With the destruction of Coney Islands Astroland park, will the Cyclone coaster and the Wonder Wheel survive?

How do you feel about another one of NYC wild playground's biting the Dust.?

• This is the last year of Coney Island the way it should be. Shot the Freak and all. Yes they are keeping the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel but everything else is going. some places r ...show more

• Answer:

  It was coming. Same story for the Rockaways. Developers are taking over. Even Donald Trump has taken over a part of Jones Beach and will build a restaurant and convention center on the boardwalk. Rockaway has seen condos sprouting up and those who are living in Section 8 housing in Coney Island will soon be forced to evacuate. Coney Island up until the mid-60s was a standing carnival filled with amazement and fun. Once the neighborhood changed Coney Island Hospital on Ocean Parkway became busier than the broadwalk. Now the rich and powerful think they could make money by forcing the poor out and welcoming the affluent to the seaside community. They are probably right given how many people have moved to the NYC Metro area in the last 10 years. Today NYC Metro is home to 22 million people and still more are moving in. By 2020, the population will be 35 million if not more.