Back in the late spring, the city added a few new slides to its Coney Island redevelopment plan PowerPoint, presumably to assuage critics, that showed successively how the core amusement area has shrunk decade after decade to become just a pitiful shadow of what it once was. With the city’s planned rezoning, the Read More
"Good riddance! Throngs of confused people meandering knee-deep in trash blown from unattended-to garbage cans. Nice! Really, really nice! There are many other cleaner, safer, better beaches and boardwalk attractions so close in Jersey… Coney Island doesn’t even have a shell store or decent restaurant associated with its beach area." ["Advantage Sitt! Astroland Closing Read More
Here’s a statement from Astroland co-owner Carol Hill Albert on the Coney Island amusement park’s impending closure for good this Sunday. It was sent to the Save Coney Island listserv.
I am making this statement today to set the record straight. I have not "given up on Coney Island" as Thor Equities has stated. Read More
Coney Island’s Astroland will have its last day this Sunday. Then it’s over for the iconic amusement park, according to reports out this afternoon. A deal couldn’t be reached by 1 p.m. today between Astroland’s operator and its landlord Joseph Sitt, who has big plans for the area (if the city doesn’t get Read More
Thor Equities boss Joe Sitt just keeps caving to the carny lobby — extending leases along the boardwalk, possibly preserving Astroland for another summer — all the while his ambitious Coney Island renaissance scheme remains on the backburner.
Can't a developer catch a break?
This week's Brooklyn Paper keeps piling on, with more Read More
