So said the Brooklyn Parks Commissioner regarding the City’s latest bid request for an amusement park on Coney Island beach. (NY Daily News)
Parks Department officials began soliciting bids Wednesday for a Beach Adventure park on the sand near Steeplechase Pier that could also include giant inflatable slides, trampolines, climbing walls and trapeze swings.
The city proposed a similar beachfront amusement area in 2005 and 2007, but didn’t get any takers. Officials are hopeful they’ll have more luck this time.
In other Coney-related news, Borough President Marty Markowitz has passed judgement on the Bloomberg Administration’s rezoning and redevelopment plan for the amusement area. He was largely supportive of the City plan, though he suggested a few minor changes – the one I found most interesting was this:
- stipulating that there will not be “one overarching manager of the amusements,” like Six Flags.
In other words, the opposite of what Bloomberg said back in November 2007:
“Today, you can’t have a bunch of individual little things and have them survive, not when the public has entertainment alternatives,” said Bloomberg. “They can fly anyplace for next to nothing.”
The City Planning Commission reviews the plan next, followed by the City Council.
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