كوني آيلاند

Coney Island peninsula from the air

Aerial view of the beach at Coney Island

Coney Island from space

كوني آيلاند Coney Island هو شبه الجزيرة والشاطئ على المحيط الأطلسي في جنوب بروكلين ، نيويورك ، الولايات المتحدة.

وربما تكون كوني ايلاند أفضل متنزه ليالي ومنتجع خلال النصف الأول من القرن 20.

الحي الذي يحمل نفس الاسم هو مجتمع من 60000 شخص في الجزء الغربي من شبه الجزيرة ، مع بوابة البحر إلى الغرب منها، برايتون بيتش و مانهاتن بيتش إلى الشرق ، و جريفز إلى الشمال.

 التاريخ

 التسمية

Map of Coney Island in 1879

Coney Island, c. 1914, by Edward Henry Potthast

 منتجع

انظر أيضاً: Luna Park, Coney Island; Dreamland (amusement park); and Steeplechase Park

Dreamland tower and lagoon in 1907

Surf Avenue in 1908

 التنمية

المقالة الرئيسية: Coney Island Development

Coney Island snack shops along the boardwalk

Subsidized apartments for low-income residents around Coney Island

The Wonder Wheel and Astroland Park from Coney Island beach

Development

 السكان

Walkers stroll along the boardwalk in front of the Parachute Jump

 التعليم

• Abraham Lincoln High School
• John Dewey High School
• The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences
• Rachel Carson's School of Coastal Studies
• William E. Grady Vocational High School
• The High School Of Sports Management
• Liberation High School

 النقل

انظر أيضاً: Transportation to Coney Island

Stillwell Ave subway station

 المتنزهات

Coney Island footage from the 1940s

Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster

The Wonder Wheel

The Parachute Jump above the Coney Island boardwalk

 ركوب الخيل في الماضي

The Thunderbolt, as of 1995

 الشاطئ

Summer crowds at Coney Island beach

 أحداث أخرى

Nathan's Famous at Coney Island

 في عالم الترفيه

المقالة الرئيسية: Coney Island in popular culture

 المصادر

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 قراءات أخرى

A view of the Wonder Wheel, with the former Astroland Park in the foreground

• Rem Koolhaas, Delirious New York: A retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan (Academy Editions, London, 1978; republished, The Monacelli Press, 1994 — a large part of the book focuses on Coney Island amusement parks)
• John F. Kasson, Amusing The Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (Hill and Wang, New York, 1978; Distributed in Canada by Douglas and McIntyre Ltd.)
• Charles Denson, Coney Island: Lost and Found (Ten Speed Press, 2002)
• Coney Island, a 1991 documentary film by Ric Burns for American Experience

 وصلات خارجية

• Coney Island History Project
• Coney Island Visitor Guide, Maps, and More!
• 1911 Britannica article
• Coney Island Development Corporation
• Coney Island History Articles
• Bland as Sand: Developers Stalk Coney Island, The Indypendent
• Gritty and Trashy… That’s Why I Love It, The Indypendent
• Bruce, Jeannette. "Where The Fun Was," Sports Illustrated, August 28, 1967
• A photographer's dream scape in the city