Mermaid Parade and more mark start of a comeback for Coney Island
Sandy who?
Hundreds of thousands of sun worshippers flocked to Coney Island this weekend for fun of epic proportions. Festivities kicked off the evening of Friday, June 21 with the lighting of the Parachute Jump, debuting its $2 million makeover. Local elected officials were on hand, along with the Zamperla family, who was responsible for bringing Luna Park to Coney Island and Natalia Quintavalle, the counsel general of Italy.
“Let me tell you how Coney Island is shaping up for the children of today and tomorrow and the young at heart like the rest of us,” commented Borough President Marty Markowitz. “Tonight we will show that Coney Island is back and better than ever.”