An exhibit on the People’s Playground opening today at the Brooklyn Museum is as colorful and surprising as its subject, Coney Island’s many incarnations, from beach resort to nickel empire and back ...

If you thought Coney Island is some frozen-in-time relic, think again. It’s loud, brash, proudly weird, and full of life. Locals know it for its beach, boardwalk, vintage rides, seaside eats, and ...

Summer is quickly approaching and in just a few weeks, Coney Island beach will fill with tourists, surfers and people just wanting a good hot dog from Nathan’s. Nothing truly symbolizes NYC in the ...

The Brooklyn Museum has created the Museum on Wheels, which brings engaging art activities to Brooklyn neighborhoods. The mobile museum stopped in Coney Island last weekend with themed projects about ...

Visitors to the Coney Island Museum had a chance to meet the creators of its two unique, new exhibits. The reception included the artists behind a re-creation of Luna Park from a century ago, which is ...

The Mermaid Parade, long the unofficial kick-off to summer in New York City, is the nation's largest art parade. It celebrates ancient mythology and seaside ritual, drawing roughly 3,000 participants ...

Bricks peek through chipping plaster on the walls of the stairwell leading up to the second-floor Coney Island Museum. A vine hangs from the dirty skylight overhead. Inside, a gallery, painted in ...