Coney Island, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 347 relations: A Trip to the Moon (attraction), Abbott and Costello, Abe Stark, Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn), Academic year, Air pollution, American colonial architecture, American Experience, American Federation of Teachers, American Revolutionary War, Amusement arcade, Amusement park, Ancestry.com, Andrew Culver (railroad), Answer Me!, Anthony Janszoon van Salee, Apartment, Apple TV, Area code 917, Area codes 718, 347, and 929, Arlene Gottfried, Arthur Tress, Association of Volleyball Professionals, Astroland, Atlantic Yacht Club, August Heckscher II, Austin Corbin, Ayisha Siddiqa, B&B Carousell, B68 (New York City bus), Bachelor's degree, Bathysphere, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Beach nourishment, Bellagio (resort), Belt Parkway, Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, BMT Brighton Line, BMT Sea Beach Line, Boroughs of New York City, Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey, Boutique hotel, Breezy Point, Queens, Brighton, Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach Race Course, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Community Board 11, ... Expand index (297 more) »

2. Amusement parks in New York (state)
3. Barrier islands of New York (state)
4. Former islands of New York City
5. Islands of Brooklyn
6. Islands of New York City
7. Seaside resorts in New York (state)

A Trip to the Moon (attraction)

A Trip to the Moon was a pioneering early dark ride, best known as the flagship and namesake of Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Abbott and Costello

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.

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Abe Stark

Abe Stark (September 28, 1894 – July 2, 1972) was an American businessman and politician.

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Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education.

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Academic year

An academic year or school year is a period that schools, colleges and universities use to measure the quantity of study that are often divided into academic terms.

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Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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American colonial architecture

American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), Spanish Colonial, French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian.

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American Experience

American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.

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American Federation of Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association).

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Amusement arcade

An amusement arcade, also known as a video arcade, amusements, arcade, or penny arcade (an older term), is a venue where people play arcade games, including arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables.

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Amusement park

An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Andrew Culver (railroad)

Andrew R. Culver (1832–1906, aged 74) was the president of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad.

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Answer Me!

Answer Me! (typically rendered ANSWER Me!) was a magazine edited by Jim Goad and Debbie Goad and published between 1991 and 1994.

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Anthony Janszoon van Salee

Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607–1676) was an original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland.

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Apartment

An apartment (North American English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single storey.

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Apple TV

Apple TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed and marketed by Apple.

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Area code 917

Area code 917 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the five boroughs of New York City: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

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Area codes 718, 347, and 929

Area codes 718, 347, and 929 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as the Marble Hill section of Manhattan.

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Arlene Gottfried

Arlene Harriet Gottfried (August 26, 1950 – August 8, 2017) was a New York City street photographer who was known for recording the candid scenes of ordinary daily life in some of the city's less well-to-do neighborhoods.

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Arthur Tress

Arthur Tress (born November 24, 1940) is an American photographer.

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Association of Volleyball Professionals

The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is the biggest and longest-running professional beach volleyball tour in the United States.

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Astroland

Astroland was a amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City that opened in 1962.

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Atlantic Yacht Club

The Atlantic Yacht Club is a family-oriented yacht club located on the shores of Gravesend Bay in south Brooklyn.

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August Heckscher II

August Heckscher II (September 16, 1913 – April 5, 1997) was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Woodrow Wilson.

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Austin Corbin

Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 – June 4, 1896) was a 19th-century American banking and railroad entrepreneur.

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Ayisha Siddiqa

Ayisha Siddiqa (born 8 February 1999) is an American climate justice advocate.

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B&B Carousell

The B&B Carousell is a historic carousel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.

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B68 (New York City bus)

The B68 is a bus route that constitutes a public transit line operating in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Bathysphere

The Bathysphere was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.

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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Coney Island and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn and populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Beach nourishment

Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually sand, lost through longshore drift or erosion is replaced from other sources.

