Coney Island Creek


September 30th, 2007 -

Coney Island Creek once divided Coney Island from mainland Brooklyn. It now houses a collection of ruined boats and one dead experimental submarine. This creek, like its Brooklyn siblings the Gowanus Canal and the Newtown Creek, was a once thriving waterway. It has now been left to decay and wildlife. Jellyfish, rats and fisherman line its banks. These photos document a tea party on the creek arranged by the creative group Ars Subterranea, which was founded by the artist Julia Solis.

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For other photo essays from abandoned Coney Island, visit The Freak's Domain (2008), Under The Boardwalk (2009) and Abandoned Playland (2011).














10 comments:

  1. NateOctober 1, 2007 at 1:18 AM

    Emily and Shannon will be excited to get press coverage, no doubt.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2007 at 1:43 PM

    nice photos, i especially like the first and last photos!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 3, 2007 at 10:21 AM

    Nice shots of the creek! Glad to see its getting used for something other then dumping. What kind of fish were they catching?

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  4. AnonymousOctober 3, 2007 at 10:22 AM

    Hey these photographs are really interesting. And that arts group sounds great. Thank you for posting about this.

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  5. Nathan KensingerOctober 3, 2007 at 4:24 PM

    Thanks for the comments - it was an interesting event to attend and to document. Not sure what kind of fish were being caught - the only ones I saw swimming around were pretty tiny.

    I guess, because of the anonymous comments posted here, I am going to have to start requiring that any people commenting must at least add a name... anonymous comments will be deleted in the future.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 7, 2007 at 9:47 PM

    people in your photographs! How rare!

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  7. Nathan KensingerOctober 8, 2007 at 11:41 AM

    Meghan -

    I know! Its a crazy new thing I just thought of! What do you think - should I just photoshop them all out?

    Haha. Just kidding.

    nate

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM

    do you think coney island creek is new or something? apparently nothing can be kept sacred.

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  9. Nathan KensingerFebruary 9, 2008 at 4:23 AM

    Thanks anonymous for your comment. No, Coney Island Creek is not new, and no, it is not sacred. It is just a body of water.

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  10. AnonymousApril 8, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    I GREW UP IN BENSONHURST IN THE 40'S-60'S. COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SIGN OF THE FUNKY CREEK WE PASSED ON THE BMT SUBWAY GOING INTO CONEY ISLAND. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. I LOVED MY CHILDHOOD DAYS

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