proposal.

Luna Park in Coney Island will also kick off the 2025 season with its annual charitable initiative, where a portion of proceeds from the weekend's sales will be donated to local charities, including ...

BROOKLYN — GRAY seal pups have started appearing on Coney Island’s shoreline, marking the start of seal season, experts noted this week. Hans Walters of the New York Aquarium said these pups ...