Yesterday was the official last day of business for Astroland, and supporters of the 45-year-old Coney Island institution turned out in hopes of sparking an 11th-hour reprieve that would keep the park ...

The owner of ‘America’s Playground’ threatens to stop the rides forever. A girl wins a prize at a game in Astroland at Coney Island in New York in this June 23, 2007 file photo. NEW YORK — This summer ...

NEW YORK -- This summer could mark the end of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park. But years of back-and-forth bickering among a developer, city officials and ride operators over the park ...

Gowanus Lounge has photographic evidence of a dreaded and sad day at Coney Island: heavy construction equipment at Astroland, and workers dismantling the rides. Scattered along the site are industrial ...

NEW YORK -- When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

Thor Equities president Joe Sitt, who owns 10 acres within Coney Island’s amusement district, announced today that he’ll be hosting the traveling Reithoffer Shows at Stillwell and Bowery for 10 days ...

It seems you can’t keep a good amusement park down: Thursday night, after three days of rumors that the city was hoping to save Astroland from the scrap heap, Save Coney Island’s Tricia Vita sent out ...

A Brooklyn developer that plans to convert Coney Island into a $1.5 billion amusement, hotel, and residential district announced the purchase yesterday of the Astroland Amusement Park. The developer, ...

NEW YORK - The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits - and this time she says it's for real. Carol Albert - whose family has owned the rides by the Brooklyn ...

On a Coney Island afternoon, as the screams echo from deep inside the haunted house and laughter rings above the thump of the bumper cars, the good times would seem destined to roll on forever at the ...