The first freak show at Coney Island happened sometime in the late 1800s, and until the mid-1900s freak shows were all the rage across the U.S. But the business has a grisly, controversial history.

The main headquarters for Coney Island’s famous freaks now has even more cache – it’s a city landmark. The Landmarks Preservation Commission today unanimously voted to declare the former ...

NEW YORK - It is hard to say which of Insectavora's meals is the least appetizing. The pus-colored maggots she dumps on her tongue, then illuminates with a flashlight so the audience can see them ...

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

Get set for another year of competing Coney Island freak shows. Operator John Strong confirmed today that he has a new lease to return to the seaside district this summer, but in new digs – the ...

Coney Island honors freak show doctor. BY MICHAEL BRICK THE NEW YORK TIMES. NEW YORK - The babies were lined up under heaters, and they breathed filtered air. Few of them weighed more than 3 pounds.

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

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- It's being billed as a 10-day gathering of the strange, the weird, the odd and the unusual. After a lot of back and forth with a new developer, the freak show will be back ...

Although the first "freak show" at Coney Island opened in 1880, the golden age of the village's side shows began in 1904 when Samuel W. Gumpertz opened Lilliputia, an entire miniature city scaled ...

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Entertainment; Coney Island Rock n' Roll Roadshow to bring freaks, burlesque, music to 5 Pts. Black Market Bar tonight. Published: ; Mar. 05, 2015, 2:34 p.m.