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	from Arthur Levine The Ride is Over at Coney Island. Coney Island Rides End. Many of the headlines as well as the content of the news stories that have been published and broadcast the past few days would have you believe that Astroland and Coney Island are one and the same. From the sounds of it, people might think the entire Brooklyn beach, boardwalk, and surrounding Coney Island area have somehow vanished. It's shoddy journalism, and it's making me mad.

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Coney Island's Big Wheel Keep on Turnin'
Let's set the record straight: Since its inception, a single operator has never owned nor managed New York's Coney Island amusement area (unlike most modern-day theme parks). Rather, it has been, and continues to be, a collection of independent owners and vendors. According to owner Carol Albert, Astroland, one of the many attractions at Coney Island, permanently closed its gates last Sunday when Albert was unable to renegotiate a deal with the developer that owns the property on which the park sits. But the rides will still be spinning at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, and a host of other Coney Island amusements and concessions will remain open next season as well. Read more about the fate of Coney Island.

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