Coney Island, County Down is a medieval English word meaning rabbit. Coney Island railway station opened in July 1892 and was closed in January 1950. Coney Island is a spoken-word song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1989 album, "Avalon Sunset". In the song he revisits his youthful trips with his mother to the seaside at Coney Island. The Shore is a Northern Irish short film directed by Terry George. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It was filmed entirely at George's family cottage at Coney Island. Coney Island, County Down Coney
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad 1862, so that the line was commonly called the "Smith Street Line". It was also known as the "Slocum Road" after its president, Henry Warner Slocum, a Civil War general and New York congressman. Slocum's name is also associated with the steamboat "General Slocum", involved in a disastrous fire on the East River. Most of the route operated alongside the Coney Island Plank Road, now Coney Island Avenue. In 1890, in order to compete better with the steam railroads that had been opened to Coney Island beginning in 1864, the CI&B became the first horsecar line in Kings County to