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The Brooklyn Collection presents a selection of resources on Coney Island, home of America's first amusement park.
American Experience: Coney Island
Companion website to the PBS special
Coney Island Historic Photograph Slideshow
Photographs from Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Collection
Coney Island Voices
The Coney Island History Project is an exciting new not-for-profit organization that aims to increase awareness of Coney Island's legendary and colorful past and to encourage appreciation of the Coney Island neighborhood of today.
Coneyisland.com
Website to Coney Island’s resident non-for-profit arts organization.
New York Aquarium
The Aquarium, located right off of Coney Island's famous boardwalk, is the home for over 8,000 animals from 350 species.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1887
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 12, 1886
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 4, 1877
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 5, 1879
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 25, 1885
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 23, 1902
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 1, 1892
Coney Island : the people's playground
Immerso, Michael
Coney Island, lost and found
Denson, Charles.
Now and then : from Coney Island to here
Heller, Joseph
The electric Michelangelo
Hall, Sarah
The kid of Coney Island : Fred Thompson and the rise of American amusements
Register, Woody
The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn c.2004
Kenneth Jackson and John Manbeck
An invaluable introduction to Brooklyn’s many neighborhoods, with an illustrated chapter on each, including Coney Island. Includes a map, a neighborhood profile and neighborhood facts.
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