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Bellagio (resort)

Bellagio is a resort, luxury hotel, and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

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Belt Parkway

The Belt Parkway is the name given to a series of controlled-access parkways that form a belt-like circle around the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

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Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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BMT Brighton Line

The BMT Brighton Line, also known as the Brighton Beach Line, is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

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BMT Sea Beach Line

The BMT Sea Beach Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, connecting the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at 59th Street via a four-track wide open cut to Coney Island in Brooklyn.

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Boroughs of New York City

The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City.

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Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey

The Boston College Eagles are a NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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Boutique hotel

Boutique hotels are small-capacity hotels that provide more personalized service than typical hotels.

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Breezy Point, Queens

Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. Coney Island and Breezy Point, Queens are populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Coney Island and Brighton Beach are neighborhoods in Brooklyn and populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Brighton Beach Race Course

The Brighton Beach Race Course was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, opened on June 28, 1879 by the Brighton Beach Racing Association.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City. Coney Island and Brooklyn are populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park is an park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City.

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Brooklyn Community Board 11 is New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Gravesend, Mapleton, and Bensonhurst.

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Brooklyn Community Board 13 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, and Seagate.

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Brooklyn Cyclones

The Brooklyn Cyclones are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets.

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Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle (originally joint name The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat, later The Brooklyn Daily Eagle before shortening title further to Brooklyn Eagle) was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955.

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Brooklyn Public Library

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a public transit holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate railway lines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States.

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Brothel

A brothel, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes.

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Bruce Ratner

Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American real estate developer, philanthropist, and former minority owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.

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Bud Abbott

William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer.

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Bulkhead (barrier)

A bulkhead is a retaining wall, such as a bulkhead within a ship or a watershed retaining wall.

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Bumper cars

Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator.

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Burt Topper

Burt Topper (July 31, 1928 – April 3, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter best known for cult films aimed at teenagers.

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Bus station

A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers.

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Camorra

The Camorra is an Italian Mafia-type, by Umberto Santino, in: Albanese, Das & Verma, Organized Crime.

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Carousel

A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.

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Casino

A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling.

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Centennial Exposition

The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876.

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Charles I. D. Looff

Charles I. D. Looff (born Carl Jürgen Detlef Looff) was a Danish master carver and builder of hand-carved carousels and amusement rides, who immigrated to the United States of America in 1870.

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Chickasaw Nation

The Chickasaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.

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Childs Restaurant (Boardwalk)

The Childs Restaurant Building on the Boardwalk is a New York City designated landmark on the Riegelmann Boardwalk at West 21st Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Community boards of Brooklyn are New York City community boards in the borough of Brooklyn, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

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Coney Island Avenue

Coney Island Avenue is a road in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that runs north-south for a distance of roughly five miles, almost parallel to Ocean Parkway and Ocean Avenue.

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Coney Island Creek

Coney Island Creek is a tidal inlet in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Coney Island Creek Park

Coney Island Creek Park is a public park on the northwestern coast of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Coney Island Cyclone

The Cyclone, also called the Coney Island Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station

Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station is a historic pumping station located in Brooklyn, New York, New York.

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Coney Island History Project

The Coney Island History Project, or CIHP, founded in 2004, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to record and increase awareness of Coney Island's history.

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Coney Island Light

Coney Island Light (also Nortons Point Light) is a lighthouse located in Sea Gate, on the west end of Coney Island, Brooklyn, in New York City, east of New York Harbor's main channel.

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Coney Island Mermaid Parade

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is an art parade held annually in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.

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Coney Island Polar Bear Club

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters.

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Coney Island USA

Coney Island USA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization founded in 1980 that is dedicated to the cultural and economic revitalization of the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Coney Island, County Sligo

Coney Island or Inishmulclohy, is an island between the Rosses Point and Coolera peninsulas in Sligo Bay, County Sligo, Ireland.

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Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station

The Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station (also known as Coney Island Terminal and signed on some trains as either Coney Island or Stillwell Avenue) is a New York City Subway terminal in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

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Convenience store

A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store or corner shop is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea, coffee, groceries, fruits, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and magazines.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City was confirmed on March 1, 2020, though later research showed that the novel coronavirus had been circulating in New York City since January, with cases of community transmission confirmed as early as February.

