Coney Island NYC 1976

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Coney Island NYC 1976 - A film by Cosmas Demetriou.
filmed on location in Coney Island as a school project at NYU SOA 1976
Sound Recording: Daniel Matalon

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@PorkChopJones 4 жыл бұрын

My 85 year old uncle who retired from the Post Office many years ago used to have an apartment just a few blocks away from Coney Island. There was always something very special about Coney island at night. On a warm summer night we'd be in the living room watching TV and I remember you could always see the Wonder Wheel all lit up at night. This was a wonderful and exciting place to be, with the smell of fresh popcorn and peanuts in the air! Hard to describe if you weren't there back in those days. The food of today may appear identical but ,IT IS NOT! The wooden Roller Coaster was the main draw back in the old days. But of course they had many other fabulous rides and games to keep everyone of all ages amused! The corn on the cob back then was very special but let's not forget about Nathan's Frankfurters! I can still remember the flavor and freshness.Unmatched by anything today since the government now controls much of the production of livestock agriculture in this country. Can't get a good sandwich anymore, or a real soda, so sad, too many chemicals , the end.

@elborbah3045 7 ай бұрын

Thank you ! In Coney Island i ate the Nathan frankfurters ( since i read Patti Smith , i was dying for it ), from France i flew there i ate one , then a second one and ... felt i was going to vomit ! Seriously ! So now i know why , ingredients changed since the 70's !

@LannieLord 7 ай бұрын

The food there is AWFUL. @@elborbah3045

@The1trueking1966 6 ай бұрын

Is the apartment still there?

@scottprendergast5262 6 ай бұрын

The wooden roller was.called the thunderbolt v Bro- I used to put my double knits pro kids turtleneck and army jacket on and with my DA pushed back hit the "board" and.rides looking for girls- I was 15

@scottprendergast5262 6 ай бұрын

That was actually.directed and.edited...whaaa? Lofl😅

@raivenneny 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Coney Island. I remember 1976 very well, all these scenes. Would love a one day pass to go back.

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Why All the game's still the same

@freetheworld12 3 ай бұрын

@@brandonbell5357 today modern crap took over , back in the days the rides were so different but times were more happier

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

@@freetheworld12 true it's called generations

@kellymendez 2 ай бұрын

It's very expensive now

@freetheworld12 2 ай бұрын

I am sure it is total rip off @@kellymendez

@Modeltnick 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful window on a forgotten time.

@freetheworld12 3 ай бұрын

miss it so much

@tonycollazorappo 2 ай бұрын

I remember Coney Island from back in the 60s, I was born in 1961. It was magical :)

@luckyotter623 2 жыл бұрын

I was at Coney Island many times during the summer of 1976 and kept looking for myself in this video lol. What a great trip back in time, thank you!

@PorkChopJones 2 ай бұрын

I agree this video makes us feel like we may catch a glimpse of ourselves walking around since there were always people with cameras filming.

@kellymendez 2 ай бұрын

I was there too .but I was younger.like 14.ibwas growing up. 😘

@timothysdog6130 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I was eleven in 1976 and despite it being hard economic time, it was happier and more fun

@Leatricaw 3 жыл бұрын

I was 11 as well. Best times ever.

@thankthelord4536 3 жыл бұрын

I was 15. And loved to go on school trips to coney Island and ride the Himalaya.

@Leatricaw 3 жыл бұрын

@@thankthelord4536 They played all the latest hot songs on that ride. Great memories

@tigerfist2864 2 жыл бұрын

its doesnt look happy at all in video its like horror movie

@elsiegon7118 11 ай бұрын

Omg yeah I was very little but I remember all the disco songs they used to play on it and with car alarm sound!! I loved it!

@Jamie-1985 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic shots of the Wonder Wheel (4:39 11:33 12:07) remind me of famous eerie opening of The Warriors (1979)

@BrooklynBound4 5 ай бұрын

I grew up in the 80s and 90s and there is nothing like when the subway is pulling into Stillwell Ave and seeing all those rides and the beach. Still love the experience. Driving to Coney is not the same.

