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Field Trip: Circus at Coney Island
Coney Island is the height of seedy romanticism even now that the gloriously rickety, lovably decrepit Astroland park has been shut down. (RIP, cracked-speakers haunted house!) Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey has moved in with a one-ring circus. We went on opening night to check it out, as did Mayor Michael Bloomberg and our beloved Borough President Marty Markowitz. It’s not at the mind-blowing level of RB’s arena shows, but there are still incredible acrobatics, trick-performing elephants and terrifying clowns. And there are now also $10 tickets and twelve (!) shows a week. Best of all: it’s in CONEY ISLAND. The subway’s right there and there’s easy parking on the street. If you have a little kid who can’t sit through the whole show, you can bail at intermission and hit the beach. There’s a pretty magnificent playscape about two minutes down the boardwalk. Finish it all off with a lemonade and hot dog at Nathan’s and it’s the perfect summer night! — Ada Calhoun
Here are photos from our trip out there, taken by Brendan Kennedy.
Check out Babble’s past Field Trips: Backstage at Mary Poppins, the Eric Carle Museum, on the Johnny and the Sprites set, and more!
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- Coney Island Subway
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- Approaching the Big Top
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- The Big Top
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- PETA Protesters
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- Under the Big Top
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- Opening Number
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- The Opening Number Continues
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- The Beautiful Swing Girl
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- Elephants!
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- The Boardwalk
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- More Boardwalk
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- Nightcap at Nathan’s
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