Coney Island, 1973

[ctmale1956]

This once nice play-area for the hard working people of NYC is now a slum loaded with the coloreds and spics.....oh, and chinks, too.

[TheOnceisenough]

You know, you tube takes HD video. You should upload in HD even if the original footage isn't great. It would still look better than this.

[brycepunk1]

Incredible piece of history here... thank you for sharing this.

[journeymanX]

WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY-AYYYY

[CrackerLance]

@kennydale I was 5 & I shit myself

[mickycee64]

wow i remember the submarine...i was like 4 i was scared shit

[le238man]

Thanks for posting this! My dad hung out there in the 30s and 40s, Took my older siblings there in the mid 50s. This is the time I remember,in the 70s, This place was rough by then. as long as you stayed in the amusement area you were ok. But getting to the subway could be an adventure.

[mark1984]

iam so glad that they are takin out all the thugs outta there and rebuilding coney island.

[Chrisdrumz]

Coney Island at this time was a place you WOULD NOT go to at night. A very dangerous place. I was born in Flatbush in 1971 and lived in Brooklyn until we moved to Staten Island in '79,but Coney Island was a place my parents drilled into my head as being a totally horrible,dangerous place. Ironic,cause both of them went all the time when they were kids. I finally went in the summer of '84 and I was like "Huh? This place is cool." Of course it was during the day!

[puertorricane]

@Chrisdrumz you still dont go to coney island at night i used to be there in the early 80s and it was filled with drugs and crime

[mglasson]

Great little doc! I wish the transfer were a little better, but a lot of that footage is a real treasure. Watching some of the Thunderbolt rollercoaster made me feel really strange, as though peering through a hidden door into the past. Thanks so much Phil & Steve!

[JackSzwergold]

This is amazing! Great footage, well done and finally someone out there is sharing footage of the Coney Island era I grew up with as a kid.

[fncz]

Thanks for sharing ...great TORNADO footage!!! I loved that ride!

[staunchcharacter]

Thank you so much for posting this! Wonderful, wonderful footage.