The explorer Henry Hudson, commanding the "Half-Moon," puts in at Coney Island before continuing into what is now called New York Harbor. According to tradition, his right-hand man, John Coleman ...

The masterminds behind Coney Island's Luna Park, Frederic Thompson and Skip Dundy, were hardly plausible candidates for revolutionizing the notion of pleasure. And yet that is exactly what they did.

Peter Agrapides owns Williams Candy Shop, which has been a staple of the Coney Island boardwalk since 1941. “He’s a carnival guy. He used to put me on the rides as a kid. He’s been in Coney Island all ...