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Culver Depot

Culver Depot, also called Culver Terminal or Culver Plaza, was a railroad and streetcar terminal in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, located on the northern side of Surf Avenue near West 5th Street.

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Culver Line (surface)

The Culver Line, Gravesend Avenue Line, or McDonald Avenue Line was a surface public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along McDonald Avenue and built by the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad.

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Cycling in New York City

Cycling in New York City is associated with mixed cycling conditions that include dense urban proximities, relatively flat terrain, congested roadways with stop-and-go traffic, and streets with heavy pedestrian activity.

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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore.

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Dark ride

A dark ride or ghost train is an indoor amusement ride on which passengers aboard guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music and special effects.

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Debbie Goad

Debra Susan "Debbie" Goad (February 13, 1954 – July 20, 2000) was an American journalist and assistant editor of the magazine Answer Me! Her husband, Jim Goad, was the magazine's primary writer and editor.

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Delirious New York

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan is a 1978 book, written by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park

Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park is a family-owned amusement park located at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. Coney Island and Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park are amusement parks in New York (state).

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Disposable household and per capita income

Household income is a measure of income received by the household sector.

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Don Snyder

Donald Roger Snyder (June 14, 1934 – August 29, 2010) was an American photographer and multimedia artist.

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Downstate New York

Downstate New York is a region that generally consists of the southeastern and more densely populated portion of the U.S. state of New York, in contrast to Upstate New York, which comprises a larger geographic area with much sparser population distribution.

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Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904)

Dreamland was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1904 to 1911.

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Dreamland (Coney Island, 2009)

Dreamland was an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City that operated at the site of the defunct Astroland park for the 2009 season.

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Dredging

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.

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E. J. Perry

Essaias James Perry (February 11, 1880 – February 2, 1946), or more commonly E. J. Perry, was an early-twentieth-century silhouette artist based in New York City.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Ed Koch

Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality.

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Egbert Benson

Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives.

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Elephantine Colossus

The Elephantine Colossus (also known as the Colossal Elephant or the Elephant Colossus, or by its function as the Elephant Hotel) was a tourist attraction located on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Fairground organ

A fairground organ is a musical organ covering the wind and percussive sections of an orchestra.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No.

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Ferris wheel

A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity.

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Fire station

A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.

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Float (parade)

A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Carnival in São Paulo, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park or simply Flushing Meadows) is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south.

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Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island

The Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island is an outdoor live entertainment venue within the Childs Restaurants building on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Fred Trump

Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman.

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From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes (De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne.

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Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.

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A gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences.

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Gene Feist

Gene Feist (January 16, 1923 – March 17, 2014, New York City) was an American playwright, theater director and co-founder of the Roundabout Theater Company.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.

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George C. Tilyou

George Cornelius Tilyou (1862–1914) was an American entrepreneur and showman who founded New York City's Steeplechase Park.

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Gerritsen Creek

Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn, New York City, that empties into Jamaica Bay.

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Ghost Hole

The Ghost Hole was a horror-themed dark ride on Coney Island operated by 12th Street Amusements, a division of Li'l Sassy Anne, Inc.

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Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Giovanni da Verrazzano

Giovanni da Verrazzano (often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian (Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.

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Government of New York City

The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a mayor-council system.

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Gowanus Canal

The Gowanus Canal (originally known as Gowanus Creek) is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island.

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Gravesend Race Track

Gravesend Race Track was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, that opened in 1886 and closed in 1910.

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Gravesend, Brooklyn

Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. Coney Island and Gravesend, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn and populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Groyne

A groyne (in the U.S. groin) is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or a river bank, interrupting water flow and limiting the movement of sediment.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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Halve Maen

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company jacht (similar to a carrack) that sailed into what is now New York Harbor in September 1609.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Harold Feinstein

Harold Martin Feinstein (April 17, 1931 – June 20, 2015) was an American photographer.

