Coney Island is located on what island?

Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure and entertainment destination on the Coney Island Channel. It is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The site was formerly an outer barrier island but became partially connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill.

There is no clear historical consensus on how the island got the name "Coney Island", a name, in the form of Conyne Eylandt, that shows up in early 17th century Dutch maps. The most popular theory is the name came from the old spelling of the Dutch word for rabbit, "conyn", derived from a purported large population of wild rabbits, giving it the name "Rabbit Island", the name was changed to "Coney Island" after the English took over the colony in 1664, "coney" being the English version of the word rabbit.

Due to Coney Island's proximity to Manhattan and other boroughs, and its relative short distance from the city of Brooklyn to provide the illusion of a proper vacation, it began attracting vacationers in the 1830's and 1840's, assisted by carriage roads and steamship service that reduced travel time from a formerly half-day journey to two hours.

Coney Island was heavily damaged by a hurricane in 2012, but the amusement park reopened in the spring of 2013. The infamous Nathan's Hot Dog contest resumed shortly as well. Repairs on The New York Aquarium are continuing and are expected to be complete by 2018.

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Shrnkrap8

Brooklyn is actually on Long Island, Scott Drucker,

Jaclyn Rae Glicken

Ah yes. Nathan's Hot Dogs. My grandfather was a friend of the original Nathan, who asked him if he wanted to open a hot dog stand on Coney Island. Pop's answer, "Who's gonna buy a hot dog at the beach? Nate, it'll never verk!" (In his Russian accent!) I am second generation poor cause grandpa didn't think anyone would buy a hot dog at the beach. Sigh..

Mark Ann Dubaz

If you are from th US this is an easy one.

edgardo cardinali

Coney Island is part of Brooklyn, or Kings Borough one of the 5 boroughs within the city of NY. Long Island its far east and East of Queens Borough which belongs to the City of New York too. Long Island belongs to Suffolk and Nassau Counties which are part of State of New York, not the City of New York. Thank you

Johnny Rock

What's with a question that we actually might know something about Sandra Ziesmer? I also know that it's considered to be in the borough of Brooklyn.

Margaret O'Neill

As a Child growing up in Scotland, I always wanted to visit "Coney Island" Especially to try a hot dog! And to walk along the Boardwalk!

George Oliver Prince

Had to guess, but the old 40's movies gave it a glamour that is missing today

Gery Tillmanns

Easy easy.

John Edwards

Brooklyn (Kings County), on the western tip of Long Island, is the city's most populous borough. Brooklyn is known for its cultural, social, and ethnic diversity, an independent art scene, distinct neighborhoods, and a distinctive architectural heritage. Downtown Brooklyn is the largest central core neighborhood in the outer boroughs. The borough has a long beachfront shoreline including Coney Island, established in the 1870s as one of the earliest amusement grounds in the country.[16] Marine Park[17] and Prospect Park are the two largest parks in Brooklyn. Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms,[18][19] and of postmodern art[20] and design.[19 Ref Wikipedia

Fran Graybowski

Again, being a Long Island girl, I had better get this one right.

Cheryl McMeekin

Guessed right

pgraz

I lived in bklyn my whole life. Coney island is a part of brooklyn. How did long island cross through queens to get 2 coney island?

Karla Crary

Was there back in the later part of the 1940's when I was a young child. It was an outing that always stayed in my memories. Besides seeing Coney Island, also got to walk the famous "Boardwalk" and wet my feet at Jones Beach too.