Tag: Luna Park
In a highly symbolic moment for the forever-on-the-verge-of-collapse Coney Island amusement park, the legendary Cyclone roller coaster froze during the ascent of its very first ride of the season on Sunday. Riders were forced to climb down the coaster on foot, in what was probably a more exciting turn of events than another ride on […]
Coney Island, the home of America’s favorite struggling theme park, opened a new attraction today: the Thunderbolt roller coaster. Unlike its wooden predecessor of the same name that operated on the site for nearly six decades, this one is all made of steel – the latest of promised upgrades. The ride is pretty smooth, with […]
Earlier today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the people who run Coney Island’s amusement park broke ground on the Thunderbolt, a brand new steel roller coaster being constructed to replace the wood one of the same name that operated for nearly six decades. It was decommissioned in 1982 and illegally torn down by then […]
