Spectacular fireworks show marks end of summer
Labor Day weekend marked the unofficial end of the summer season for the Coney Island amusement district.
The Alliance for Coney Island held its last Friday Night Fireworks show of the year Sept. 2.
The island’s theme parks had a big post-pandemic rebound this summer, according to D.J. Vourderis, co-owner of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park. And the fun isn’t over yet. Deno’s and Luna Park remain open on weekends through October.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.