Dr. Martin Couney created and ran incubator-baby exhibits on the island from 1903 to the early 1940s, and though he died in relative obscurity, he was one of the great champions of this lifesaving ...

They ruined his fur-ever. The owner of the wallaby seized by authorities on the Coney Island boardwalk last week is heartbroken over the loss of his fuzzy friend. “I had only been with him for ...

Jonathan Robalino, 36, was slapped with charges of assault, attempted kidnapping and failure to exercise control of a minor ...

Four thousand New Yorkers are expected to brave the cold of the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day for Coney Island's 121st annual Polar Bear Plunge.

Customers with unused gift cards to the now shuttered Sunlight Pool had a chance to purchase Coney Island Merchandise in one day only sale.

Outlaw pocketed the roll of bills and walked back down Steeplechase Pier to the Coney Island boardwalk. He had just sold his .32-caliber nickel-plated automatic. Now he had $65 to buy clothes for ...

In this newsreel from 1936, a chimpanzee named Shorty explores Coney Island and gets into some mischief along the way. The clip provides an entertaining look into the amusement park's early history.

Read an excerpt from My Coney Island Baby, Billy O'Callaghan's New York-set novel below. "My new novel takes place on a bitter New York winter’s afternoon and centres around a pair of middle ...

We're delighted to present an extract from acclaimed author Billy O'Callaghan's new novel My Coney Island Baby, published by Jonathan Cape.

Martin Couney holds up Beth Allen, a premature baby who was on view at the Coney Island attraction. Beth Allen Nurses in starched white uniforms and doctors in medical coats tended to babies in ...