Brooklyn's Coney Island

The World Famous Coney Island

World famous Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk: Coney Island Aquarium Coney Island Amusement Park Coney Island Beach

New York Tourist Attractions: Empire state Building Statue of Liberty United Nations Building Rockefeller Center Times Square Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum Central Park Intrepid Air and Sea Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Madison Square Garden

1609 - Dutch explorer Henry Hudson discovers Coney Island
1829 - The Shell Road links Coney Island with Brooklyn
1875 - Andrew Culver builds the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad to the resort
1877 - Manhattan Hotel, the first luxury hotel, opens at Coney's far eastern end
1879 - The island's first horse racing track opens
1880 - The New Iron Pier is built to handle arriving steamships from Manhattan
1884 - World's first roller coaster debuts
More of the Timeline at http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/

The Coney Island Aquarium

New York Aquarium
Surf Avenue & West 8th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11224
Phone: 718-265-FISH
Hours: Open 365 days a year. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Holidays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Price: Adults, $11; child 2-12, $7; Seniors, $7.
Parking is $7 for car and $9 for bus (no buses on weekends).
Handicapped Access: YES
By subway: Take F or Q to West 8th St. station.
By bus: B36, B68