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Haunted attraction (simulated)

A haunted attraction is a form of live entertainment that simulates visiting haunted locations or experiencing horror scenarios.

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Health insurance coverage in the United States

In the United States, health insurance coverage is provided by several public and private sources.

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Henry C. Murphy

Henry Cruse Murphy (July 5, 1810 – December 1, 1882) was an American lawyer, politician and historian.

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Henry Clay

Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson (1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United States.

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.

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Horace Bullard

Horace Bullard (1938-2013) was an American entrepreneur who founded the New York City based Kansas Fried Chicken chain, and later acquired properties in an ambitious proposal to revitalize Coney Island.

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Housing cooperative

A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012.

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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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Inlet

An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.

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Iron Steamboat Company

The Iron Steamboat Company (1881–1932) provided ferry service between Manhattan and Coney Island in New York City in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Irving Feldman

Irving Feldman (born September 22, 1928) is an American poet and professor of English.

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J. Pickering Putnam

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Jamaica Bay

Jamaica Bay (also known as Grassy Bay) is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Jasper Danckaerts

Jasper Danckaerts (7 May 1639, in Vlissingen – 1702/04, in Middelburg) was the founder of a colony of Labadists along the Bohemia River in what is now the US state of Maryland.

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Jay Sexter

Jay Sexter was an American educator who is known for having been the president of Mercy College and for his work in developing and expanding the scope of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine of which he is the retired provost, CEO and vice president for academic affairs.

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Jeffrey Deitch

Jeffrey Deitch (pronounced DIE-tch;Mike Boehm (January 12, 2010), Los Angeles Times. born July 9, 1952) is an American art dealer and curator.

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Jerry Della Femina

Jerry Della Femina (born 1936) is an American advertising executive and restaurateur.

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Jetty

A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water.

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Joe Bonomo (strongman)

Joseph Bonomo (December 25, 1901 – March 28, 1978) was a famous American weightlifter, strongman, film stunt performer, and actor.

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Joe Rollino

Joseph Rollino (March 19, 1905 – January 11, 2010) was an American decorated World War II veteran, weightlifter, and strongman.

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John Colman

John Colman (died September 6, 1609) was a crew member of the Half Moon under Henry Hudson who was killed by Native Americans by an arrow to his neck.

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Jones Beach State Park

Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York.

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Joseph Sitt

Joseph J. Sitt (born 1964) is an American real estate investor, founder of the retail chain Ashley Stewart, and founder of global real estate company Thor Equities.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Julian Ralph

Julian Ralph (May 27, 1853 – January 20, 1903) was an author and journalist, most noted for his work on ''The Sun'', a newspaper of New York City.

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Kaiser Park

Kaiser Park is a public park on the northwestern coast of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Ken Auletta

Kenneth B. Auletta (born April 23, 1942) is an American author, a political columnist for the New York Daily News, and media critic for The New Yorker.

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KeySpan

KeySpan Corporation was the fifth largest distributor of natural gas in the United States.

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LaMarcus Adna Thompson

LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919) was an American inventor and businessman most famous for developing a variety of gravity rides and roller coasters.

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Land patent

A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes like surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity.

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Land reclamation

Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds.

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Larry Rosenberg

Larry Rosenberg (born December 15, 1932) is an American Buddhist teacher who founded the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1985.

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Lease

A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the lessee) to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset.

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Legends is a food, beverage, merchandise, retail, and stadium operations corporation serving entertainment venues and companies.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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Life Savers

Life Savers (stylized as LifeSavers) is an American brand of ring-shaped hard and soft candy.

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List of amusement rides

Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment.

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List of Brooklyn neighborhoods

This is a list of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. Coney Island and list of Brooklyn neighborhoods are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. Coney Island and Long Island are islands of New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lower New York Bay

Lower New York Bay is a section of New York Bay south of the Narrows (the strait between Staten Island and Brooklyn).

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Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903)

Luna Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1903 to 1944.

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Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010)

Luna Park is an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. Coney Island and Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010) are amusement parks in New York (state).

