Coney Island has inspired dreamers and entrepreneurs since the Gilded Age. It was a seasonal world's fair that wowed the crowds with the latest and greatest innovations and inventions. Coney Island showcased everything from deep sea exploration to aerospace. Electricity to structural steel. Incubators for tiny little babies to towers that rivaled the first skyscrapers. And, of course, candy and hot dogs too! Let your imagination run wild with the stories behind its sensational parks and rides.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Nathan's Famous
- Outside on the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues in front of Nathan's Famous, across the street from the Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue subway station: 1310 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224
Discover Coney Island
Coney Island has inspired dreamers and schemers from the start:
* Discover America's first amusement parks and rides
* Learn how Coney Island became a seasonal world's fair for the latest and greatest in technology
Historical places in Coney Island
* Get to know the creative, entrepreneurial and ingenious people who made their fortune and fame there
* Meet the influential and powerful figures who shaped and may shape Coney Island's past and future
* Find out how Coney Island survived and thrived in good times and bad
Ending Point
Williams Candy
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
* Licensed NYC Sightseeing Guide.
* Local guide who is a Brooklyn native.
* Public transportation
* Food and drinks other than samples.
* Gratuities are not included, but are greatly appreciated!
* Designed for ages 18 and over.
* Runs in all weather conditions. Please dress appropriately.
* Sorry, pets except service animals are not allowed.
With advanced planning I may be available on Tuesdays.
Please contact me if you cannot find the availability. I may adjust to your request.
My name is Dom G. and I'm a native Brooklynite who has been conducting "Made in Brooklyn" themed tours since 2011 after a career working for high tech hardware manufacturers. Inspired by the makers I discover on my travels, I seek out who's makin' it right here in Brooklyn. My tours feature creative people and local businesses, honor the innovators of Brooklyn's Industrial Revolution and highlight what makes Brooklyn so great. I personally design all my tours and am a bonafide licensed NYC Sightseeing Guide.
$300/ per group