Pierless

"It’s 7 a.m. on a high-summer Friday, and Steeplechase Pier in Coney Island is already packed. A frail older woman spreads a large silk scarf on a wooden chaise lounge, then stretches out to catch the sun. A younger woman cruises by on a silver bicycle, then skids to a stop when she recognizes a neighbor, beginning an excited conversation in Jamaican patois. Two dozen fishermen line the pier, casting again and again, looking for the sweet spot, until most give in and leave their long ocean rods leaning against the railing while they chat in Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. The chaotic back and forth is broken up only briefly as a Russian cry of 'Ryba!' ('Fish!') cuts through the cacophony. A man has pulled in a foot-long sea robin, a bottom feeder known for its unattractive face and tasty tail. A man of 40 or so rolls determinedly up the pier in a wheelchair, the muscles in his arms flexing as he spins the chair’s wheels, mounting the ramp leading up to the elevated platform at the end of the pier. He stops on the platform and stares out over the pounding waves of the Atlantic Ocean. ..."
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Vintage postcard of Coney Island’s original Steeplechase Ride (1898-1907), George C. Tilyou’s first Steeplechase Park.

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