Coney rings in 2018 despite record-setting frigid temperatures
Who needs the massive crowds of Times Square when you could ring in 2018 in America’s Playground aka Coney Island?
The record-setting cold — with the temperature dropping to one degree at midnight, the coldest New Year’s Eve on record in decades — didn’t stop revelers from enjoying the festivities that Coney Island had on offer during its annual celebration of the New Year on Sunday, December 31 at Steeplechase Plaza.
The cold did cause the cancellation of some of the planned festivities. Both Deno’s Wonder Wheel and the Stop the Zombies ride, which were scheduled to be open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, were closed.