@lindasimard1902 5 ай бұрын

And a mad dash to the bathroom after the train ride in from the city

@eileenmaher2101 4 ай бұрын

And that smell. ❤

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Nah you old now

@BrooklynBound4 3 ай бұрын

@@brandonbell5357 I’m sure it took a lot of brain power to come up with that. Clever

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

@@BrooklynBound4 nah not really cupcake

@Allenryan819 6 жыл бұрын

This video came out a year before, I was born in 1977 as a life long Coney Island resident this video is great!

@Luvisv 4 жыл бұрын

I was crying a lot because of its a lot of memories for there

@alangray9117 3 ай бұрын

What a wonderful piece of Americana ❤

@janfromnycsavesmoney8723 3 жыл бұрын

Graduated HS in 76--- always at Coney. Thanks for the look back.

@MamahAkuTakut. Жыл бұрын

around the era of the warriors

@tomy.1846 5 жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing! What incredible quality. It's like looking back through time, incredible camera work. I was only 5 in 1976, but scenes like these are stored away in by memory, wish I could go back for a bit. Thank you for posting this!

@ramencurry6672 11 ай бұрын

The lo if quality of the film makes it look dreamy. But I’m pretty sure if it a high definition camera was used, it would look more ordinary. Still amazing though

@guymandudely324 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful and haunting.

@royrogers4025 5 жыл бұрын

I lived in Coney Island across from Nathans Hot Dogs. Hotel on Stillwell and Surf av. in 1979, hotel was $7.50 a night, I was only 15 at the time. I worked for Joe at the OLD Coney Island Kiddie Land, Then worked for Bob at Thunderbolt park, across from the old Thunderbolt Wooden Roller Coaster and the Polar Express.

@Petrosino1605 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@ornamentalyouth 4 жыл бұрын

where are you now? how old are you?

@elsiegon7118 4 жыл бұрын

roy rogers .. hi can u please tell me the name of a ride that had a huge scary monster with his arms crossed? I was so terrified of it! It was in in steeplechase park in the 1970s...Still till this day I still think about it!

@royrogers4025 4 жыл бұрын

@@ornamentalyouth SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN ANSWER! I'm 56 and live in Fort Worth Texas with my wife of 33 yrs. Father of 6 children 32 yrs. to 24yrs. and 7 grandbabies 12yrs. to 3yrs old.

@royrogers4025 4 жыл бұрын

@@elsiegon7118Maybe "Magic Carpet", which featured a Laughing Sal, "Shangrila-Ha-Ha", "Tunnel Of Laugh's", "Dragon's Cave", " The Dark Ride", "The Haunted House", "The Devil's Pit", "Thirteen Ghosts", "Crazy Ghosts", The World Famous "Spook-A-Rama", "Flight To Mars", or "Dante's Inferno", enjoy website of Bill Luca and Seth Kaufman pictures and memories, > copy and paste \/\/\/\/\/\/\/ www.laffinthedark.com/articles/coney001/coney2.htm

@AllanArmstrong 3 жыл бұрын

This is truly an historical document, documenting an ephemeral time and place in a special, haunting, wistful style. It is a perfect, artful time-capsule. Many rides are featured, of which, little other known footage exists eg: Chance Tumbler, etc. Thanks so much for posting.

@crabstick250 2 ай бұрын

Love love love!! I remember it well, I was 12. Love the cyclops

@wolfiethedog76 3 ай бұрын

Every stage of life represented....the wonder wheel keeps spinning....

@RRR-is3rf 4 жыл бұрын

I was 10 .That umbrella spinning ride rode it with my older sister .Terrified me nevery was so high dropped my Cotton Candy . Ride was over looked for it was gone . Then far away I seen the old white man that controlled the ride I was on eating my Cotton Candy I dropped . I was like WTF Coney Island is a rough town . Thanks for the traumatizing childhood memory Lol . Thumbs up

@garyheiden3120 3 жыл бұрын

Can never get enough of Coney Island? My book "Roller Coaster Kids; Tales of 1960s Coney island" is the most surreal coming of age memoir (450+pages) in the annuls of Brooklyn. All true stories. ebook cost about the same as a Coney hotdog.

