Coney Island amusement rides open for the summer
The Coney Island amusement park opened Sunday for another season — with a 1920s wooden roller-coaster and a new, steel one ready to roll at breakneck speeds.
In Luna Park, Italian amusement tycoon Alberto Zamperla joined Eric Adams as the Brooklyn borough president christened the Cyclone roller-coaster with a local tradition: cracking a bottle of egg cream on the first car.
Zamperla stepped off his Cyclone ride, declaring in Italian: “This is entertainment that seems dangerous, but it isn’t — it’s an adrenaline rush. It’s happiness, it’s lightness.”