Coney Island

R.I.P.

Teenage Sisters Drown After Being Swept Into the Ocean

The two sisters went into the ocean at around 8 p.m. on Friday, despite rain and rough waves.

Owen Lavine

Joey Chestnut/Patrick Bertoletti on a dog

Rejoice America, We Have A New Hot Dog Eating Champion

With 16-time Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest winner Joey Chestnut barred from competition this year the men's field was wide open.

Owen Lavine

Joey Chestnut competes in the annual Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island

SAY IT AIN’T JOE

Joey Chestnut ‘Gutted’ After Hot Dog Eating Contest Ban

Doggone it.

AJ McDougall

BRIGHT LIGHTS

This Virtual Coney Island May Be Better Than the Real Thing

The new PlayStation 5 game reimagines the iconic Brooklyn landmark as New York’s own little Disneyland—and you’ll wish it were real.

Shannon O’Connor

CONFIRMED

Deaths of 3 Children on Coney Island Are Ruled Homicides

No one has been charged with the murder of the three siblings, but authorities have ruled foul play was involved.

Matt Young

HORRIFIC

Mom of Kids Who Drowned at Coney Island ‘Not an Evil Person’

Erin Merdy, whose children, ages 7, 4, and 3 months, were found unconscious, “has mental problems. We ask for people to have some grace and understand that,” her aunt said.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

Coney Island

Teenage Sisters Drown After Being Swept Into the Ocean

Rejoice America, We Have A New Hot Dog Eating Champion

Joey Chestnut ‘Gutted’ After Hot Dog Eating Contest Ban

This Virtual Coney Island May Be Better Than the Real Thing

Deaths of 3 Children on Coney Island Are Ruled Homicides

Mom of Kids Who Drowned at Coney Island ‘Not an Evil Person’

Coney Island Boardwalk Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured

Epstein’s Coney Island Days: From Nerd to ‘Arrogant’ Prick

Hear Coney Island’s Heroic Lion Roar in ‘Fire in Dreamland’

The Coney Island Tower That Was Really a Shady Ponzi Scheme

Trump’s Dad Tried to Kill Coney Island