Coney Island Astroland DONE! - LocalApple

nycking · 09-05-2008, 09:46 AM

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Coney Island's world-famous Astroland Amusement Park is set to shut down once and for all on Sunday - more than a month before the amusement park season officially ends.

After months of bickering with developer Thor Equities over the renewal of a lease, Astroland owner Carol Hill Albert announced she had no choice but to pull the plug.

"I have not given up on Coney Island as Thor Equities has stated," said Albert, who employs 75 year-round employees and 275 seasonal workers. "I have given up on trying to get Thor to negotiate, which I have attempted to do every month since June, and numerous times in August."

The park, which would normally close Oct. 13, had teetered dangerously close to shuttering ever since Thor purchased it in 2006, despite a public push to keep it open until a larger plan for the area was approved by the city.

what a shame!

TheMan · 09-07-2008, 12:23 AM

is coney island and brighton beach neighboring brooklyn towns?

CityGuy · 09-07-2008, 12:24 AM

yes, they are both on Brooklyns south shore and they are adjacent to each other

PaullyInNYC · 09-07-2008, 01:02 AM

Coney Island is such a famous NY landmark cant believe they are taking AstroLand away. That, the boardwalk, and Nathans Hot Dogs are iconic to that area

09-07-2008, 12:23 AM	#2
TheMan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 491	Re: Coney Island Astroland DONE! is coney island and brighton beach neighboring brooklyn towns?

09-07-2008, 12:24 AM	#3
CityGuy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manhatten Posts: 1,531	Re: Coney Island Astroland DONE! yes, they are both on Brooklyns south shore and they are adjacent to each other

09-07-2008, 01:02 AM	#4
PaullyInNYC Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,205	Re: Coney Island Astroland DONE! Coney Island is such a famous NY landmark cant believe they are taking AstroLand away. That, the boardwalk, and Nathans Hot Dogs are iconic to that area

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