Friday Night in Coney Island: UB40 featuring Ali & Asro with Shaggy at Ford Amphitheater

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Saturday Afternoon in Coney Island: The 36th Annual Mermaid Parade on Surf Avenue and the Riegelmann Boardwalk

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Friday Morning in Coney Island: WCBS-FM's Shannon In The Morning Summer Blastoff 2018 featuring Smash Mouth and Taylor Dayne on the Boardwalk by the Parachute Jump

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Sunday Afternoon in Coney Island: Coney Island Polar Bear Club Swim at the Beach by Stillwell Avenue

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Monday Night in Coney Island: July 4th Fireworks at the Beach and Riegelmann Boardwalk

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Friday Night in Coney Island: Coney Island: Fireworks Friday at the Riegelmann Boardwalk

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Saturday Afternoon in Coney Island: Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest on the Beach and Boardwalk near WonderWheel Park

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Early Saturday Afternoon in Coney Island: Coney Island USA presents the 32nd Annual Mermaid Parade on Surf Avenue and the Boardwalk

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Thursday Morning in Coney Island: Breakfast on the Riegelmann Boardwalk

On our last morning in Brooklyn before we head to Arizona for the winter, we took a brown bag breakfast and got on the R train from 95th Street to 59th Street, where we caught the N train to the Stillwell Avenue terminal in Coney Island to enjoy a sunny December morning on the Riegelmann Boardwalk and see the ocean again.

Just four weeks since seeing the destroyed Rockaway boardwalk on Thanksgiving, we were grateful that the Coney Island boardwalk was still basically intact.

On our way home, we saw what looked like some sort of press conference

at the still-shuttered Nathan's,

which will reopen this coming spring. Although we're glad to be getting out of a cold Northeastern winter, we'll still be missing Brooklyn while we're in the warmer desert Southwest.