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- EIN 13-3215645
- (718) 372-5159
- 1208 Surf Ave Brooklyn NY 11224-2816 USA
- coneyislandusa.com
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, History Museums, Performing Arts Centers
Mission: To operate a multi-arts center leading a cultural revival of a historic district. By combining performing/visual arts with imagination we bring to the community and artists to coney island. We seek to revitalize our community attracting international recognition and visitors while providing low-cost art to a mass, working class, nyc audience
Programs: Sideshow by the seashore americas last traditional stationary 10-in-1 side show includes endangered traditional sideshow acts such as sword swallowing contortionists bed of nails etc. This program preserves an important set of american traditional performance forms for the audience
mermaid parade annual art parade that brings artists and creative individuals to the beach in the spirit of coney islands historic mardi gras parades. Over 1,500 individuals create their own floats and costumes and parade through the amusement areas in front of an audience of over 750,000 annually
museum the coney island museum - the only museum in the united states dedicated to telling stories about the history of coney island. Also ciusa. S visual art program. The museum collection contains artifacts and materials related to coney islands history and to the history of american popular culture. Exhibition brings visual artists to the collection and asks them to tell unique and exciting stories using the objects in the collection as a medium