Yesterday was the official last day of business for Astroland, and supporters of the 45-year-old Coney Island institution turned out in hopes of sparking an 11th-hour reprieve that would keep the park ...

The owner of ‘America’s Playground’ threatens to stop the rides forever. A girl wins a prize at a game in Astroland at Coney Island in New York in this June 23, 2007 file photo. NEW YORK — This summer ...

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits. Carol Albert -- whose family has owned the Brooklyn amusement park for almost a half century -- says she has told ...

NEW YORK -- This summer could mark the end of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park. But years of back-and-forth bickering among a developer, city officials and ride operators over the park ...

The owners of the now defunct Astroland Park are scrambling to find a new home for the historic Astroland rocket that has been a Coney Island landmark for the past 40 years. The 70-foot long model of ...

The owner of Coney Island's Astroland said Thursday that she's calling it quits and that the historic amusement park will close for good Sunday. Carol Albert, whose family has owned the Brooklyn ...

NEW YORK -- When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

Gowanus Lounge has photographic evidence of a dreaded and sad day at Coney Island: heavy construction equipment at Astroland, and workers dismantling the rides. Scattered along the site are industrial ...

Everyone who claims to have legitimately enjoyed Coney Island’s Astroland while nervously worrying for their safety on rides which were eventually going to off someone can now relax, they no longer ...

Thor Equities president Joe Sitt, who owns 10 acres within Coney Island’s amusement district, announced today that he’ll be hosting the traveling Reithoffer Shows at Stillwell and Bowery for 10 days ...

A Brooklyn developer that plans to convert Coney Island into a $1.5 billion amusement, hotel, and residential district announced the purchase yesterday of the Astroland Amusement Park. The developer, ...