Coney Island has been a summer retreat for generations of New Yorkers. The destination was at its height in the early 1960s, when scores of young baby boomers trekked off to the beaches with their ...

Last-ditch effort to save Coney Island, one day until closure Friends of Coney ... and publishing company asked people to share their photos and stories about Coney Island to create a book for ...

The explorer Henry Hudson, commanding the "Half-Moon," puts in at Coney Island before continuing into what is now called New York Harbor. According to tradition, his right-hand man, John Coleman ...