B Train Eating

The Grill House at Coney Island New York magazine is sampling food along the path of the B Train: "We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants and food stores near the subway."

Astroland: Up Goes the Band

During their farewell parade through Astroland on Sunday, the Hungry Marching Band performed inside the Astrotower. They played as it rose and rotated.

The Weekend Seaside: Coney Island

A Coney Island photo story.

Rockaway's Bad Beaches

Today's Wave mentions a recent report that found the beach at Rockaway is without lifeguards and had "broken drinking fountains, closed bathrooms, littered shorelines and a deteriorating boardwalk". BIB also knows Rockaway as a place of beautiful dunes, wildlife and solitude.

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

The sheer number of mermaids and their neverending variety of decoration and demeanour made this a most excellent day down at Coney. We'll post a slide show with more of our favourites soon.

Coney Island: A Glorious Future?

We had to check the calendar to make sure it hadn't rolled back to April 1, and we haven't verified this ourselves, but here goes... Kinetic Carnival has received some news from the Marino Organization, Thor Equities' PR firm. Thor has "completely eliminated the residential component of its proposed plan," according to a spokesman. Now they want to concentrate on the amusement part of the plan, which Thor previously declared unsustainable. (The "residential component" was the huge condos planned for the boardwalk.) Very weird.