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Stories: Coney Island, Baby

  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Food vendors cruise the east-west thoroughfare maneuvering their carts through the crowds at water's edge.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Beachgoers tend to crowd the area to the east of the Steeplechase Pier and directly across from the 90-year old Wonder Wheel, now a New York City landmark.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • The Coney Island Circus Sideshow is still in operation on the original site where legendary performers like Jojo the Dogfaced Boy worked in the 50's.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Beachgoers tend to crowd the area to the east of the Steeplechase Pier and directly across from the 90-year old Wonder Wheel, now a New York City landmark.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. An escapee from the nearby New York Aquarium catches a ride.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • Coney Island, June 26, 2010
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Beachgoers tend to crowd the area to the east of the Steeplechase Pier and directly across from the 90-year old Wonder Wheel, now a New York City landmark.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Beachgoers tend to crowd the area to the east of the Steeplechase Pier and directly across from the 90-year old Wonder Wheel, now a New York City landmark.
  • A couple listens to a portable radio along the Steeplechase Pier.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • Matt Polacheck's wife sits in front of the graphic he created for the Shmaltz Brewing Company's line of Coney-themed beers.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • Coney Island, June 26, 2010
  • A woman waits for her friends outside another New York City landmark, the Cyclone roller coaster. Originally built in 1927 and restored in 1975, the Cyclone is the ultimate rickety wooden coaster and not for everyone.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Food vendors cruise the east-west thoroughfare maneuvering their carts through the crowds at water's edge.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010. Beachgoers tend to crowd the area to the east of the Steeplechase Pier and directly across from the 90-year old Wonder Wheel, now a New York City landmark.
  • Temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 5th, 2010, sending thousands into the cooling water.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
  • An estimated 75,000 people visited Coney Island on July 4th weekend, 2010.
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