Twins in America - Coney Island

Twins Michael and Mikayla on the beach at Coney Island with amusement rides in the background

The Coney Island area was a major resort and home of Astroland amusement park that reached its peak in the early 20th century. Coney Island is also the location of the New York Aquarium since June 6, 1957, on the former site of the Dreamland amusement park. In 2001, KeySpan Park opened on the former site of Steeplechase Park to host the Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball team.

Coney Island also has a broad sandy beach from West 37th Street at Seagate to the beginning of the community of Manhattan Beach, a distance of approximately two-and-a-half miles. The beach is continuous and is served for its entire length by the broad Riegelmann boardwalk, the subject of the famous song "Under the Boardwalk", first popularized in 1964. A number of amusements are directly accessible from the land side of the boardwalk, as is the Aquarium and a variety of food shops and arcades.