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Maître d'hôtel

The paren), head waiter, host, waiter captain, or maître d manages the public part, or "front of the house", of a formal restaurant. The responsibilities of a maître d'hôtel generally include supervising the waiting staff, welcoming guests and assigning tables to them, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisfied.

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Magnet school

In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula.

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Maimonides Park

Maimonides Park (formerly MCU Park and KeySpan Park) is a minor league baseball stadium on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Manatus Map

The Manatus Map is a 1639 pictorial map of the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary at the time the area was part of the colony of New Netherland.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coney Island and Manhattan are islands of New York City.

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Manhattan Beach Branch

The Manhattan Beach Branch, Manhattan Beach Line, or Manhattan Beach Division was a line of the Long Island Rail Road, running from Fresh Pond, Queens, south to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

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Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn

Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Coney Island and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn and populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Marcus Illions

Marcus Charles Illions (c. 1871–1949) was a master carver of wooden carousel horses and other figures at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City in the early 20th century.

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Marty Greenbaum

Marty Greenbaum (1934 in New York City – 2020) was an American painter, mixed media assemblage and book artist.

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Mary E. Dillon

Mary E. Dillon (1886 – 20 October 1983) was an American businesswoman and president of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company.

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Brigid Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author.

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Medicaid

In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources.

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Mercy University

Mercy University (Mercy NY), previously known as Mercy College, is a private research university with its main campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and additional locations in Manhattan and the Bronx.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

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Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and politician.

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Michael Norton (politician)

Michael Norton (December 25, 1837 in County Roscommon, Ireland – April 23, 1889 in New York City) was an American politician from New York.

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Mike Wallace (historian)

Mike Wallace (born July 22, 1942) is an American historian.

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Military personnel

Military personnel or military service members are members of the state's armed forces.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), including teams affiliated with MLB clubs.

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Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it.

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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville.

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Multiplex (movie theater)

A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens or auditoriums within a single complex.

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Municipal Art Society

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City, which aims to encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and inclusive neighborhoods across the city.

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Municipal Credit Union

Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is a state chartered credit union headquartered in New York City, regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).

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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California.

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Nat Finkelstein

Nathan Louis "Nat" Finkelstein (January 16, 1933 – October 2, 2009) was an American photographer and photojournalist.

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Nathan Handwerker

Nathan Handwerker (June 14, 1892 – March 24, 1974) at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org.

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Nathan's Famous

Nathan's Famous, Inc. is an American company that operates a chain of fast-food restaurants specializing in hot dogs.

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

The Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Neonatal intensive care unit

A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.

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New Year's Day

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York Academy of Medicine

The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform.

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New York Aquarium

The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. Coney Island and New York City are populated coastal places in New York (state).

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New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics

The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London.

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New York City Board of Estimate

The New York City Board of Estimate was a governmental body in New York City responsible for numerous areas of municipal policy and decisions, including the city budget, land-use, contracts, franchises, and water rates.

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New York City Council

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States.

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New York City Department of City Planning

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.

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New York City Department of Education

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system.

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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement.

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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.

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New York City Department of Transportation

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is the agency of the government of New York City responsible for the management of much of New York City's transportation infrastructure.

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New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs.

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New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS

The New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (FDNY EMS) is a division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in charge of emergency medical services for New York City.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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New York Harbor

New York Harbor is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay and an extremely small portion of the Lower Bay.

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New York Mets

The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens.

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New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house.

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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York.

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New York State Senate

The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Nikita Nesterenko

Nikita Nesterenko (born September 10, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the San Diego Gulls in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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NYC Ferry

NYC Ferry is a public network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises.

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NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals, officially the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City as a public benefit corporation.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.

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Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn)

Ocean Parkway is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Coney Island and Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn) are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open water swimming

Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers.

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Outer Barrier

The Outer Barrier, also known as the Long Island and New York City barrier islands, refers to the string of barrier islands that divide the lagoons south of Long Island, New York from the Atlantic Ocean. Coney Island and Outer Barrier are barrier islands of New York (state).

