Apr. 9, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen For 70 years, the holiness of Palm Sunday has extended well beyond church walls in Brooklyn. That’s because the day marks the “Blessing of the Rides” and the official season opening of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island. The tradition continues this coming Sunday, April 13. …
May. 28, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
With sunshine abound and temperatures hovering around 80 degrees Fahrenheit, Saturday certainly felt like the start of summer as thousands flocked to Coney Island to kick off Memorial Day weekend and celebrate the opening of the city’s beaches for the summer.
Mar. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly
Coney Island’s iconic amusement parks reopened for the 2024 season with the annual blessing of the rides, which attracted hundreds of thrill-seekers to the People’s Playground on Sunday for their chance to take one of the first rides of the year.
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.