A new Coney Island amusement park harkens a slice of New York history.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was among dignitaries attending a launch Friday for Luna Park in Brooklyn. It opens this weekend, and will phase in 19 rides from an Italian company, Zamperla S.p.A.
Bloomberg said it heralds a turnaround following decades of neglect that shrank Coney Island’s amusement district to “a shell of its former glory.”
The original Luna Park was unveiled on May 16, 1903. In its heyday, it attracted 90,000 visitors a day.
It burned down in 1944.
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