Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Parachute Jump, Coney Island in popular culture, Brooklyn Cyclones, Coney Island Development, The Warriors, Coney Island Cyclone, Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue, Dreamland, Transportation to Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, MCU Park, Nathan's Famous, Luna Park, Coney Island, Astroland, Kingsborough Community College, Topsy, Siren Music Festival, Steeplechase Park, Brighton Beach Race Course, Last Days of Coney Island, Gravesend Race Track, Coney Island USA, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Dante's Inferno, Switchback Railway, Coney Island Mermaid Parade, New York Aquarium, The Whip, Brighton Derby, Brighton Mile, Sea Lion Park, Big Daddy's Restaurants, Ghost Hole, Brighton Oaks, Black Scorpion, Witching Waves, Spook-a-Rama, Coney Island Polar Bear Club, World Circus Sideshow, Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station, Iron Steamboat Company, Coney Island Light, Coney Island Velodrome, Tornado, Donny Vomit, Culver Depot, Thunderbolt, Wonder Wheel, Half Moon Hotel, Riegelmann Boardwalk, Pepsi Python, Fugazy Bowl. Excerpt: Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill. Coney Island is possibly best known as the site of amusement parks and a major resort that reached their peak during the first half of the 20th century. It declined in popularity after World War II and endured years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of MCU Park and has become home to the minor league baseball team the Brooklyn Cyclones. The neighborhood of the same name is a community of 60,000 people in the western part of the peninsula, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, and Gravesend to the...