Coney Island Brooklyn

22.12.2012 Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA


Bronxista selviydyttyä otettiin seuraavana päivänä täysin päinvastainen suunta -> Heräilevältä Canal Streetiltä laskeuduttiin jälleen metroasemalle ja hypättiin Brooklynin eteläkärkeen matkaavaan Q junaan. Määränpäänä oli mahtava Coney Island hylättyine huvipuistoineen (No ei se enää …

... eyes being covered in sand), its a lovely evening with the sun setting and a swim in the Atlantic. Afterwards we drive back to Coney Island for a typically un-fast fast-food dinner at the 'World Famous' (is it? really?) Nathan's. Claire's cheesy fries ...

22.12.2012  Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA Bronxista selviydyttyä otettiin seuraavana päivänä täysin päinvastainen suunta -> Heräilevältä Canal Streetiltä laskeuduttiin jälleen metroasemalle ja hypättiin Brooklynin eteläkärkeen ...

... too late to get to the start, and too late to buy tickets online. So third try was the Brooklyn Cyclones, the local Minor League team, playing at Coney Island in a playoff game, at 5pm. Ideal. So we headed in to Manhattan to see Times Square quickly ...

... their time in New York was far more efficient-sounding than was ours, as they spent time hitting all the tourist spots, from Coney Island to the Statue of Liberty, so the short trip was perhaps justified. ...

Today, we decided to visit coney island. We took the subway there, about a 45 minute ride from our Brooklyn station on smith street. Chloe, izobel, and luke all rode the 'CYCLONE' and got bruises on top of their legs cuz of the bouncing on the huge ...

... I decided to get out of the usual tourist traps and sample something really American, therefore I decided to go over to Coney Island which is in the south of Brooklyn. The subway goes all the way to Coney Island and as it was a hot day there were lots of ...

... we were 150 strong, from all over the tri-state area, all in attendance to reunite, enjoy an afternoon at the Cyclone Game in Coney Island, and at the same time raise some money for cancer awareness.  We started the day off with a tail gate party in ...

... went snaphappy! We then headed over to Coney Island, which is at the furtherst edge of Brooklyn – effectively hitting three boroughs in one day! Coney Island is strange and beautiful all in wrapped up in one carnival ice cream cone. The boardwalk ...

... There were people everywhere and it was a Monday night.  Brooklyn council had taken the initiative to try and reignite Coney Island and was offering free weekly movies on the beach in an effort to restore residents interest.  Very appropriately ...

... otherwise everything else will fade to a distant memory! On Saturday 23, March Matt and I headed out to Sheapshead Bay near Coney Island for a ribs festival called "Grillin' on the Bay". The day started with big train delays and when one finally ...