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Brooklyn Sunday: Biking to the Beach

gunmex wrote 1 hour ago: The newlyweds, Tony and Ashley, let me crash on their floor for a week. They had to step over my sle … more »

Tags: bikes, Brooklyn, development, USA

coney island in the summer

mkmphotography wrote 1 hour ago: I spent the entire day last Saturday on the beach and boardwalk of famous Coney Island for SirenFest … more »

Tags: Life, beach, ferris wheels, NYC, Photography, Rollercoasters, summer

Coney does Disney?

goingcoastal wrote 12 hours ago: The state of Coney Island is not strong, one of its most vocal boosters said this week. Unlike the p … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, Go Coastal, Amusement, astroland, Coney Island Museum, Dick Zigun, Sideshow, Thor Equities

More Proof That The Gray Lady Is Hurting !

routingbyrumor wrote 15 hours ago: Street level view of the new New York Times building (photo credit: pentagram.com) Five months ago, … more »

Tags: Routing by Rumor, 9/11, Journalism, Terrorism, News, Life, Inflation, price increases, The Economy

fat cats and lord of the flies

killingdenouement wrote 23 hours ago: So I was trying to think of some way to justify posting these two pictures of huuuuge cats tha … more »

Tags: trauma, eek, cat, huge, Siren Fest, Children, jellyfish, Big Cats

The Futurist

reluctantwunderkind wrote 1 day ago: Day 52 For a few years now I’ve been involved in an abusive relationship, and in the last few … more »

Tags: Alcoholism, Straight Boyfriend, Harlem Harem, Weather Man, Great Scot, post-brain surgeory marriage, Impending Doom, byob

Shoot the freak1 comment

Alex Kniess wrote 2 days ago: Last weekend I went to the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island with my buddy Dan from work. I … more »

Tags: New York City, weird experiences, Nathan's Famous, shoot the freak

With cooperation, Coney Island can be a year-round playground

goingcoastal wrote 2 days ago: Coney Island is referred to as “America’s Playground,” and if you go there on a su … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, Dive In, astroland, Amusement, America's Palygroudn

Coney Island and more...

ahurricane08 wrote 3 days ago: This weekend I did some tourist-y things for the first time since we’ve been here. On Friday n … more »

Tags: NYC, MoMA, siren music festival, Weekend

Keeping City Beaches Safe and Clean

goingcoastal wrote 3 days ago: Music throbs from the cement steps as gawkers line railings and eye young women in bikinis at the Br … more »

Tags: Bronx, Brooklyn, Get Wet, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, combined sewer and stormwater system, 遊山玩水, Manhattan Beach

Coney Island shutdown2 comments

goingcoastal wrote 3 days ago: Coney Islanders report that rides are already being packed up for the summer, even though they were … more »

Tags: Go Coastal, Brooklyn, Joe Sitt, Waterfront development, Amusement, Thor Equities

Coney Island is breaking my heart6 comments

gzza wrote 3 days ago: In the course of my graduate work in urban planning, I spent a lot of time analyzing Coney Island an … more »

Tags: Bloomberg, corruption, Developers, Municipal Arts Society, New York City, Totonno's

On being hip, or something like it, in one's forties1 comment

annebabson wrote 4 days ago: Brethren, sorry for the poor-quality cell phone photo of what was a kick-@## rock festival’s s … more »

Tags: sermons on this mount, Brooklyn, anne babson, Christianity, Siren Festival, ra ra riot, Hip, hipsters, hip brooklyn

Random Coney Island Siren Festival Pics3 comments

newmradio wrote 4 days ago: The Dodos Jaguar Love Jaguar Love Ra Ra Riot Ra Ra Riot Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks … more »

Tags: Music, photos, Cyclone, Dodos, jaguar love, malkmus, ra ra riot, Siren Festival

our body weight in coors light and funnel cake

thehugemistake wrote 4 days ago: patrick and i drove down to coney island yesterday for the siren festival. some fancy defensive dr … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, find us here..., Food, Music, tam & patrick, Travel, beach house, coors light, Falafel

Olympic stars hit sands at Coney Island

goingcoastal wrote 5 days ago: It wasn’t just another day at the beach on the sands of Coney Island. Towering 6-foot-9 Phil … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, Get Wet, Beach volleyball

Coney Island

curbanphoto wrote 5 days ago: Sorry, sorry! I hereby apologize to my many fans who frequent this blog. (There must be some out the … more »

Tags: photos

Siren Music Festival this Saturday!

lonelyhollows wrote 6 days ago: Hello Friends, It’s that time again, the Siren Music Festival will be this Saturday at Coney I … more »

Tags: siren music festival, NYC

A Very Hot and Live Weekend in New York

newmradio wrote 6 days ago: It’s gonna be hard to beat the heat in NYC this weekend (over 90 and humid), but what you can … more »

Tags: Live Music, Music, 8th Annual, bandshell, Concerts, Deerhoof, Free, fuck buttons, jellynyc