Hundreds of New Yorkers braved temperatures in the 20s as they charged into the frigid Atlantic Ocean for the Coney Island ...

Siddiqi said it depends on individual circumstances, but the primary benefit of participating in something like the Polar ...

After a few years of milder temperatures on New Year's Day, 2026 began with frigid cold, bitter winds, and a dusting of snow over the streets and sidewalks of NYC, but none of that could stop the ...

Even if you've never stepped foot in Coney Island, you've felt the influence of Coney Island. For over 40 years, Dick Zigun has run a Coney Island cultural center, museum, side show, and the annual ...

Coney Island’s annual Beard and Moustache Competition is coming back after a two year break during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mustache enthusiasts will gather on the eccentric island on Sept. 3 to see who ...

The humble Coney Island hot dog is much like a figure in Greek mythology: the hot dog that launched a thousand ships and could make you immortal with one bite. Well, sort of. It's at the very least ...

Wenzel W barrels down 17th Street on the Tron Bike during the 18th annual South Slope Derby on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. The ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

A motocross event dubbed ‘Scrambling Coney Island’ was held at Coney Island Park on Sunday [Dec 28], drawing crowds of ...

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The masterminds behind Coney Island's Luna Park, Frederic Thompson and Skip Dundy, were hardly plausible candidates for revolutionizing the notion of pleasure. And yet that is exactly what they did.

On this day in history, June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opened at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. The ride, known as the Switchback Railway, was the creation of LaMarcus ...