Coney Island is well known as the site of amusement parks and a seaside resort. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of MCU Park stadium and has become home to the Brooklyn Cyclonesminor league baseball team, as well as the opening of a new amusement park among several adjacent ones.
Geography
Coney Island is the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, and is about 4 miles (6.4km) long and 0.5 miles (0.80km) wide. It was formerly an island that was separated from the main part of Brooklyn by Coney Island Creek, a partial tidal mudflats, but it has since been developed into a peninsula. There were plans early in the 20th century to dredge and straighten the creek as a ship canal, but they were abandoned, and the center of the creek was filled in completely to allow construction of the Belt Parkway before World War II, and it was filled in again in 1962 with the construction of the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge. The western and eastern ends of the island are now peninsulas.
The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.
Laugh-In originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967 and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm (ET). The title of the show was a play on the "love-ins" or "be-ins" of the 1960s hippie culture, terms that were, in turn, derived from "sit-ins", common in protests associated with civil rights and anti-war demonstrations of the time.
Coney Island is a 1991 documentary film that traces the history of Coney Island, the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, New York. The film covers the island's 1609 discovery by Henry Hudson, its 1870s incarnation as a respectable beach destination for city-dwellers and showcase of the new developments ushered in by the machine age, the early 20th century, when amusement parks and innovative attractions attracted hundreds of thousands of people each day, and the gradual demise of the amusements.
Coney Island began as a resort destination in the early 1830s and gained popularity in the 1860s as advances in transportation reduced the time it took to get there from other parts of New York City. As visitors increased, attractions were added, including a tall observation tower, the Coney Island Elephant hotel, early roller coasters, carousels, and arc lights to enable nighttime swimming.
A true story told with pieces of pop culture.
Barbie Dolls,
Love Story,
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Jaws,
Queen (the band),
Barry Manilow,
Pong,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
KC & The Sunshine Band,
Google,
Woody Woodpecker,
Altered States,
True Red,
Run Lola Run,
The Shining,
Dead Alive,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
ET,
The Elephant Man,
One Got Fat,
The Wolfman,
Age of Turbulance,
An American Werewolf in London,
Physical Aspects of Puberty,
Olga's House of Shame,
Carrie,
70's Bic Commercial,
60's Wilkinson Sword Commercial,
Frankenstein,
La Belle et La Bete
Will be featured in the 2011 Coney Island Film Festival
A true story told with pieces of pop culture.
Barbie Dolls,
Love Story,
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Jaws,
Queen (the band),
Barry Manilow,
Pong,
Th...
A true story told with pieces of pop culture.
Barbie Dolls,
Love Story,
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Jaws,
Queen (the band),
Barry Manilow,
Pong,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
KC & The Sunshine Band,
Google,
Woody Woodpecker,
Altered States,
True Red,
Run Lola Run,
The Shining,
Dead Alive,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
ET,
The Elephant Man,
One Got Fat,
The Wolfman,
Age of Turbulance,
An American Werewolf in London,
Physical Aspects of Puberty,
Olga's House of Shame,
Carrie,
70's Bic Commercial,
60's Wilkinson Sword Commercial,
Frankenstein,
La Belle et La Bete
Will be featured in the 2011 Coney Island Film Festival
A true story told with pieces of pop culture.
Barbie Dolls,
Love Story,
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Jaws,
Queen (the band),
Barry Manilow,
Pong,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
KC & The Sunshine Band,
Google,
Woody Woodpecker,
Altered States,
True Red,
Run Lola Run,
The Shining,
Dead Alive,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
ET,
The Elephant Man,
One Got Fat,
The Wolfman,
Age of Turbulance,
An American Werewolf in London,
Physical Aspects of Puberty,
Olga's House of Shame,
Carrie,
70's Bic Commercial,
60's Wilkinson Sword Commercial,
Frankenstein,
La Belle et La Bete
Will be featured in the 2011 Coney Island Film Festival
A true story told with pieces of pop culture.
Barbie Dolls,
Love Story,
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Jaws,
Queen (the band),
Barry Manilow,
Pong,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
KC & The Sunshine Band,
Google,
Woody Woodpecker,
Altered States,
True Red,
Run Lola Run,
The Shining,
Dead Alive,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
ET,
The Elephant Man,
One Got Fat,
The Wolfman,
Age of Turbulance,
An American Werewolf in London,
Physical Aspects of Puberty,
Olga's House of Shame,
Carrie,
70's Bic Commercial,
60's Wilkinson Sword Commercial,
Frankenstein,
La Belle et La Bete
Will be featured in the 2011 Coney Island Film Festival
Coney Island is well known as the site of amusement parks and a seaside resort. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of MCU Park stadium and has become home to the Brooklyn Cyclonesminor league baseball team, as well as the opening of a new amusement park among several adjacent ones.
Geography
Coney Island is the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, and is about 4 miles (6.4km) long and 0.5 miles (0.80km) wide. It was formerly an island that was separated from the main part of Brooklyn by Coney Island Creek, a partial tidal mudflats, but it has since been developed into a peninsula. There were plans early in the 20th century to dredge and straighten the creek as a ship canal, but they were abandoned, and the center of the creek was filled in completely to allow construction of the Belt Parkway before World War II, and it was filled in again in 1962 with the construction of the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge. The western and eastern ends of the island are now peninsulas.
(I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) [Hook: x2] (I was born and raised in the slums...) Coney Island, Coney Island (... of every city) It ain't gon get more hood or get more slum Than 23rd and Mermaid, that's where I'm from And even though the beach and board walk is fun Come seven blocks past Nathan's, you're done Neptune and Surf, murder made the worst Niggas came in Benzes, left in a hearse And if they spare your life, your jewels and your cash You're dispersed, biz know CI niggas thirst You prolly think it's all beach and amusement park You would be a fool to peruse after dark You will see the tool comin through Kaiser Park Cause late night niggas dig graves, and it's comp then Blazin is nothin, niggas came through beefin Got clapped and left at the precint Now I ain't sayin it is right or is decent But what it is is real and that's why I speak it [Hook x4] Nigga, I'm a native New Yorker Coney Isle made me the greatest of authors The greatest shit talkers The beachcombin, boardwalkin stalkers Y'all niggas gased by The Warriors Well, it ain't no Cyrus here Niggas do crimes, it ain't no sirens there Niggas do time and don't nobody care How we gon cry, that's a no sign affair, nobody tears We heartless, nigga, raised in the pits Where you will catch charges before you catch with a mitt Where you catch bodies or react from a hit And catch the nigga who did it and clap at his wis' Niggas more prone to get clapped from a chick Than get a good job and look after his kids I know it's foul but reality is That I'm from Coney Isle and that's what it is [Hook x4] They say it's all good in the hood - nah, misconception Niggas in the hood suffer from a misdirection They care more how a nigga rims reflectin Than care about who gon win the election If QU is hectic, then CI on some next shit Prodigy and Hav got the message The kids is reckless, projects, homes infested And no, can't shit correct it [Hook x4] (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city)