CONEY ISLAND

‘a small island, about 10 miles southeast of New York City. It is in the borough of Brooklyn. It is about 5 miles in length and from half to three-fourths miles in width. It is separated from the mainland by Coney Island Creek. Coney Island is one of the most famous resorts in the world, and has numerous attractions, which are visited by hundreds of you sands of people daily during the summer season. It has an excellent bathing beach, and is connected with New York by steam and electric railways and steamboat lines. Coney Island was one of the first landing places of the Dutch and was for over 200 years considered worthle , With the building of steam railways in 1875, the place became popular. Several public parks are owned by the city.