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CONEY ISLAND

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CONEY See also:

ISLAND , an island about 9 M. S.E. of the S. end of Manhattan Island, U.S.A., on the S. See also:shore of See also:Long Island, from which it is separated by See also:Gravesend See also:Bay, See also:Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island See also:Creek, a tidal inlet, and a broad stretch of See also:low See also:salt marshes. It lies within the limits of the See also:Borough of See also:Brooklyn, New See also:York See also:city. The island is the westernmost of a See also:chain of outlying sandbars that extends along the See also:southern shore of Long Island for almost See also:loo m.; it is about 5 M. long and varies from 4 m. to 1 m. in width. It is served by the Long Island railway, by several lines of electric railway, and (in summer) by steamboat lines. The island is the most popular seashore resort of the See also:United States. There are four quite distinctly marked districts. At the extreme western extremity, See also:Norton's Point, is the See also:district known as See also:Sea See also:Gate, lying between Gravesend Bay and See also:Lower New York Bay. It is an exclusively residential See also:section, has a See also:fine See also:light-See also:house, a large number of summer homes and the handsome See also:club-house of the See also:Atlantic Yacht Club. A broad shore drive connects it on the E. with See also:West See also:Brighton, the most popular amusement centre, to which the name Coney Island has come to be more especially applied. Its See also:great scenic and spectacular features, " See also:side-shows," booths, cafes and dancing halls, have made " Coney Island " a well-known resort. There are bathing beaches, two immense See also:iron piers, observation towers, scenic See also:railways, " Ferris " wheels, and the two amusement reservations known as " See also:Luna See also:Park " and " Dreamland." From West Brighton a broad parkway known as " the Concourse " connects with Brighton See also:Beach, 4 m. to the E., passing the large bathing establishments maintained by the city of New York.

At Brighton Beach there are a large hotel, a See also:

theatre and the Brighton See also:Race Track. Still farther to the E., and extending to the eastern extremity of the island, lies Manhattan Beach, with hotels, a theatre and See also:baths, and patronized more largely by a wealthier class of visitors. Adjacent to Manhattan Beach on the mainland, and separated from it by a narrow See also:neck of Sheepshead Bay, lies the See also:village of Sheepshead Bay, in which is the famous race track of the Coney Island See also:Jockey Club.

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