If you were a child growing up in New York in the 1950s, one of the peak adventures of your childhood might have been a trip to the beach at Coney Island and a ride on the Wonder Wheel, the 150-foot ...

CONEY ISLAND — The iconic Coney Island staple Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, which attracts millions of tourists every year, has officially been added to the New York State Historic Business ...

For 70 years, the holiness of Palm Sunday has extended well beyond church walls in Brooklyn. That’s because the day marks the “Blessing of the Rides” and the official season opening of Deno’s Wonder ...

A week after Luna Park celebrated its opening day with the christening of the Cyclone, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park held its own celebration to welcome the 2022 season on Palm Sunday, April 10.

Willie and Dooley are on their way to interview a fire chief for their newspaper. They witness a gorilla escaping from a nearby zoo. Willie changes to Wonder Wheels to investigate. The gorilla is ...

For Coney Island, the reopening of the Wonder Wheel each spring marks the start of the summer season, and the continuation of a family story nearly a century in the making. Brothers Steve and Dennis ...

Bards to Recite Coney-Inspired Poems on the Wonder Wheel [BK Paper] Eight-Unit Residential Project Filed at 129 Taffee Place, Bedford Stuyvesant [NYY] Trees in Brooklyn and Beyond: Some Streets Have ...

Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on Coney Island is officially opened for the season. The opening was marked with the annual blessing of the rides. The Vourderis family, who own and operate the park ...

Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park held its annual “Blessing of the Rides” opening ceremony this Sunday. This year, the amusement park is also celebrating its 105th opening season. The first 105 people on the ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...