Last Thursday’s panel discussion at CUNY was fascinating – and contained some critical perspectives on the future of Coney Island. Here are some of the highlights. Veteran developer David Malmuth argued that the key to Coney Island’s long-term success is gaining control of critical parcels of land in the amusement area through an acquisition of […]

Save Coney Island, a group dedicated to the revitalization of Coney Island as an amusement destination, has released a new rendering (see attached) envisioning the Bank of Coney Island as a new, Bowery-Ballroom-style event and music space named “The Banker’s Ballroom.” The Bank of Coney Island was built by the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce […]

We are very excited to be co-sponsoring a panel discussion hosted by CUNY on the role that Coney’s extraordinary past could play in its future redevelopment. The panel will be moderated by Pulitzer-prize winning historian Mike Wallace, and the following speakers are confirmed to present: David Malmuth, former Disney vice-president and developer of Times Square’s […]

Don’t miss the chance to join us in our walking tour of historic Coney Island! The guided tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some of Coney’s existing landmarks. We will have historic pictures so you can see what the buildings once were; and a few renderings illustrating how […]

The online edition of Preservation Magazine, a publication of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has a lengthy report on the fight to save historic buildings in the Coney Island amusement district currently threatened with demolition by Thor Equities The article quotes Save Coney Island spokesman Juan Rivero: “The notion that these buildings couldn’t be […]

Don’t miss the chance to join us in our walking tour of historic Coney Island! The guided tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some of Coney’s existing landmarks. We will have historic pictures so you can see what the buildings once were; and a few renderings illustrating how […]

Historian Michael Immerso, author of “Coney Island: The People’s Playground,” has penned an op ed in the Wall Street Journal urging the preservation of Coney Island’s endangered historic buildings: In crafting its Strategic Plan for Coney Island, the city made a commitment to “restore and construct historic and new features to anchor new development and […]

Make it a Coney Island Weekend!! Come to the festival premier of Last Summer at Coney Island, a wonderful documentary about Astroland’s last summer of operation. WHERE – Tribeca Cinemas; 54 Varick St (Ace Film Festival) WHEN – Saturday, August 21, at 3:20 Following the screening, there will be a Q&A w/ filmmakers and special […]

Don’t miss the chance to join us in our walking tour of historic Coney Island!  We will celebrate the State’s Determination of Eligibility by offering our free walking tours every Sunday through the end of September. The guided tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some of Coney’s existing […]

SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM Thor Equities appears to have begun demolition work on Coney Island’s historic Henderson Music Hall building, apparently without receiving any permits and without taking appropriate safety measures. Workers were seen and photographed this morning (Monday August 16) on the building’s roof using mechanical equipment to remove bricks from the top of […]