Feinstein Collection

Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
This photo, taken by Coney Island resident and amateur documentarian Abe Feinstein, shows the Coney Island Beach in April 1978 looking towards the former Childs Boardwalk Restaurant. Constructed in Spanish Colonial Revival style with elaborate terra...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Stillwell Avenue Subway Station angle view
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
The Bathysphere, originally used for deep-sea dives from 1930-1934, was exhibited at the World's Fair in 1934, and then at the Aquarium from 1957-1994 and 2005-present. Coney Island resident and amatuer documentarian Abe Feinstein took this...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
The front of Stillwell Avenue Subway from across the street
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
In 1941, Robert Moses closed the Castle Clinton location of the New York Aquarium and, after an $11 million relocation process, the Aquarium re-opened in Coney Island in 1957. This picture was taken in October 1962 by Coney Island resident and...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
The Atlantis Bar operated from the late 1940's until the 1990's, by which time it had become a Boardwalk Latin Dance Club called Club Atlantis. Taken by Coney Island resident Abe Feinstein in October, 1995 this photograph features the famous...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Used wears shop open underneath the subway tracks on West 12th Street
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Sky Rapids Water Slide site next to the Stillwell Avenue Subway Station
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Stillwell Avenue Subway Station under construction
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Stillwell Avenue Subway Entrance
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