Coney Island’s history is defined by change (“Coney Gains a Big Amusement Spark,” Oct. 16).
About every 20 years, a renewed Coney Island has emerged, but that 20-year cycle of renewal ended by the 1950s. Since then, the only major changes were the beautiful new subway station and Keyspan Park.
Along the amusement stretch of the boardwalk, the only addition has been the arrival of Shoot the Freak, which operates in the open air on a sliver of land formerly occupied by a dilapidated building. Is that progress?
Coney Island contains some of the most valuable, but underutilized, real estate in Brooklyn, perhaps the entire city. It’s long past the time to bring this asset up to date. Sadly, the wait is getting longer.
Chris Bischof, Brooklyn