Visitors to Coney Island can also ride the Cyclone, which was christened with egg cream Saturday to open the new season. Luna Park is also up and running for its second year. The city says the park drew more than 400,000 people last summer, the most... Read More »

Continuing a 33-year-old family tradition, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park will open for the 2011 season on April 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by park owners Dennis & Steve Vourderis, including face painters, clowns, stilt walkers and D.J.... Read More »

Thor Equities is in contract to purchase some of the land occupied by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park for $11 million, according to sources. If the deal goes through, Thor Equities would own nearly all of the property in Coney Island’s amusement district, where... Read More »