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.
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!
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.
ctmale1956 1 month ago
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.
TheOnceisenough 1 month ago
Incredible piece of history here... thank you for sharing this.
brycepunk1 2 months ago
WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY-AYYYY
journeymanX 2 months ago
@kennydale I was 5 & I shit myself
CrackerLance 6 months ago
@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
puertorricane 8 months ago
wow i remember the submarine...i was like 4 i was scared shit
mickycee64 1 year ago
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.
le238man 2 years ago
iam so glad that they are takin out all the thugs outta there and rebuilding coney island.
mark1984 2 years ago
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!
Chrisdrumz 2 years ago