BRUNCH WITH THE POLAR BEAR CLUB sundays 1:30PM at the freak bar!

Watch The Coney Island Polar Bears Swim at 1pm and then join them at Coney Island USA for brunch! Bagels, cream cheese, coffee, espresso and cappucino available for purchase. Plus you can play some pinball, throw some quarters in our jukebox, visit our newly expanded giftshop, take home some of our special sale items and visit The Coney Island Museum! All at Coney Island USA!

Coney Island USA
1208 Surf Ave.

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM

Since 1980, Coney Island USA has told the story of why Coney Island is important enough to one day retake its place at the cultural center of New York. The Coney Island Museum is at the heart of that mission. Its the only public repository documenting the history and culture of this important neighborhood. We fight to keep the history of this critical piece of American popular culture from being lost to the inevitable changes facing Coney Island today.

Come join us Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-5pm. Admission is $.99 cheap! Our Ground Floor Giftshop is open Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm - 5pm!

CURRENT EXHIBITION: ZOE BELOFF - DREAMLAND: THE CONEY ISLAND AMATEUR PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY AND ITS CIRCLE, 1926 -1972
July 11, 2009 - MARCH 21, 2010

Hours, Saturday and Sunday, 12pm - 5pm
Click here for further info (pdf document)

As Seen in The New York Times! Click Here for the article.

Coney Island Museum
1208 Surf Ave. between Stillwell and West 12th st. Half a block from the Stillwell Ave. Subway station. Click here for a map.

SIDESHOW SCHOOL WINTER 2010

This is the only place in the world where students can learn traditional sideshow acts from practicing masters of the arts. Sideshow Professa Adam Rinn teaches fire eating, the human blockhead, fundamentals of sword swallowing, glass walking, magic and other famous sideshow acts. Students leave with the ability to perform these acts including fire eating and sticking foreign objects up their noses.

Sideshow Skills, Section 102
Sunday, March 14, 10am - 6pm
Monday, March 15, 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday, March 16, 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday, March 17, 4pm-8pm
Tuition $750

Click here for further info

Coney Island Sideshow School is one of the only places where students can learn the proud art of Sideshow Banner painting, from a professional working in the field. Professor Marie Roberts, Professor of Painting at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Coney Island USA's Artist-in-Residence will takes students on a journey from initial concept to finished art.

Banner Painting , Section 102
Sunday, March 14, 10am - 6pm
Monday, March 15, 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday, March 16, 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday, March 17, 4pm-8pm
Tuition $600

Click here for further info

Coney island usa building available for rental!

Rent the new and improved Freak Bar for your wedding, bar mitzvah, bris,
other gathering!  The Freak Bar seats 30 comfortably and stands 80 or more.

Combine the Freak Bar space with a rental of the Museum or Theater for a
full Coney Island USA experience!

Please email us or call 718-372-5159 for queries, rate and availability!

CALL FOR ENTRIES 10TH ANNUAL CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL!

The 10th annual Coney Island Film Festival Call for entries is now open! Festival dates are September 24 - 26 at Sideshows By The Seashore and The Coney Island Museum! Click here for further info.

CONEY ISLAND SIDESHOW AT GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB!

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH 6:30PM (SEATING AT 6PM)

Freaks, Wonders and Human Curiosities, They're Here... They're Real... They're Alive... at GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB'S "Home by 9 Series"
Admission $20 plus 2 drink minimum per person

FEATURING:
ADAM " the first real man" RINN
Inside Talker/Master of Ceremonies, Sword Swallower

ANGELICA
Heavily tattooed beauty with heavy facial tattoos
Western whip cracking act, Madame Twisto contortion

SCOTT BAKER
Shockmeister, Human Blockhead, Glass Eater

XECUTIONER
Body Builder with Facial Tattoos
Strongman, Bed of Nails

Gotham Comedy Club
208 W. 23st. (between 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York, NY
212-367-9000

Click here for futher info and to buy tickets online.

CONEY ISLAND USA SPRING GALA/BENEFIT 2010!

Click here for futher info and to buy tickets online.

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’s Cavalcade of Youth!

SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 4PM

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents a special showcase for young variety performers, ranging from amateurs to world-class professionals. Juvenile jugglers, diminutive dancers, adolescent acrobats and a host of other moppets and mummers present a full show of vernal vaudeville. Acts range from debuting amateurs to world-class champion performers—all under the age of 21.

Tickets are $10 youth, $15 adults. Click here to buy tickets in advance!

Sideshows By The Seashore
1208 Surf Ave.

help SUPPORT CONEY ISLAND USA!

With your support, CIUSA can continue to bring you innovative and accessibly priced arts programming while we remain a strong public advocate for responsible development in our beloved Coney Island.
Click here to Donate Now!

Your donation of any amount is greatly appreciated, tax-deductible and goes directly towards programs like the Coney Island Museum, Sideshows by the Seashore, Burlesque at the Beach and the Mermaid Parade. Also, when you donate $25 or more you'll automatically become a member of CIUSA entitling you to a host of exciting benefits and perks. Click here to peruse all our membership levels.

Coney Island USA may not be the first place you think of when it's below freezing outside but you can be sure that while the Mermaid Parade is still a good 6 months away we're hard at work down here putting together a 2010 season that will knock your socks off without completely emptying your wallet.

It's been an honor to serve you, our audience for the past 30 years and we hope that with your help we can continue to do so for another three decades and beyond. Please consider a year-end donation to Coney Island USA; whatever amount you choose to give, is greatly appreciated. Click here to Donate Now!

Wish you were here,

Dick D. Zigun

Coney Island USA ONLINE Gift Shop
SPECIALS! PRICES SLASHED!



mystery in a boX! What's in the box? It's a mystery! You'll get $35 - $$$$ worth of merchandise for only $25 shipped! CLICK HEre for further info


Purchase a blank FUNNY face that you can paint yourself. Create your own piece of art! Do it yourself! ONLY $40 SHIPPED!


CONEY ISLAND FILMS ON DVD, $25 SHIPPED!

2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Mermaid Parade Poster SPECIAL! only $15 each shipped!

DREAMLAND BAR AND GRILL TOKENS FROM THE 1920'S! A RARE CONEY ISLAND COLLECTIBLE FOR ONLY $20 SHIPPED!

SWORD SWALLOWER, MADAME TWISTO AND SERPENTINA t-SHIRTS ON SALE FOR $25 SHIPPED!

All Coney Island Film Festival, Creepshow at the Freakshow and Tattoo and Motorcycle Posters reduced, only $15 each shipped!

THE AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM BALLY-MASTER STARRING CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOWS VERY OWN SCOTT BAKER! ONLY $20 SHIPPED!

BECOME A MEMBER of CONEY ISLAND USA!

Shop online or visit us at the Coney Island USA Giftshop!
Saturdays and Sundays 12pm - 5pm.
Coffee, Espresso and Cappucino now available!

1208 Surf Ave. between Stillwell and West 12th