# Canonical recap data for Coney Island Opens (1880)
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slug: coney-island-opens
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1880/coney-island-opens"
title: Coney Island Opens
subtitle: The opening of the first permanent amusement park, revolutionizing public entertainment and establishing the modern carnival tradition.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1880-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1880
decade: 1880
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north and includes the subsection of Sea Gate on its west. More broadly, t
summaryLong: Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north and includes the subsection of Sea Gate on its west. More broadly, the Coney Island peninsula consists of Coney Island proper, Sea Gate, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach. This was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on the southern shore of Long Island, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coney_Island_beach_and_amusement_parks_%28June_2016%29.jpg/1280px-Coney_Island_beach_and_amusement_parks_%28June_2016%29.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Coney Island"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island"
  title: Coney Island (peninsula)
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brigh
wikidataQid: Q628201
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260624210900/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-24
  label: Coney Island (peninsula)
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island"