@tommyholiday9880 2 жыл бұрын

did you make a physical book?

@GamerBoy8BitMusic 2 ай бұрын

Seeing the old B&B Carousel brought back wonderful memories, Thank You!

@damianmcdonagh7908 3 жыл бұрын

I walked the Coney Island boardwalk countless times when I lived in Brooklyn.

@Risteard156 Жыл бұрын

A excellent video on Conley island The good old days ❤

@giapgiap2425 3 жыл бұрын

the camera work is surprisingly excellent

@deboramccallum3987 3 ай бұрын

Wish I had gone back in the day, such fun carnivals & ny

@swampfoxer 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for this mesmerizing look back at Coney in 1976.

@chicogarcia6273 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! I was alerted about this video!! That is ME @ 4:32! I remember when someone asked me to pose for this pic!! Wow! I had to send it to my Mother to let her see this! Thanks, those were the good old days!!

@damianmcdonagh7908 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, where are you living now? I left New York in 2010.

@diazjd93 3 жыл бұрын

Wow 🤩

@chicogarcia6273 3 жыл бұрын

@@damianmcdonagh7908 in the southwest

@chicogarcia6273 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when an Asian guy asking me, if He paid for the rides in that kid park would I let him record me to show the videos to family in Japan when he gets back? Free rides, of course I said yeah, I got yelled at by my Mother after I told her but I always wondered whatever happened to those pics and vids? Now I know! Thanks to the person who posted this video and my family that watched it and recognized me!!

@Lockbar 4 ай бұрын

Nice...I found my Dad in a Y.T. video from WW2, 70 years later. Its always a super fun surprise if that happens.

@ibrake4butterflies733 2 жыл бұрын

WOW WOW WOW….A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK …. THE LAUGHING LADY …. I finally got to see and even hear her again. Been searching and searching but to no avail. Only the Laughing Sals remain. Thanks to Elsie Gonzales from a post on the Coney Island History Project for directing people looking for the ever elusive Laughing Lady in Coney Island to this You Tube video. Thank you for posting this. There she is. On film with sound. A miracle to see her. ♥️

@tommyholiday9880 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLOpfbJ02Z3cfZs.html

@elsiegon7118 11 ай бұрын

Lol ! I felt the same way! I was so anxious to see and her again to,o! I was so mesmerized as a child when I first saw and heard her laugh!! Aww I just saw your post, thank you so so much for liking my post.. and you’re very welcome ☺️. But the laugh here sounds different.. the original laugh is like slower and more scary. I think that laugh was added.. but if you look for the movie carnival of blood 1972.. they show both , the one from the dragons cave and this one too, but she looks different.. more scary.. and the laugh sounds more accurate like I remember when I was little. 😊

@LannieLord 7 ай бұрын

@@elsiegon7118Carnival of Blood - as a film- is AWFUL. BUT as an archive of Coney Island circa 1970-- PRICELESS !!!!

@REDNOVA1 3 ай бұрын

Tremendous atmosphere/joyous public. Heartwarming.

@edreid7872 2 жыл бұрын

Spent a lot of time at Coney during the 70's...💓

@eyestoenvy 3 жыл бұрын

The year I was born, thank you so much for posting this! I love Coney Island, more for its nostalgia then anything else. I wish I could have experienced the place back in its heyday with Steeplechase park, the Tornado, Thunderbolt, parachute tower all functioning. Yea, Im an old soul. Thanks again guy!

@tommyholiday9880 3 жыл бұрын

steeplechase park closed in 1964.

@JohnnyT002 Жыл бұрын

I remember when Steeplechase Park , The Cyclone, The Tornado, and The Thunderbolt operated. My Father use to take me fishing on the pier early in the morning and I use to watch the rollercoasters and Steeplechase Park open up. I also remember when the parachute ride worked. I never went on it for the same reason why I didn't ride the rollercoasters, I had a fear of hights. There was also a coaster like Bobsled which one of my sisters tricked me into getting on.

