Places / Beach / Coney Island
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Coney Island
A boardwalk, a wooden roller coaster from 1927, and the Atlantic at the end of four subway lines.
- Where
- Coney Island, Brooklyn, Coney Island Open in Google Maps ↗
- Cost
- Free
- Good with
- Groups · Family
- Go when
- Summer evenings, or a cold empty weekday in winter
The beach is only part of it. There’s the boardwalk, the Cyclone — a wooden coaster running since 1927 — the Wonder Wheel, the pier, the aquarium, and a stretch of Surf Avenue that has been selling the same things for a century. Few cities have anything like it inside their own transit system.
What to know
The D, F, N and Q all end here, which makes it one of the easiest beaches in the city to reach. Summer weekends are packed. Going in the off-season, when the rides are shut and the boardwalk is empty, is a completely different and arguably better trip.