Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
In 1941, Robert Moses closed the Castle Clinton location of the New York Aquarium and, after an $11 million relocation process, the Aquarium re-opened in Coney Island in 1957. This picture was taken in April 1969 by Coney Island resident and...
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After decades of neglect, and in response to warnings that a structural failure was imminent, the New York City Parks Department embarked upon a complete structural rehabilitation of the Parachute Jump in 1992. Dangling parachute guide cables were...
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Trolley (Brooklyn & Queens Transit 8248) on Norton's Point line in Sea Gate, just west of the 37th Street fence. (Photo appears to be taken from the fence.)
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
1205 Surf Avenue Building Construction from South side of Surf Avenue; Coney Island Furniture Store in background
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Early spring view of the Boardwalk near Stillwell Avenue, looking east towards Astroland and the Brightwater Towers. Shaw's (later Ruby's) Bar, Playland (later the Boardwalk home of Coney Island, USA), Cook's Baths and a Kentucky Fried Chicken store...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
In 1941, Robert Moses closed the Castle Clinton location of the New York Aquarium and, after an $11 million relocation process, the Aquarium re-opened in Coney Island in 1957. This picture was taken in October 1962 by Coney Island resident and...
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Looking south from Surf Avenue.
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Worker laying slurry pipe for beach filling operations on Beach 4 with a bulldozer. In 1995 the Army Corps of Engineers began large scale sand replenishment along the length of the publicly-owned Coney Island beach. The privately owned Sea Gate...
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Stillwell Avenue Subway Station entrance, under construction
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