A Glimpse Inside an Abandoned Coney Island Landmark

This is a glimpse inside one of Coney Island's remaining landmarks, an old bank building at W. 12th Street and Surf Avenue. It has had a Thor Equities "For Lease" sign affixed to its side for at least a year and is within the footprint of Thor's Coney redevelopment area. Coney Island fixture Dick Zigun had expressed interest in renting the space from Thor as a new location for the Coney Island Museum, whose lease will be up soon, but had gotten a lukewarm reaction from the developer. The Museum's current home on Surf Ave. currently has a "for sale" affixed to it.

We got off this shot (through the window) before someone approached us and barked at us to stop shooting. He was very large and it was late and we were tired and not in the mood to argue. You can catch other photos of the interior posted by another photog on flickr here and here.