@mrmacfilms1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! My first time going to Coney Island was in 1975 as a toddler. Still love it and it's one of my favorite places to go!

@kingporter67 8 ай бұрын

Super awesome 1976 Coney Island film, P.S. I really miss very, very much!!

@robleddy3144 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, what a find. I remember this era of Coney well.

@luislaplume8261 2 жыл бұрын

First visit to Coney Island was in 1967. Went out with my family and 1 tenant of our 2 family house by car. Had a great time!

@charlescushing1 3 ай бұрын

I visited Coney Island ONCE in 1979, when I lived briefly in New York City. I was 19 years old, took the subway there with a friend. I have a memory of it being barely open, with just a few rides operating, and very few people. We got a hot dog, walked around a little, and left. It was like something out of The Twilight Zone. Depressing but an interesting experience. I think we were surprised that it even still EXISTED. We were not exactly disappointed.

@JohnSmith-zk8xp 2 жыл бұрын

Warriors.... come out to playyyyy....

@josephconsoli4128 8 ай бұрын

The film captures the grit of 1970's NYC. I grew up on Long Island and didn't start exploring the city till well into the '80's was it began to get cleaned up a bit. It was pretty nasty in these years.

@LannieLord 7 ай бұрын

Check out a movie called "Carnival of Blood" - it was filmed entirely Here on Coney Island in 1971 - in color - at NIGHT and it's amazing ! There is even a scene INSIDE that Spookhouse !

@PRYNCESSJO 3 жыл бұрын

I was 28. Those shots of the beach I don’t remember the beaches ever being so messed up with trash on them. But thanks for the memories. Also notice how we all got along🤗

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Remember getting laid

@murderwitahashtag840 5 ай бұрын

For me it was CONEY ISLAND AND SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! THE SOUNDTRACK GREATEST ALLTIME!!

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Nah more important was getting laid and getting high

@electriceyeslide5959 2 жыл бұрын

I was 3! My Dad went to Coney Island hundreds of times as he grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He came of age at Coney Island and left Brooklyn for California for good in 1972. I was born a year later. Life happens.

@discobean54 2 ай бұрын

I always love these nostalgic "I LOVE Brooklyn!" comments. Yeah it's cool to love it now that it's cool and safe again but you sure abandoned it when times got tough didn't ya? Weren't as hard core a Brooklynite as ya thought... the true never left even if they could.

@electriceyeslide5959 2 ай бұрын

@@discobean54 You're an idiot.

@myidentityisinjesus8880 Ай бұрын

This is officially one of my absolute favorites. What a time capsule!

@IPULCOLUMBIA 4 жыл бұрын

At 4:37 and 5:00 that BA BA BA BA sound is from the play cars that had a horn soubd....when I heard it ALL MY YOUTHFUL MEMORIES came rushing back....WOW what a video, I was born in 1971 and my childhood years were in CI on the weekends....I lived in the Bronx back then***Thank You for this video***

@tomy.1846 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment! The kiddyland at Rye Playland had the same sounding rides!!!

@bogglerful 8 ай бұрын

Excellent work. The many scenes are priceless.

@dbbernsheycubscougarhere6992 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in brooklyn 18 in 1976 had my sons in 1978 79 lived in nj been off w4st nyc 30 years near where something special was

@j_reaume5248 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Along with some of the best footage I've seen of the CI TORNADO, there are quite a few sections showing the Chance Tumbler which was previously at Rye Playland and originally at Six Flags over Georgia where it was called the "Wheel Burrow". It is the ride that looks like two Sky Diver rides coupled together across a rotating boom. Only one ever built. Not sure if this ride went by the "Tumbler" name at its final location at Coney Island. It was scrapped shortly after this video was shot.

@idm125 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder how you came across this video?

