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With a sandy beach, wooden boardwalk, and dozens of attractions and rides, locals and tourists love to spend a day here for some fun in the sun. Coney Island is famous for being an amusement resort - along the beach, you'll find 2 theme parks still thriving today: Luna Park and Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.
"The Bolivian Indian Village exhibit was located on Tilyou Walk at the Ocean, at what would now be West 16th Street. Indigenous natives were common attractions at Coney Island at the end of the nineteenth century. American Indians, Philippine tribesmen, and Eskimos were were among those displayed in re-creations of their native habitats.
The Bolivian exhibit came to a sad end on August 24th, 1893 when a freak wave during a storm wiped out the entire village as the natives slept in their beachfront huts. The extent of injuries to the indians is unknown and the show did not reopen."
Coney Island is home to Sea Lion Park, the first enclosed amusement park, which opened in 1895. Coney Island became famous for having several of the best-known amusement parks in the world. There was Steeplechase Park, Luna Park and Dreamland.