[All photos courtesy of Pablo Jonesy/Coney Island Message Board] The latest from Coney Island came yesterday when Dick Zigun of Coney Island USA reported that a firm working for Thor Equities had put up no trespassing signs on buildings that also have huge Thor FOR LEASE signs. (If we had to do PR for Mr. […]

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Kinetic Carnival has a report this morning that the remaining Reithoffer’s rides on Thor’s Stillwell Avenue property have been or are being removed. Reithoffer was only supposed to operate the ride through the first week of June and half had been removed by last weekend. Another operator is supposed to run a small number of […]

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Fans of Coney Island and of really weird and darkly funny incidents will no doubt recall the guy that fell through the floor of the crapper at Ruby’s on the boardwalk in Coney Island. He was originally said to have come out of the basement covered in poo, but it was later said to only […]

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We have to say that we weren’t the only people that stopped to stare at these ponies, which are chained up and part of a living “ride” in Coney Island. The five ponies and the ride are ostensibly part of a petting zoo set up on developer Joe Sitt’s property. Whether one considers the attraction […]

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The new rides in “Reithoffer’s Playland,” the temporary amusements on land owned by developer Joe Sitt, were in full swing this weekend, adding entertainment options to the Coney landscape. A number of the rides duplicate existing offerings, and the lot, which is not paved, had a bit of a dust bowl feel in yesterday’s high […]

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[Photo Courtesy of Capt_Nemo/Coney Island Message Board] This is what would appear to be Coney Island’s version of Water Taxi Beach, except that it is Beer Island, featuring beer, wine, food and entertainment. This is the property was a miniature golf course before it was demolished by developer Joe Sitt. Last summer, it was home […]

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[Photo courtesy of craizdgoat/flickr] The “Reithoffer’s Playland” temporary carnival rides are up and operating on land owned by developer Joe Sitt (that was cleared of attractions in the winter of 2006-07). They will be removed in a couple of weeks and replaced by a smaller number of temporary rides and attractions.

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Most Coney Island hands are happy with the thirty temporary rides going up on property owned by developer Joe Sitt (that will shrink to 13 in mid-June) and not particularly concerned about the competition with Astroland and Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. What they’re still worried about, though, is that “they’re still planning a shopping mall […]

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It’s anyone’s guess what the final Coney Island resolution will be, but for now, we can say that developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities have found a new use for some of their land: a parking lot. The big plot of land along Stillwell Avenue that experienced premature demolition last year was being used (at […]

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Coney Island Development Corp. President Lynn Kelly sent out an email late yesterday about what she called “recent modest adjustments to the Coney Island zoning framework that have both strengthened our finalized plans and will help to move this critically important project toward completion.” Ms. Kelly adds that the changes have “increased development opportunities for […]

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The previous news that developer Joe Sitt would be having rides and games on the big parcel of land that he cleared last year is partially true. The developer announced yesterday that carnival rides will be set up on the property from May 22 to June 1, although there is no indication whether he plans […]

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[Left photo courtesy of Captain Nemo/Coney Island Message Board] A Coney Island food stand that was shut down last year and surrounded with a fence by developer Joe Sitt has lost the fence. The poster known as Captain Nemo at the Coney Island Message Board took a photo of the de-fenced stand, which had offered […]

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Developer Joe Sitt flip his Albee Square property because he wanted to make a killing or because he failed to find a way to develop it? “Sitt paid $25 million for the mall in 2001, floating plans to build a roughly 1 million-square-foot tower, but instead sold it last year to Acadia Realty Trust for […]

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We missed the Lola Staar party in Coney Island on Sunday because we were busy in Williamsburg and we couldn’t be two places at one time. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad decision. As it turns out, developer Joe Sitt decided to make an appearance at the Staar party, which took place at Ruby’s on the […]

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