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Coney Island
Summertime makes us think of being outside, lounging at the beach, and eating ice cream. And for many Brooklyn residents? Going to Coney Island. Take a trip down the boardwalk of memory lane to a time where you spent a lazy day at the beach and the night among carnival rides eating at Nathan's.
Explore hundreds of photographs in Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Collection that depict a time gone by. For more history, visit the Coney Island History Project.
Also, the library has several books about Coney Island. Take them to the beach and enjoy!
Recommended Reading
Non Fiction:
Coney Island / John S. Berman
Coney Island : the people's playground / Michael Immerso
The kid of Coney Island : Fred Thompson and the rise of American amusements / Woody Register
Coney Island of the mind : images of Coney Island in art and popular culture, 1890-1960
A Coney Island of the mind [poems] / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Fiction:
Coney / Amram Ducovny
Dreamland / Kevin Baker
Murder in Coney Island / Michael Jahn
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