For coaster connoisseurs especially, Luna Park is heaven, from the unpredictable pinball-machine movements of the Tickler to the face-melting 90° drop of the Thunderbolt. And, of course ...

Mike "Thunderbolt" Norton ... Tilyou open Surf Theater, Coney Island's first theater, on an alley later named the Bowery. Captain Paul Boyton opens Sea-Lion Park, the first enclosed amusement ...