Coney Island
Example Sentences
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Since its first appearance on the Coney Island boardwalk, the hot dog has been dogged by a lowbrow reputation—low nutrition, low quality, low price—maligned by public-health officials and persnickety parents alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
What started as a Coney Island cart became a San Francisco scoop shop 50 years ago, offering 9-pint build-your-own bundles in dairy and non-dairy options.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
It will pass Staten Island and some beaches, including Coney Island in Brooklyn, before connecting to an existing pipeline network near Rockaway Beach in Queens.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Scattered throughout the pages are evidence of his beginnings in Coney Island, where he seemed to excel in mathematics, the piano and the accordion.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Coney Island was hot and noisy, the streets off the boardwalk choked with boys and girls, white and black, marching up and down, looking each other over.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
