The developers still need to secure a license for the casino, which has garnered substantial opposition; without it, the ...

The New York City Council on Monday approved a rezoning that would allow the proposed Coney Island casino to build a massive ...

It’s a tradition unlike any other. The 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest is back — and the most decorated eater ...

Joey Chestnut was banned from the contest that made him famous after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes ...

CHICAGO — Thanks to a Chicago TV judge, a Coney Island freak show operator is up $4,000 but down a five-legged puppy. Judge Jeanine Pirro ruled during a taping of her show Wednesday that freak ...

Drag artist Maxxxim (left) and the headquarters of Coney Island USA, home to the iconic Freak Bar, where Southern Brooklyn’s only weekly drag show is hosted. For the past two years, Maxxxim and Nancy ...

Dorman said, “We went every year to the Polar Bear plunge, Nathan’s, and the Film Festival at the Coney Island museum where the freak show is. My dad was a legend.” ...

It’s a night that combines the zaniness of “Seinfeld,” a Coney Island freak show and a lower-level minor league baseball team with nothing to lose. By Ron DePasquale Photographs by Lanna ...

NEW YORK – Coney Island is always a spectacle. And then there's the Mermaid Parade every June, a day when self-described Coney Island freaks set the bar for the rest of the year's whimsy and ...