Coney Island opened for the season this weekend, and that includes the Cyclone, which will turn 95 this year!
A swarm of elected officials took the stage, with Schumer alongside Alexandra Silversmith, the executive director of the Alliance for Coney Island and Alessandro Zamperla, the president and CEO of Central Amusement International Inc., which owns Luna Park. With only a few direct references to COVID, everyone agreed it had been a very long winter indeed.for 18 months“When Coney Island is back, Brooklyn is back,” Schumer declaimed. “When Brooklyn is back, New York is back.
State Senator Diane Savino performed the traditional egg cream blessing, breaking a bottle of the beverage over the front car of the Cyclone, the first female elected official to ever do so. Savino will retire this year after 18 years in office; she lightly skewered Sarah Blas, one of the people running to replace her, who was in the crowd. “She’s never ridden the Cyclone,” Savino told the audience, who groaned in response.
Brooklyn Seltzer began whipping up free chocolate and vanilla egg creams and handing them out, as the first 95 people to get in line boarded the Cyclone for free. Buddy the Rat slipped on his head and dropped to all fours as a woman patted his head, and two of the Coney Island Sharks hesitantly stepped on his tail, which squeaked like a dog toy. In a moment he was mobbed, Pied Piper-like, by 20 more kids, shrieking and squeaking him energetically.
The elected officials all piled onto the Cyclone together, which seemed unwise from a continuity of government perspective, but it was, at least, a ringing endorsement of their trust in the old rollercoaster.newsletter signupBy submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our
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