@elsiegon7118 4 жыл бұрын

Chance tumbler??!! I was wondering what the hell was it... I thought the same thing, looks like a double combination of the sky diver and enterprise .. thanks I was anxious to know what was the name of that.. I didn’t the had that at rye???

@AllanArmstrong 3 жыл бұрын

Shout-out from the facebook group devoted to said ride!

@discobean54 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!! KZfaq is the most amazing source of lost history/memories, I swear. I am thankful very very often that someone was able to and did record all this every day stuff we just take for granted as it occurs AND saved it AND has had a way to share it with the world. Amazing. I would love a chance to interview or talk with folks who grew up in/lived in CI and were coming of age in the early 70s and hear first hand experiences about your lives living there at that time. I started a story 2002 and stopped working on it for a long time until the last few weeks and while the story is not about CI, one of the characters lives there. Footage like this is priceless for me to be able to actually see it and experience it as it would have at the time the story starts in 1973, vs all my experiences in CI from 2000 onwards. If you would be willing to share some stories or let me pick your brain a little please respond to this comment, I would be very grateful to hear your stories! :)

@jashary15 7 ай бұрын

In the Summer of 1976 I was 15 1/2 going on 16, in fact I turned 16 later that year.

@badgerden7080 6 ай бұрын

This is beautiful. White girls with no tattoos, piercings or extensions. Black women who wore their hair natural. The presence of fathers, and best of all, no one was on their smartphone all the time. Life was so innocent back then. Even in a place like NYC.

@lukebandy516 4 ай бұрын

NYC was crime ridden in the 70's.

@johngarcia8827 4 ай бұрын

@@lukebandy516 Even with that reality it was still much better. I was there. Goes to show how bad society has gotten

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Yup black women got tat ass why they got 8 or 9 kids

@user-vf3sg5xi4g 3 ай бұрын

@@lukebandy516And now ?

@user-vf3sg5xi4g 3 ай бұрын

Yes. Much better.

@charlesf.roland542 2 ай бұрын

This is like a short documentary of a forgotten time. Wonderful memories ❤🏆 🥇

@mrgoldmember8 4 ай бұрын

Amazing cinematographic insights from the crew in capturing the essence of the place, especially the studies of the faces of the visitors. If someone could add a new soundtrack this would be even more haunting and melancholic! Love the fact that Cosmas and crew came back to film at night, as the attractions take on a whole new dimension.

@idm125 3 ай бұрын

HI thanks for the comments. Actually, after I got the video of this movie, and published it online, the idea to recreate the soundtrack crossed my mind, and I was thinking about it. Hope one day it will happen.

@idm125 3 ай бұрын

thanks for the comments

@FrankieJizking-js3yv Ай бұрын

Coney Island was so much fun in the 70s and 80s. I loved going there with friends. Times Square was another fun place for a young man in those days. You really had to be in good shape to be able to keep up.

@starinmycarmusic2240 3 ай бұрын

I was 16. ❤❤❤❤I miss Coney island

@33Donner77 3 ай бұрын

1976 - Well past the heyday of Coney Island, but still fun.

@Jjonathanhart 3 ай бұрын

My parents took me to Coney Island in 59 when I was 4 years old and a few times during the summer of 1960 when I was 5. It was extremely huge before some of those fires. Even larger than Freedomland. This was before all those apartment buildings were built on the other blocks by Coney Island. There was so many dark rides and water tunnel rides.

@syedlatif6584 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent movie at 1976 I was born and I feel so good as to watch new York City as long time ago

@NathanThePrezPretlow 2 ай бұрын

I was 16 in 1976 good old days of my youth.

@genebigs1749 2 ай бұрын

I was 16 in 1976. NYC was a very dangerous, dirty place back then. This film really captures that time.

@maryannmoran-smyth3453 7 ай бұрын

In 1976 I was about 13 years old. We used to take the path drain from Jersey and ride the go karts all day. I was quite an experience my first time driving anything with a motor in it and if it was Slow the guy in charge let us ride for quite a long time. Pretty awesome as a kid, Coney Island will always be a unique experience for me… Keep on rocking

@Jerryman1963 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@mrpuk247 4 жыл бұрын

I need video of the hood back in the days. Only building that stands out quickly is 2007 because I know it's the first building you see on surf

@annedebthune3084 2 ай бұрын

Pure poetry❤

@mauricioramirez9744 2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Playland in Rockaway beach when I was a kid.

