For 70 years, the holiness of Palm Sunday has extended well beyond church walls in Brooklyn. That’s because the day marks the ...

Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Coney Island; a roundabout ...

The masterminds behind Coney Island's Luna Park ... his honeymoon with his bride Mary O'Donnell. After seeing the Ferris Wheel there, Tilyou resolved to buy it, but it had already been earmarked ...

Ferris constructed the world's first Ferris ... One of the most iconic, durable, and unique examples of the ride is the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island. Introduced in 1920 at a height of 150 feet ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Along with the warmer weather comes amusement park season! Before it kicks off, the New York City Department of Buildings performed ride inspections. The DOB ...

Coney Island’s iconic Luna Park will reopen its gates to thrill ... After Memorial Day weekend, the park will operate daily throughout the summer. Meanwhile, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

A local since childhood and proprietor of the Surf Theater at Coney Island, Tilyou visited the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago on his honeymoon and was awestruck by the Ferris Wheel ...