Coney Island

Worth seeing in and around Coney Island

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

   The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New York Harbor with Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows.

   6.4 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Prospect Park

   Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Windsor Terrace, and is adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

   9.7 km · public park in Brooklyn, New York City · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Brooklyn College

   Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolled nearly 14,000 students on a 35-acre campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall 2023.

   6.7 km · senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lesbian Herstory Archives

   The Lesbian Herstory Archives is a New York City-based archive, community center, and museum dedicated to preserving lesbian history, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Archives contain the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians.

   9.7 km · archive, history museum in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Luna Park

   Luna Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1903 to 1944. The park was located on a site bounded by Surf Avenue to the south, West 8th Street to the east, Neptune Avenue to the north, and West 12th Street to the west.

   500 m · 1903 Coney Island amusement park · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Coney Island
2. 02
   The Coney Island Cyclone
3. 03
   New York Aquarium

   Boardwalk and W 8th St (Subway: F Q to W 8th St or D N to Coney Island–Stillwell Ave).

4. 04
   Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument

   Surf Ave at W 19th St (Subway D F N Q trains to Coney Island-Stillwell Ave or F Q trains to W 8th St-NY Aquarium).

From Wikivoyage: Coney Island, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk
2. 02
   Pat Auletta Steeplechase Pier
3. 03
   Sheepshead Bay Piers

   Emmons Ave between Ocean Ave & E 26th St ( B Q Sheepshead Bay).

4. 04
   Brooklyn Cyclones
5. 05
   Adventurer’s Park - Family Entertainment Center

   1824 Shore Pkwy ( D, B6), staff@advparkny.com.

6. 06
   Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park

   Apr, May, Sep, Oct: opens noon on weekends only; Jun to Labor Day: opens noon daily; closing times vary according to weather conditions.

From Wikivoyage: Coney Island, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Coney Island is a varied neighborhood of old pizzerias, Nathan's Original hotdog stand and newer Russian restaurants and others. Brighton Beach is a huge Russian neighborhood, with immigrants from other parts of the former Soviet Union, too. You can find all kinds of Russian gourmet shops, bars and restaurants in that neighborhood.

1. 01
   John's Deli

   2438 Stillwell Ave (between Harway Ave and Bay 50th St; Subway: D train to Bay 50th St),.

2. 02
   Kashkar Cafe

   1141 Brighton Beach Ave, toll-free: +1-718-743-3832.

3. 03
   L & B Spumoni Gardens

   2725 86th St (between W 10th and W 11th Sts; N to Avenue U or 86th St-Gravesend, or D to 25th Ave), e-mail@spumonigardens.com.

4. 04
   Nathan's Famous

   1310 Surf Ave (at Stillwell Ave; D F N Q to Coney Island-Stillwell Ave),.

5. 05
   Randazzo's Clam Bar

   This is a classic Italian-American seafood specialist right across the street from the water in Sheepshead Bay, in operation since 1932.

From Wikivoyage: Coney Island, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Coney Island

Airports

John F. Kennedy (JFK), 19 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 20 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 24 km

Stations

Floyd Bennett Field, 7.9 km · 18th Avenue, 4 km · 20th Avenue, 3.6 km · 86th Street, 6.6 km · 25th Avenue, 2.6 km

• Philadelphia → Coney Island

  121 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · $12–17
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• Hartford → Coney Island

  171 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · $16–22
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• Albany → Coney Island

  232 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · $21–28
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