Links: Friends of Coney Island USA

Coney Island Links

• Coney Island Brewing Co. brews craft beer that captures the spirit, flavor and romance that is Coney Island!
• Luna Park NYC Home of Luna Park, The Scream Zone and The Cyclone!
• Visit the Coney Island History Project and tell them your memories of Coney Island!
• The Alliance for Coney Island is spearheading a comprehensive planning process for Coney Island.
• Coney Island Fun Guide is the perfect resource to use in planning your Coney Island adventure.
• Deno's Wonder Wheel Park Home of another Coney Island landmark.
• Eldorado Bumper Cars and Arcade Bump Bump Bump your...
• The New York Aquarium at Coney Island
• Totonnos Pizza - “Best Pizza In New York, Possibly The World”
• Community Board 13 the Coney Island community board.
• The Coney Island Polar Bears official site
• Tom's Coney Island Great eats on the boardwalk
• The Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball in Brooklyn!!
• Parachute Literary Arts Poetry, Waves, Coney Island
• Coney Island History Articles The best collection of historical Coney Island material on the web.
• Adam Sandy's History House Photos are also a fine source of historical material.
• Brooklyn On Line the internets largest collection of Brooklyn Neighborhood Resources
• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce promotes economic development across the borough
• Tour of Coney Island Subway train yards
• Ruby's Bar & Grill

F.O.C.I.U.S.A (Friends of Coney Island USA)

• PrintingCenterUSA Super cheap and super great, online printing company, for calendars, greeting cards and more!
• The National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation, and enjoyment of the amusement and theme park industry - past, present and future.
• ACE (American Coaster Enthusiasts) ACE is the world’s largest ride enthusiast organization!
• Amusing the Zillion A former carny kid casts an insider’s eye on the amusement business, Coney Island, and fun places in between
• The Coney Island Blog - All things Coney
• Ocean-7 Development These "Extreme Coders" are responsible for building out our new web site. Thanks guys!
• Stacy Horn and ECHO are a big part of Coney Island.com's success. Check out Stacy's book Cyberville and the Manhattan Samba Group.
• Marie Roberts Our Artist in Residence and banner painter extraordinaire!
• Gary Beeber Two time Coney Island Film Festival Documentary Short Winner 
• Philomena Marano Artist and Co-Founder of the Coney Island Hyterical Society
• Adam Rinn Our Artistic Director and Sideshow School Professa!
• IndieFilmPage.com Co-presenters of the Coney Island Film Festival.
• Dirty Martini The Queen of the New York Burlesque Scene!
• Julie Atlas Muz Performance artist and star of the burlesque stage.
• Mat Fraser Can a disabled performer ever be seen as anything but a freak? Mat's one man show asks this and more.
• The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus A new generation of traveling circus show!
• The World Famous Pontani Sisters The Mambo Italiano Burlesque Can-Can Dancing Stars of Coney Island!
• The Great Throwdini The World Champion Knife Thrower
• Larry Racioppo NYC photographer
• Lola Staar The girl behind the tee shirt line that has captured the hearts of millions.
• I.F.O.C.E. The International Federation of Competitive Eating! Hot dogs anyone?
• LUAKABOP Former King Neptune David Byrne's legendary record label! Check out the Toybox!
• The Monks are great friends of Coney Island. Their books and website feature some of New York's greatest characters-Namely US!!
• Volcanic Video Dave Channon is an eccentric videographer and Manhattan Public Access Cable activist who has done a lot of work with Coney Island over the years.
• Amos Wengler The Coney Island Troubador
• Kinetic Carnival The Coney Island Blog

Mermaid Parade Links

• Bambi the Mermaid is practically the parade poster child. Check out her other site CornStar.com too!
• Dennis Felty has been photographing the parade for years.

Sideshow Links

• Shocked and Amazed! THE magazine about sideshow history-Check it out now!
• Jim Rose Circus Sideshow -The Official Pages all you could ever want to know about them, and more...
• The Lizardman! Erik Sprague
• We are great fans of PENN and TELLER. Hey guys- wanna be King Neptune this year?
• Sword Swallowers Association International So all you sword swallowers out there can network with each other!
• Al Flosso- The Coney Island Fakir All about one of the greatest comedic magicians of the century.
• Sideshow World - Preserving the Past...Promoting the Future.

Carnival, Circus, Amusement Park, Burlesque, Variety Entertainment Links

• Topsy the Elephant Page on Wikipedia.
• John Miller, Rollercoaster Designer A biography of the "father of the modern rollercoaster".
• Laff in the Dark This beautiful site by the Dark Ride and Funhouse Historical Society is dedicated to the history and preservation of amusement park dark rides.
• Carnies! Outstanding b&w photographs of carnival workers by John Decker
• The Lost Museum A virtual exploration of Barnum's American Museum- Where sideshows all began!
• Amusement Park and Rollercoaster Links The Biggest Collection of links we ever found!
• Acme Miniature Flea Circus Keeping the ancient art alive!
• The Contortionists Homepage Meet Madame Twisto and her friends!
• Juggling.org A huge resource for juggling,whipcracking, knife throwing, magic and more... learn how to do it yourself!
• The Burlesque Hall of Fame and Museum Long live Dixie Evans!
• Roy Rogers Homepage
• Burlesque Beat what's going on. what's coming off.

Tattoo and Body Modification Links

• Fun City Tattoo
• Body Modification Ezine NOT for the faint of heart-OUCH!