Negative-G Coney Island 2009 At Night Page Four

Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York
Friday July 31, 2009
Page Four

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Being in the middle of Brooklyn I had expected Coney Island to be run down, dirty and seedy, yeah it's not in it's prime but it is not any of those things. In fact I was surprised how clean it was and my "city sense" as to a place being unsafe never came up, of course there were NYPD all over the place but still it was not anywhere as near as bad as I thought it would be.

The Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

The Parachute Drop sat there on the horizon and drew us to it past the few open bars and restaurants on the boardwalk.

Deno's Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Deno's Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

Instead of seeing the Statue of Liberty many immigrants first view of America was of Coney Island. In 1934 Deno Vourderis saw the Wonder Wheel as he came to America at the age of 14 and he swore that one day he would own it. That day came in 1984. His family still runs it to this day.

The Parachute Drop, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

The Parachute Drop, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

The Parachute Jump which has been called the "Eifel Tower of Brooklyn" sits on the south end of Coney Island's amusement area next to Keyspan Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team.