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Pamela Harris (politician)

Pamela Harris is a Democratic politician who was a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 46th Assembly District from 2015 to 2018, covering the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, and Seagate, in Brooklyn, until she resigned under a fraud indictment.

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Parachute Jump

The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride and a landmark in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island.

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Particulates

Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.

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Pellegrino Morano

Pellegrino Morano (1877–unknown) was the head of a group of Neapolitan criminals with roots in the Camorra based in Coney Island, where he owned the Santa Lucia restaurant, which was often used as the headquarters for their gang, known as the Coney Island gang.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Preterm birth

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks.

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Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

Prospect Park is a urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Quonset hut

A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies

Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies is a public high school in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.

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Rem Koolhaas

Remment Lucas Koolhaas (born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

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Rena Kanokogi

Rena Kanokogi (née Glickman; July 30, 1935 – November 21, 2009) was a renowned American judo expert.

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Rhea Perlman

Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress.

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Ric Burns

Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer.

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Riegelmann Boardwalk

The Riegelmann Boardwalk (also known as the Coney Island Boardwalk) is a boardwalk along the southern shore of Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, facing the Atlantic Ocean.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Ringling Bros.

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Robert Kirsch

Robert R. Kirsch (October 18, 1922 – August 16, 1980) was an American literary critic and author.

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Robert Moses

Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.

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Roller coaster

A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride employing a form of elevated railroad track that carries passengers on a train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements usually designed to produce a thrilling experience.

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Roller coaster inversion

A roller coaster inversion is a roller coaster element in which the track turns riders upside-down and then returns them to an upright position.

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Roundabout Theatre Company

The Roundabout Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.

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Rudy Giuliani

Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

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Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

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San Diego Gulls

The San Diego Gulls are a professional ice hockey team based in San Diego, California, that competes in the American Hockey League (AHL).

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Sandra Feldman

Sandra Feldman (Abramowitz; October 13, 1939 – September 18, 2005) was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1997 to 2004.

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Sea Gate, Brooklyn

Sea Gate is a private gated community at the far western end of Coney Island at the southwestern tip of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Coney Island and Sea Gate, Brooklyn are populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Sea Lion Park

Sea Lion Park was a amusement park started in 1895 on Coney Island by Paul Boyton.

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Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a city, town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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Sheepshead Bay Race Track

The Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York.

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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn and populated coastal places in New York (state).

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Ship canal

A ship canal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas, or lakes to which it is connected.

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Shore Theater

The Shore Theater (formerly known as the Coney Island Theater and alternately spelled Shore Theatre) is a former theater in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Sideshow

In North America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction.

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Skee-Ball

Skee-Ball is an arcade game and one of the first redemption games.

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Slapstick

Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person.

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South Brooklyn Health

The hospital's Behavioral Health Clinic NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is a public teaching hospital located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin (stylized in all caps as SPIN) is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012.

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Spit (landform)

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

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Spook-a-Rama

Spook-a-Rama is a dark ride haunted attraction from the Pretzel Amusement Ride Company located at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on Coney Island and run by Million Amusement Corp.

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Starrett City

Starrett City (formally known as the Spring Creek Towers) is a housing development in the Spring Creek section of East New York, in Brooklyn, New York City. Coney Island and Starrett City are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.

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Steel roller coaster

A steel roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its steel track, which consists of long steel tubes that are run in pairs, supported by larger steel columns or beams.

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Steeplechase Park

Steeplechase Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1897 to 1964.

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Steeplechase roller coaster

A Steeplechase roller coaster is a type of roller coaster that has several side-by-side tracks in a dueling "racing" arrangement.

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Stephon Marbury

Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who is the head coach for the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

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Switchback Railway

The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States.

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Taconic Investment Partners

Taconic Investment Partners is a real estate developer in New York City.

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Tammany Hall

Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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The Battery (Manhattan)

The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.

