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| Last updated on June 4, 2008 |
Coney Island USA is a not-for-profit corporation based in the amusement park area of the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn New York. Coney Island USA seeks to defend the honor of American popular art forms through innovative exhibitions and performances.
Description:
The distinct mission of Coney Island USA is to operate a multi-arts center offering museum and theater programming, thereby leading the cultural revival of a downtrodden but historic landmark neighborhood. Through an imaginative and innovative approach combining the performing and visual arts, Coney Island USA seeks to revitalize the community from which it takes its name, attracting international recognition and visitors while providing low-cost services to a mass, working class New York City audience, including the young and the old, the art and the family oriented. Coney Island USA interprets the past and experiments with the future of American popular culture and offers a growing panoply of arts events and exhibitions rooted in the traditions of P.T. Barnum, vaudeville and Coney Island itself.
History:
In existence since 1983, Coney Island USA has been developing and producing a number of different programs including some of New York City’s best loved summer programming, such as the Mermaid Parade and the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. Coney Island USA also operates the Coney Island Museum and produces Ask the Experts, Burlesque at the Beach, the Coney Island Tattoo and Motorcycle Festival, Creepshow at the Freakshow, and the Coney Island Sideshow School. Coney Island USA also produces the Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series and the Coney Island Film Festival.
Contact people:
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Jodi Taylor, Program Coordinator, (347) 417-0194, (email)
David Gratt, Managing Director, (718) 372-5159, (email)
Aaron Beebe, Museum Director, (718) 372-5159, (email) |
Address:
Web Site: http://www.coneyisland.com
Directions:
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Take the Belt Parkway to exit 6. Head south on Cropsey Avenue. Keyspan Park and the Parachute Jump will be in front of you on Surf Avenue. Turn left onto Surf Avenue and we are located on the right at. . . (more)
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Stillwell Avenue,
Walk distance (in minutes): 2
Nearest Bus Stop: B36, B64, B68, B82 Stillwell Ave., 2 minute walk |
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