May. 19, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann The Coney Island History Project is ringing in the summer season with two new art exhibits opening May 24, Memorial Day weekend. The project combines street photography, cyanotypes, native plants and poetry, exploring the lesser-known natural and urban sides of Coney Island. It’s part of the new Wonder…
Apr. 4, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than $60,000, benefiting seven local Coney Island non-profits. The event, hosted in collaboration with the Alliance for Coney Island, drew over 6,000 participants. The Polar Bear Club, the…
Jan. 9, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen “The Coney,” the casino seeking approval in the People’s Playground, will create a $200 million community trust fund to support the area if it’s approved, the development team announced on Thursday. A board of local stakeholders, who would determine how the money would be used, would oversee the…
Nov. 1, 2023 By Jada Camille
A Coney Island history organization celebrated the peninsula’s 200th anniversary and honored the area’s oldest surviving relic, the original toll house sign, on Oct. 28.