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Coney Island Nostalgia Tour

5.00

(18)

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.

Languages: English

Local guide who is a Brooklyn native.

Food and drinks.

Languages: English

Local guide who is a Brooklyn native.

Food and drinks.

Coney Island has inspired dreamers and schemers since the Gilded Age. On this special Made in Brooklyn Tour®, you'll discover how this seasonal world's fair wowed the crowds with the latest and greatest innovations and inventions. Electric lighting to structural steel. Incubators for tiny little babies to towers that rivaled the earliest skyscrapers. And, of course, candy and hot dogs too! At Coney Island's first amusement parks visitors could experience powered flight or even go to the moon. Let your imagination run wild with the stories behind its sensational parks and rides.

• Discover Coney Island's dreamers and entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors • Learn the fascinating origin story of today's amusements and attractions • Be inspired by the visionaries behind Brooklyn's first great amusement parks • Explore Coney Island with a Brooklyn native who's been going since childhood.

The meeting point may vary. Always check the tickets we sent you to confirm the final details before the activity.

Instructions

We meet on the boardwalk in front of the Parachute Jump behind Maimonides Park baseball field (on Surf Avenue between W 16th and 19th Streets). From the Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue subway station head directly to the beach and make a right on the boardwalk. The Parachute Jump is 250' high and hard to miss. Note: Restrooms are on the right side of the Nathan's Famous building on the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues. Public transportation options include: D, F, N, Q Train to Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue The tour MUST begin at 12:30 pm SHARP! Please plan to arrive 10 minutes early to be on time. Due to the nature of the tour, we can't wait and there's no catching up. On the day of the tour and ONLY before we start I may be reached by SMS at +1 (917) 747-1911. (Note that this number does not have an international calling plan.) IMPORTANT • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions are here: https://www.madeinbrooklyntours.com/frequently-asked-questions • Please read this Waiver and Release before booking: https://www.madeinbrooklyntours.com/waiver-refund-policy

Service animals allowed

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50.00 €

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Coney Island Nostalgia Tour

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