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The Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Paper is a weekly newspaper that covers news related exclusively to the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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The Encyclopedia of New York City

The Encyclopedia of New York City is a reference book on New York City, New York.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Thomas J. Bartosiewicz

Thomas J. Bartosiewicz (May 27, 1948 – November 23, 2005) was an American politician from New York.

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Thor Equities

Thor Equities is a real estate development, leasing and management firm, with headquarters in New York City, London and Mexico City.

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Thunderbolt (1925 roller coaster)

The Thunderbolt was a wooden roller coaster located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.

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Thunderbolt (2014 roller coaster)

Thunderbolt is a steel roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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A timeshare (sometimes called a vacation ownership or vacation club) is a property with a divided form of ownership or use rights.

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Tornado (Coney Island)

Tornado (formerly known as Bobs) was a roller coaster located at Coney Island along Bowery Street in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Trolley park

In the United States, trolley parks, which started in the 19th century, were picnic and recreation areas along or at the ends of streetcar lines in most of the larger cities.

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Trump Village

Trump Village is a seven-building apartment complex in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York

The United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.

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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, also referred to as the Narrows Bridge, the Verrazzano Bridge, and simply the Verrazzano, is a suspension bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

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Violent crime

A violent crime, violent felony, crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful force upon a victim.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is a street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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West Coast of the United States

The West Coast of the United Statesalso known as the Pacific Coast, and the Western Seaboardis the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.

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West End Line (Brooklyn surface)

The West End Line or New Utrecht Avenue Line was a surface transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along New Utrecht Avenue and other streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park.

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William F. Mangels

William F. Mangels (1 February 1866–11 February 1958) was an amusement manufacturer and inventor.

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William Grimes (journalist)

William H. "Biff" Grimes (born July 25, 1950) is an American food writer, former magazine writer, culture reporter, theater columnist, restaurant critic, book reviewer and a current obituary writer for The New York Times.

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Wonder Wheel

The Wonder Wheel is a eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Wood carving

Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.

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Wooden roller coaster

A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track, which consists of running rails made of flat steel strips mounted on laminated wood.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zamperla

Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966.

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ZIP Code

A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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1939 New York World's Fair

The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.

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1964 New York World's Fair

The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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2010 United States census

The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census.

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See also

Amusement parks in New York (state)

• Adventureland (New York)
• Adventurer's Park
• Coney Island
• Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
• Enchanted Forest Water Safari
• Huck Finn's Playland
• Lake George Expedition Park
• Legoland New York
• Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010)
• Luna Park, Olcott Beach
• Midway State Park
• Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World
• Nunley's
• Playland (New York)
• Santa's Workshop (New York amusement park)
• Seabreeze Amusement Park
• Six Flags Darien Lake
• Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor
• The Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor
• Victorian Gardens

Barrier islands of New York (state)

• Barren Island, Brooklyn
• Coney Island
• Fire Island
• Jones Beach Island
• Outer Barrier

Former islands of New York City

• Barren Island, Brooklyn
• Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
• Coney Island
• Fort Lafayette
• Hunter Island (Bronx)
• Marble Hill, Manhattan
• Mill Basin, Brooklyn

Islands of Brooklyn

• Barren Island, Brooklyn
• Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
• Canarsie Pol
• Coney Island
• Fort Lafayette
• Mau Mau Island
• Mill Basin, Brooklyn
• Mussel Island
• Ruffle Bar

Islands of New York City

• Barren Island, Brooklyn
• Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
• Berrien's Island
• Broad Channel, Queens
• Canarsie Pol
• Chimney Sweeps Islands
• City Island, Bronx
• Coney Island
• Ellis Island
• Governors Island
• Hart Island
• Hoffman Island
• Hunter Island (Bronx)
• Isle of Meadows
• Liberty Island
• List of smaller islands in New York City
• Long Island
• Manhattan
• Mau Mau Island
• Mussel Island
• North and South Brother Islands (New York City)
• Pelham Islands
• Prall's Island
• Rat Island (Bronx)
• Rikers Island
• Shooters Island
• Staten Island
• Swinburne Island
• The Blauzes

Seaside resorts in New York (state)

• Coney Island

References

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