Our new episode on legendary roller coasters has dropped! Listen and subscribe to Coney Island Stories on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode 5 of our Coney Island Stories podcast features the stories of a trio of roller coasters built in the Roaring 20’s and named after...
Twenty years ago today, Coney Island’s original Thunderbolt roller coaster was demolished. “Giuliani Razed Roller Coaster, And the Law” wrote Dan Barry in the NY Times in 2003, when “a federal jury in Manhattan ruled that the city had no justification for tearing down the Thunderbolt, and in doing so...
Today in Coney Island history, on November 17, 2000, the original Thunderbolt roller coaster, built in 1925 and in operation until 1982, was demolished by the City. Listen to the Coney Island History Project’s oral history with Meg Feeley about a renegade ride on the Thunderbolt on a February night...
Astroland’s Astrotower Photos by Charles Denson What’s in a name? It depends. I’ve been asked my opinion about naming new Coney Island attractions after old ones, specifically the name “Astrotower,” which is being co-opted by Luna Park to use on their newest ride. The other names in question are Luna...
