Great photos!
I was going there from the time I was a tot, got lost there a few times making my parents take us home early. he, he, he, not a fan to my older siblings. Have waded in the waters there too back in the 60's, it was always a mixture of cultures as far back to my age or at least it appeared to be. Sometimes we drove there, sometimes we took the subway. The feeling I would get when the train was pulling up near to the island was pure exhilaration when the ferris wheel would come into your line of view and that feeling never left me well into adulthood when I would visit later in life traveling down from Westchester County.
The hotdogs, soft serve ice cream and the cotton candy. I have so many great memories of Coney Island. Can't forget the Aquarium either.