SAVE CONEY ISLAND FUNDRAISER at SWEET CAROLINES THIS FRIDAY This is Burlesque is back and uptown!  And on Friday 10% of the door will go to support Save Coney Island’s efforts to preserve and expand the amusement district in Coney Island.  Be dazzled and entertained by the beautiful Angie Pontani and comedian Murray Hill in […]

Gallery talk with artist Eric March and S.C.I.’s Juan Rivero on November 6 An art exhibit of Coney Island images by Save Coney Island volunteer Eric March opens this weekend at Park Slope Gallery.  The show will feature oil paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings of Coney Island (as well as Long Island City) and celebrates […]

Grassroots activist group Save Coney Island today blasted developer Thor Equities over its closure Friday of the so-called “Dreamland” amusement park, with the developer citing a rent dispute with its own hand-picked amusement operator. “Dreamland” was Thor’s supposed attempt to fill the void it created in Coney Island when it cruelly forced out Astroland, which […]

The City Council may have approved a flawed rezoning plan that threatens to permanently diminish Coney Island’s famed amusement district, but Save Coney Island is not giving up the fight. On August 5 Save Coney Island held its first meeting since the City Council’s vote. It was a great meeting, attended by several dozen enthusiastic […]

In response to today’s City Council vote to approve the Bloomberg administration’s flawed rezoning plan for Coney Island, grassroots activist group Save Coney Island issued the following statement from its spokesman, Juan Rivero: This is a sad day for New York City. As a result of this rezoning, people across the city and around the […]

The fate of Coney Island is now before the City Council. Time is running out. Call your elected officials today! CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS!

Yesterday, New York City Councilman Tony Avella blasted the City’s Coney Island rezoning plan on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” Listen here: Earlier this month, Councilman Avella worked with Save Coney Island to introduce an amendment in the City Council’s zoning committee recommending that the city fix its plan by expanding the area for amusements […]

Created with flickr slideshow.  

Join us for one last rally to save Coney Island before the City Council votes on a flawed rezoning plan that would forever ruin Coney Island’s famed amusement district. WHAT: Rally to Save Coney Island WHEN: Sunday, July 26th at 1 p.m. WHERE: By the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall The City Council is voting […]

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz issued a statement expressing hope that the final plan for Coney Island will be reflect the recommendations made by him and others, “including a larger amusement area that remains unique, creative and iconic in its architecture, signage, lighting and preservation of appropriate buildings and amusements.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle has […]