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Coney Island is home to the longest running circus sideshow. The park celebrates body diversity, weirdness, and trans people. Half the performers and workers are proudly trans or NB. There really isn't a worse place for them to try to be transphobic.
(For context, I perform there. Am trans)
Coney Island is great. We went there as part of our honeymoon back in 2000 and loved it. I'm guessing the closed-down amusement park isn't there anymore. I know the overgrown wooden roller coaster burned down. Those were our favorite parts, but we also enjoyed the overall weirdness. Totally worth the very long subway ride from Brooklyn.
Edit: This was what the roller coaster looked like. Is that awesome or what?
Is that the Cyclone? If so it’s still there. I can confirm it’s super fun with just the right amount of “is this safe?”.
No, it's not, but it didn't burn down like I thought, which is so weird because I swear I remember seeing a news report with a video of the fire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(1925_roller_coaster)
I missed my chance to ride the Cyclone.
I'm way too tall now.
Is Coney Island still worth going to? I thought it got obliterated by that hurricane? My fiancee is coming from overseas soon and I want to show her America, so we'll definitely be visiting NYC.. Would you recommend visiting there while we're in the area?
Oh it's an amazing place, you should dedicate an entire day to it because there's so much to do! Be sure to stop by the sideshow at Freak Bar and say hi to all my friends! Also check out It's Sugar, the boardwalk (get lunch at Rudy's or Nathan's), the amusement parks, and the aquarium.
Thanks, that’s good to hear. I didn’t know there was anything there but an abandoned amusement park. I should go there some time
That was the old Astroland. There's two parks in operation right now, Luna Park and the Wonder Wheel park
Well that makes me regret not stopping by there when I was in the area for work. Never been to an official sideshow; only a couple unofficial ones.
Will do! I'm saving this comment so I remember the Freak Bar and Rudy's