Break dancing at Coney Island
Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City is a neighborhood best known for its long history as a recreational center. It was a seaside resort destination beginning in the 1870s, and while that declines, amusement parks gained headway. Coney Island declined after World War II, although there were revival efforts in the 1980s after decades of neglect. It figured as a source of nostalgia in works such as Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.
A Sesame Street film insert (First: Episode 1895) showcases the breakdancing group Magnificent Force practicing with a kid at Coney Island.
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- When Big Bird imagines Hawaii including the swimming beaches in Sesame Street Episode 1382, he refers to it as a "regular Coney Island."
- While singing "Alone in a Swamp" in Sesame Street Episode 2301, Oscar ironically complains that the Sahara Desert is too green and Coney Island is too clean (a joking allusion to how rundown Coney had become by then).
- Harvey and Crichton talk while riding Coney Island attractions in the third season Farscape episode "Daedalus Demands." Since the series was shot in Australia, Luna Park in Sydney stands in for Coney Island.