By Dana Rubinstein
Coney Island: Running away to the circus might soon be as easy as taking the D train to Stillwell Avenue if Coney Island real-estate magnate Joseph Sitt has his way.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: Coney Island’s “rendezvous of the elite” is on its way back.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: For sale: One, 1960s-era, 275-foot-tall sightseeing tower, more than slightly used.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: Coney Island’s Astroland amusement park was sold this week to a real-estate developer who plans to tear down the family-run carnival to make way for a $1.5-billion fantasyland of hotels, movie theaters, neon-lit shops, beachfront luxury condos and even a few new rides.
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Editorial: The news this week that a Coney Island real-estate developer will raze Astroland and build a $1.5-billion, Vegas-like menagerie was greeted with the usual hue and cry from nostalgia-addled Brooklynites who remember the “glory days” of Coney Island.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: Coney Island is strongly behind developer Joe Sitt’s $1.5-billion plan to transform the rundown amusement area into a mini-Las Vegas — but a sizable minority does not want to see new housing be part of the mix.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: The battle for the Boardwalk has begun.
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