Coney Island 3.26.2011

Coney Island is a peninsula in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA, with a famous beach on the Atlantic Ocean. As the name implies, it is a former island and is partially connected by landfill to the mainland.

The area was a major resort and site of amusement parks that reached its peak during the first half of the 20th century. It declined in popularity after World War II and endured years of neglect. In recent years, the area has seen the opening of MCU Park and has become home to the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team.

The neighborhood of the same name is a community of 60,000 people in the western part of the peninsula, with Seagate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, and Gravesend to the north.