Independence Day: A Mirror Of The Past
As our nation remembers our history, we remember our discarded history books. These books were seen ruined in the wet June weather this past month on East 18 Street, near the Super Stop and Shop store...
View ArticleNathan’s Jacks Up Prices To $3+
Ah, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs. There is nothing more American, nothing more New York, nothing more Brooklyn than the original, Coney Island Nathan’s. When it opened in 1916, one of those delicious and...
View ArticleMidweek Photos: Models In The Wild
A handful of models were frolicking in Coney Island last week, there for a Gloss Magazine photo shoot at Nathan’s. We even caught one eating!The post Midweek Photos: Models In The Wild appeared first...
View ArticleKobayashi Free; Families Of Dead Animals Cry Injustice
Okay, I made up the last part of that headline. Check this out, from the Brooklyn Paper: The former world hot-dog-eating champion, arrested in stunning fashion when he rushed the stage at the July 4...
View ArticleAlliance for Coney Island Launches Today With A Mission To Cleanup, Restore...
The Alliance for Coney Island is a new partnership between the city and the several well-known establishments in Coney Island’s business community. Today marks the official launch of their...
View ArticleFor Shame! Nathan’s Famous Interior Demolished!
Nathan’s Famous, battered and closed since Superstorm Sandy blew into town, is in the midst of demolishing the interior and rebuilding hot dog heaven for a spring reopening, according to a report by...
View ArticleJobs, Jobs, Jobs! (In Coney Island)
It’s cold, it’s February and you don’t have work. Perhaps a spanking new job by the beach, courtesy of the Alliance for Coney Island, can snap you out of your winter funk. According to a report by the...
View ArticleConey Island Set To Open Attractions This Sunday
Get ready to spin, twirl and fly again this Sunday as many famous Coney Island attractions are set to open for the first time since Superstorm Sandy caused millions of dollars of damage to the...
View ArticleWill The Tourists Return To Southern Brooklyn?
Six months following Superstorm Sandy, businesses across Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island are still shuttered and the New York Times is reporting that local business owners are growing anxious over what...
View ArticleSmall Saturday Fire On Roof Of Nathan’s Famous
A fire broke out at Nathan’s Famous on Coney Island (1310 Surf Avenue) over the weekend, according to a report by the Village Voice. The famous hot dog mecca is still undergoing construction after the...
View ArticleNathan’s Famous Reopens (UPDATED)
UPDATE (5/22/2013 @ 12:45 a.m.): It turns out that Nathan’s famous opened for business the night before we posted this story on Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m., according to a CBS report. Hot dog mode,...
View ArticleHistory Of Nathan’s Famous Explored By Brownstoner
Every time I am tasked with writing something about the original Nathan’s Famous (1310 Surf Avenue) I get really hungry. There is something about those delicious, ketchup-covered* hot dogs, the salty...
View ArticleNew Coney Island YMCA To Create Time Capsule
A new YMCA is coming to Coney Island, and administrators are looking to mark their grand opening by burying a time capsule. News 12 is reporting that the representatives from the Y are looking for...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld, Todd Barry Visit Coney Island In Web Series “Comedians In...
Jerry Seinfeld and comedian Todd Barry visited Coney Island in the latest episode of Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Barry, a stand up comedian from the Bronx, is know for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feltman’s — Inventor Of The Hot Dog — May Return To Coney Island
Call it a case of the student outshining the teacher. While Nathan’s Famous hot dogs have become synonymous with Coney Island, it wasn’t invented by the restaurant’s namesake. Instead, the hot dog is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coney Island Oddities: Fried Frog Legs At Nathan’s
There are more than a few oddities waiting to be found in Coney Island. Many of them are stubborn holdouts from an earlier era, before national franchises like Applebee’s and the soon-to-open Checkers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ICYMI: Police Save Trapped Child, Nurse Arrested For Beating Elderly Man,...
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crowd-Funding Campaign Seeks To Revive Feltman’s — The Original Coney Island...
For more than a half-century, Coney Island’s Nathan’s Famous has been peerless among Brooklyn’s seaside hot dog slingers — both as a local favorite and a global brand. But there was once an older, more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nathan’s Celebrates 100th Anniversary With 5 Cent Hot Dogs
Nathan’s Famous is rolling back prices to 1916 to mark their 100th Anniversary on Memorial Day weekend. The flagship location at Surf and Stillwell Avenues will be selling hot dogs for five cents...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Cent Hot Dogs Bring Thousands To Nathan’s For 100th Anniversary
Thousands visited the Nathan’s Famous flagship location on Surf Avenue Saturday to pay a nickel for a frankfurter during the company’s 100th Anniversary. The company rolled back prices to 1916 to honor...
View Article