@steveh9789 3 жыл бұрын

Surprised this isn't in color.

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Wasn't out yet

@rn141414 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@pcno2832 3 ай бұрын

2:01 It's so odd to hear "Sweet Surrender" by John Denver playing in the background in a gameroom under the blare of gunshot noises. I had totally forgotten that song existed, and never would have expected to hear it in a clip like this one.

@enriqueelpiquemedina2665 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@hammersmith767 2 ай бұрын

The wonder wheel where I learned to have a fear of heights

@machinegunangel Жыл бұрын

That old dude freestyling in the beginning is the MAN

@sharonroxy8586 Жыл бұрын

Loved this

@sharonroxy8586 Жыл бұрын

The black and white is great

@Cathyann63. Ай бұрын

I was 13 years old...great memories

@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg 2 ай бұрын

I remember the Coney Island of the late 50's and early 60's. Twas a real magical place back then. That's where I saw my first 'freak show'. My dad used to take me and my sisters there to enjoy the beach and the rides. Here's some free advice, tho.....do not ride the Cyclone by yourself. I got such whiplash, I thought my neck had broken. I remember the steeple chase. Highly polished wooden slides about three stories high and they had stone ponies on a track which ran all around the interior of the building. I was too little to ride on them but it sure looked like fun.

@TheCoasterLisa Ай бұрын

Wow! Look at all those old school flat rides and the Tornado coaster running fast. Love the guy sitting in the front seat with his arms up! There’s even a Chance Tumbler in all its glory! 😮 I read that “the ride spun so fast that turning the steering wheel was mostly a fruitless endeavor. “Once it started rotating towards the top, there was no chance you were holding on to the wheel - the G force was so strong it was ripped out of your hands.” It most likely was scrapped after its run at Coney.

@whoamarshrobert2781 2 жыл бұрын

That's when I went, nearly. 1975

@sharonroxy8586 Жыл бұрын

I loved the footage of the tornado

@johnnycastagneto8858 7 ай бұрын

I was there. Born in Coney Island Hospital,Lived in Brighton beach. Looking for familiar faces.🙂

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

They call you corn dog

@johnnycastagneto8858 3 ай бұрын

@@brandonbell5357 no one has ever called me a corn dog. And you don't even know me, because if you did, you would not call me a corn dog.you are spreading false accusations, and that makes you a big piece of shit. (I will smack the shit out your piece of shit ass)

@sharonroxy8586 Жыл бұрын

Great shots of the tornado

@zeeqq105 6 ай бұрын

For the record. The park with all the rides isn’t called Coney Island. Coney Island is the name of the area. The park has had many names like Astroland and then we have Luna Park which has been around for decades. I’m from Coney Island. People still call the park Coney Island even though the commercials clearly state Luna Park at Coney Island and when you arrive there is a huge sign.😂😂 I think only one family still owns part of a park. A lot of big real estate guys have bought up so much property. I think starting this year the park will be 24/7. To me that’s ridiculous. Who wants be riding rides in the freezing cold. If it’s 40 in other parts of the city it’s like 30 here. Add the wind it’s 20. They started a New Years ball drop a few years ago on the boardwalk. And no I’ve never went. When that wind hits you…..🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶😂😂😂😂

@user-gp4jc4ij4f 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic !!

@elsiegon7118 4 жыл бұрын

Omg!! I looooooove this video!! Best one! I was 4 going on 5, and I remember it exactly how I thought I was.. especially the fat laughing lady!! I was looking online to see if I’d see it.. and you had it!! I was so terrified of her! Thank you for posting this.. great memories

@lisasheba4615 2 жыл бұрын

Same girl same!

