Coney Island Death Watch: More Rides Being Moved Out, Where Will the Nice Doggy Go?

Last weekened, we noticed that some children's rides in Coney Island on property owned by developer Joe Sitt were still there and wondered what would happen to them. Today, we know the anwswer: a Coney Island watcher who goes by the name of Captain Nemo reports on the Coney Island Message Board that some of the children's rides on the small lot on the Bowery were moved out on Sunday afternoon. (If you've been to Coney, you might know this lot by the barking guard dogs that sometimes go bonkers when you walk past them.) The rides are on a big parcel owned by Thor Equities, that is also the location of the Go-Kart tracks and batting cages that are being demolished. We assume that a "Zipper" ride that is also on the property has gotten the boot too. We won't for a moment argue that the grungy area was nice, but we still have to ask whether this big clear out is necessary long before any approvals for a new project are granted or whether they're a tactic to create pressure for a fast re-zoning. And, does this mean the nice guard dogs are now out of a job?

CONEY ISLAND BONUS: Someone posted a statement by Lola Staar, the creative entrepreneur that was evicted from her boardwalk location by Thor Equities. She says, in part, "The developers who have recently bought most of the land in Coney Island are evicting me from my store, Lola Staar, on the boardwalk. I can't go into detail right now about this bazaar, scandalous and deceitful chain of events....but hopefully very soon the world will know!!"

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