Filling Out the Coney Island Vision

Yesterday, in his State of the City Address, Mayor Bloomberg mentioned Coney Island as one of the parts of New York City that will be rezoned to promote new development. We've been following the blow-by-blow of various Coney land deals, renderings and ideas, and the Daily News website today posts an article by Jotham Sederstrom that appeared in print a few days ago. It has some interesting information:

In addition to hundreds of upscale housing units, big-name franchises like Nickelodeon, W Hotel and the House of Blues are being floated as possible components of the revitalization plan, sources familiar with some of the proposals have said.

Add to that a slew of entertainment attractions - including a state-of-the-art roller coaster designed to wind around buildings on Stillwell Ave. - and Coney Island could begin to resemble a Las Vegas on the Atlantic Ocean.

But until the 13-member Coney Island Development Corp. releases its long-awaited master plan, nothing but sand and water is certain for the neighborhood.

"You should have a big question mark over the whole thing," said Community Board 13 District Manager Chuck Reichenthal. "One doesn't know from day to day."

There's a lot of interesting detail in the article and also an interesting map that goes with the story that we are reposting below.