Shimmer’s Answer to the Hot, Hot Heat!

Submitted by Jason Sferlazza On a  warm Saturday afternoon in late June,1936, my Grandpa Eddie was a refrigerator technician who worked in Coney Island.  My Grandma Florie was a beauty queen from Jersey City.  By fate,  Gramps pulled his  mirror shined Oldsmobile Convertible out of a parking space on West 19th,  right where my grandmother…

When my husband and I moved to Brooklyn, we were so happy that Coney Island was so close. We did our engagement photos there by The Wonder Wheel and on the beach. We also had our rehearsal dinner there, it was just a casual dinner at Nathans and then playing on the beach. It was…

TTomorrow 10 to 12 pm on the boardwalk between W10-W12! Calling all artists! Your fabulous art can beautify the boardwalk all summer long! Join us on the boardwalk for our annual trash can painting party! Paints will be supplied.. Prizes! Contests! Sunshine! All ages welcome!

Our first date had a late night stop at Nathan’s…..he ordered the raw clams…. and I remember thinking I was never going out with him again as i watched him eat those clams with his nasty eighties moustache! And a good night kiss was definitely out of the question!!!! Must have been some Coney magic…

Adorable 3 month old sailor girl sporting the hat she got at Lola Star today! Your never too young (or old) to be a Coney Island sailor girl!