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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5267	Coney Island declining, not Jul 20^th, 2007, 11:53pm Astroland and the Boardwalk was very crowded tonight. Its nice to see the crowds. So for those who say Coney Island is declining, they just dont know what they are saying. Bruce
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Reply #1 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 12:04am

I would have to agree. In recent years, the amusement area has shown steady improvement is its overall appearance. I have contacted Markowitz's office a number of times, and their party line is that Coney Island is not safe for families in its' present state. Baloney! My family has gone numerous times during the past 5 years, and not once have we witnessed any problems whatsoever.

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NewYorkDave Son of A Beach Offline Gimme a knish Posts: 1105 2 hours north of Coney Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #2 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 12:05am I was gonna come down to Coney tomorrow, but decided to wait for another day. Why? Because it's gonna be too crowded, that's why! Yeah, it's really an abandoned, desolate ghost-land, isn't it?
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5267	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #3 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 12:11am http://www.magicalthemeparks.com/coneyisland/img00007.jpg really looks decrepid Bruce
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NewYorkDave Son of A Beach Offline Gimme a knish Posts: 1105 2 hours north of Coney Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #4 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 12:34am Yeah, thank heavens the All-Knowing Developer is going to save us from all that... fun.
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Coney_Islander Son of A Beach Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 909 Coney Island Baby!!! Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #5 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 9:58am Mr. Markowitz ment overall coney island is not safe, the amuesment zone should not count, there is like 50 million police officers there so you tell me how much crime is in that area, when you walk into other parts of the area....well its not the best place to be,
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Joe-Sitt-Friend Son of A Beach Offline The Times.. They Are A Changing Posts: 1363 Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #6 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:14pm I was there last night and hangin on the beach at about 1 am with my girl.. and it seemed safe to me... there was a drunkin guy that fell down the stairs near the boardwalk but no issues... There were even a couple guys that came up to us that were swimming at that time...lol they were pretty funny guys...
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NewYorkDave Son of A Beach Offline Gimme a knish Posts: 1105 2 hours north of Coney Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #7 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:20pm Yeah, it seems the most dangerous thing in the amusement area right now is the damned broken-down boardwalk itself
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Reply #8 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:36pm

NewYorkDave wrote on Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:20pm:

Yeah, it seems the most dangerous thing in the amusement area right now is the damned broken-down boardwalk itself Wink

not really

you forgot about Joe Bull Sitt of Thor who destroyed 3 go kart tracks, batting cage, mini golf course, and boat ride.

And for his next action, will make Astroland disapear

He could have kept them all going, while fighting his loosing battle about needing rezoning, but rather see empty lots then amusement rides making money, making people happy.

Bruce

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Reply #9 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:36pm

Yeah the board walk was in bad shape... But the fireworks last night was awesome.. One thing though.. we couldnt find a good place for pizza anywhere.. those stands had pizza that looked like frozen pizza.. lol gregory and pauls.. we finaly went to kennedy fried chicken for pizza... HUGE MISTAKE....LOL

I knwo you dont come to coney for the pizza but my girl didnt want nathans and anyways the line was huge!!

I told her we could stay in bensonhurst for pizza.... lol

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Dick_Zigun Son of A Beach Offline Looka, Looka, Looka! Posts: 624 Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #10 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:42pm WORLD CLASS COAL OVEN PIZZA: Totonno's, Neptune and West 16th GOOD WOOD OVEN PIZZA: Surf and Turf across from Nathan's BETTER THEN AVERAGE: Peter Pizza at Keyspan
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Joe-Sitt-Friend Son of A Beach Offline The Times.. They Are A Changing Posts: 1363 Gender:	Re: Coney Island declining, not Reply #11 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 3:57pm We were actually looking for Totonno's, and I stopped this guy and he told us it was closed down... lol I appreciate the suggestions Dick... Thank you Btw..As I write this message I am eating a L&B square.. nothing better in my opinion...
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Reply #12 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 8:05pm

Hey, for a change, I actually agree with you about something ... I love L&B! Best Sicilian-style pizza around, in my opinion. And it's just a great place to hang out on a summer night.

Totonno's might be the best Neapolitan-style pizza I've ever had... But I don't go there anymore because it's overpriced and I don't like having to wait out in the street behind a bunch of yuppies. The best time I ever had there was after a thunderstorm; the boardwalk was deserted and Totonno's was nearly empty, and the pizza tasted especially good that night!

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Reply #13 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 8:52pm

Without any doubt what so ever, L & B makes the best pizza in all of brooklyn. I stop over every friday afternoon for a slice of square, and then a Eggplant Parm hero, the best !!

Their chocolate Ice Cream is one of the best I have ever eatten as well.

I eat to much on Fridays, L & B in the late afternoon, then Nathan's hotdogs (with 2 for 1 coupon) and fries at night for the fireworks.

By the way, Friday night the lines at Nathan's were indeed huge, so I had the Italian sausage and fries at Greg & Pauls. The Italian sausage was good. The fries were very disappointing, cost more then Nathan's fries, and about half the portion. Never again for their fries.

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Reply #14 - Jul 21^st, 2007, 8:57pm

Outlaw wrote on Jul 21^st, 2007, 8:52pm:

Without any doubt what so ever, L & B makes the best pizza in all of brooklyn. I stop over every friday afternoon for a slice of square, and then a Eggplant Parm hero, the best !!

Their chocolate Ice Cream is one of the best I have ever eatten as well.

I eat to much on Fridays, L & B in the late afternoon, then Nathan's hotdogs (with 2 for 1 coupon) and fries at night for the fireworks.

By the way, Friday night the lines at Nathan's were indeed huge, so I had the Italian sausage and fries at Greg & Pauls. The Italian sausage was good. The fries were very disappointing, cost more then Nathan's fries, and about half the portion. Never again for their fries.

When I walked by the Nathans on the Boardwalk, there seemed to be a haze inside

very surrreal to look at

Bruce

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