I LOVE NY 28 Places to Visit by THE FUTURE

1. The Two Ho’s - Soho & Noho
2. Hue-Man Bookstore – Harlem
3. Peter’s Since 1969 – Brooklyn
4. Brooklyn Museum – Brooklyn
5. Apollo Theater – Harlem
6. Times Square
7. Grand Central Terminal
8. Chez Josephine – 42nd Street Manhattan
9. Brooklyn Bridge
10. Café Condesa – West Village
11. Coney Island – Brooklyn
12. The United Nations
13. Staten Island Ferry
14. Abyssinian Baptist Church - Harlem
15. The Village
16. Pieces – Brooklyn
17. B. Café – Upper Westside
18. Century 21 – Lower Manhattan
19. The Empire State Building
20. Columbia University
21. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens
22. The Meatpacking District – Midtown
23. Wall Street
24. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
25. Yankee Stadium
26. Central Park
27. Macy’s
28. The Bronx Zoo

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I LOVE NY 11 of 28 Places to Visit

Coney Island
Photos courtesy of Kennected

Coney Island is a peninsula, formerly an island, in southernmost Brooklyn, New York, with a beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood of the same name is a community of 60,000 people in the western part of the peninsula, with Seagate to its west; Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east; and Gravesend to the north.

The area was a major resort and site of amusement parks that reached its peak in the early 20th century. It declined in popularity after World War II and endured years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of Key Span Park, home to the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team.

Three rides at Coney Island are protected as designated NYC landmarks and listed in the National Register of Historical Places.

Wonder Wheel, built in 1918 and opened in 1920, this steel Ferris wheel has both stationary cars and rocking cars that slide along a track. It holds 144 riders, stands 150 feet (46 m) tall, and weighs over 2,000 tons. At night the Wonder Wheel's steel frame is outlined and illuminated by neon tubes. It is part of Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.

The Cyclone roller coaster, built in 1927, is one of the nation's oldest wooden coasters still in operation. A favorite of some coaster aficionados, the Cyclone includes an 85-foot (26 m), 60 degree drop. It is owned by the City, and was operated by Astroland, under a franchise agreement. It is located across the street from Astroland.

The Parachute Jump, originally the Life Savers Parachute Jump at the1939 New York World’s Fair, was the first ride of its kind. Patrons were hoisted 190 feet (58 m) in the air before being allowed to drop using guy-wired parachutes. Although the ride has been closed since 1968, it remains a Coney Island landmark and is sometimes referred to as "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower." Between 2002 and 2004, the Jump was completely dismantled, cleaned, painted and restored, but remains inactive. After an official lighting ceremony in July 2006, the Parachute Jump was slated to be lit year round using different color motifs to represent the seasons. However, this idea was scrapped when New York City started conserving electricity in the summer months. It has not been lit regularly since.

Nathan’s Famous original hot dog stand opened on Coney Island in 1916 and quickly became a landmark. An annual hot dog eating contest has been held there on July 4 since its opening, but has only attracted broad attention and international television coverage during the last decade.

The four subway lines (all elevated at that point) terminate at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, and are (from east to west) the Typical scene on a Coney Island bound F train
BMT Sea Beach Line (N)
BMT Brighton Line (Q)
IND Culver Line (F)
BMT West End Line (D)

Coney Island’s Annual Generation Gap Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race

By Big Rod
Nubian Knights Network

This has to be one of the greatest moments in my life as a photographer. I mean, just look at the photo above with these two adorable looking boyz with theri go-cart medals!! This picture truly conveys beyond a thousand words the excitement of this event photographed. Coney Island which is at the edge of south Brooklyn (by the water) where I live had our 1st Annual Coney Island Generation Gap - Stop Da Violence Go-Cart Race. Man on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at Kaiser Park. I tell you, it was so great to see all these young Black children and parents out there and doing something positive, affirming and FUN!

FLASHBACK: This event totally took me back and reminded me of the late 1970s/early 1980s (yeah, I know... I'm "dating" myself) when I remember me and my friend Charles (I think it was him) found this long slender and very thick wood board. while we were playing after school or on the weekend. We came up with the idea to use the wood to build a make-shift go-cart out of it.

Because Coney Island back then had a lot of empty, abandoned and desolate lots with weeds in them (ah, the old freaky deaky days in the make-shift clubs houses... ummm, that's another coming of age story which is rated "R" or "NC-17", LOL! ), it was easy to find some old broken down folding shopping carts. that were all medal including the spoke in the wheels. We needed two shopping carts so we could strip the metal axles with wheels from them. Man, just thinking about it, I remember that it was a FUCKING BITCH to pry the metals rods holding the shopping cart together from the axles with our hands hurting and all. We prevailed though and got two sets of axles/wheels for the front and for the back of the cart.

Read the entire article at: Nubian Knights Network by Big Rod