@elsiegon7118 Жыл бұрын

Lmfaoooooo!!!!!😂😂

@elsiegon7118 Жыл бұрын

@@lisasheba4615 omg tell me about it. There was another laughing sal at the dragons cave , that one too was scared me 🤣

@billyshead1339 3 ай бұрын

The bicentennial. Very cool

@mrxexes 3 жыл бұрын

How come I don't remember Coney Island looking that creepy?!

@albertdibari7836 2 жыл бұрын

Because probably you are not that old enough to remember the Coney Island from the late 60s and throughout the 70s. They had great restaurants like Stellas on 15th between Mermaid and Neptune that burned down in the late 70. Me and my family went there every Sunday. Still remember the sawdust on floor and swinging doors to the kitchen. And the Carolina. No longer there. Numerous bars like the Terminal Inn on Stillwell and Mermaid. And another bar up the block on Mermaid and W12 st, an old dive owned by an old woman that closed in the late 80s after someone got stabbed and murdered. Nevermind the bar right at the entrance to the train staion. Can't even remember the name. The Dragons Cave, The Thunderbolt, The Tornado, The Hurricane. All gone. Very seedy, but classic reminders of oldtime Coney Island. Ohh, the bar that was on Stillwell and in the mini mall next to the Health Clinic and other stores. Another dive i cannot remember the name. All gone. Philips Candy Store, near the Train Station, before they moved to Staten Island. The Bathhouses, and all the places on the Boardwalk, all the way down to the end at 36st. What a shame and great memories.

@serratograffiti 4 ай бұрын

You were having a good time.

@mrxexes 4 ай бұрын

@@albertdibari7836 Yeah but do half of the guys and some of the mannequins look like child molesters?

@joeblow3230 Ай бұрын

Happy to see the THUNDERBOLT again......... used to work across from there at the candy shop.

@xTintenherz 4 ай бұрын

fascinating

@goldenboi778 2 ай бұрын

Here's to the good ol days..

@marisasoares3907 2 ай бұрын

❤Lou Reed sounds a lot like coney Island.... Lou has been named "King of New York ".... For so many reasons!!!!!🎉🎉💯

@brianflincher 3 ай бұрын

My grandma died in late 1976, one of the last things she predicted is that by the 80's people would be walking around naked because "the world was getting so bad" lol....On the contrary Grandma we would enter the Reagan years and conservatism....

@MB-vk8cv 3 ай бұрын

Thats my uncle Morty in the beginning.

@ibrake4butterflies733 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any scenes with original audio? Thank you. ☮️

@amandaharrington9692 Жыл бұрын

hi daniel! is there a way I can contact you for a question about this film?

@lilitheveningstar633 3 ай бұрын

insane, i was born and raised here in coney island from 2000 and it all still looks the same from when i was a child just more worn, even the rocks onnthe beach its eerie how the only thing thats changed is how dirtier its gotten which is not the faults of the citizens n tourists but of the goverment for putting nearly no public trash cans, its a hike to even find one if there is one nearby. purposefully inaccessible

@carad26 11 ай бұрын

My mother grew up in coneyisland and was 20-22 yrs old at this time....Any one remember a woman named Carol???? For obvious reasons I'm not Giving her Last Name

@fistfull1 2 ай бұрын

Did ,she,wear a pony tail ,@ times ?

@arthurlevine1840 2 ай бұрын

I was around the same age and dated a Carol in Coney at that time. She would remember me very very well, in a good way, a very good way, if you know what I mean, but Coney was full of Carols, so it's almost certain it wasn't your mom.

@survivalcraftstudio 2 жыл бұрын

how the fuck did this video not got demonitize

@brandonbell5357 3 ай бұрын

Quit fuckin swearing

@Chrisdrumz 3 жыл бұрын

I was 4 in 1976 living on E 42nd st. And Ave. D in flatbush. We didn't go to Coney Island.although my parents had gone as children they knew the Coney they loved was long gone. We went to BUDDIES or Nellie Bly.

@albertdibari7836 2 жыл бұрын

Nellie Bly was great!!