{"id":407668,"date":"2021-04-10T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=407668"},"modified":"2021-04-10T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:58:29","slug":"nycs-coney-island-amusement-park-reopens-at-limited-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nycs-coney-island-amusement-park-reopens-at-limited-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC\u2019s Coney Island amusement park reopens at limited capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnycs-coney-island-amusement-park-reopens-at-limited-capacity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=407668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2396525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2396525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child enjoys a ride after the seasonal opening of the Coney Island amusement park area, Friday, April 9, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.&nbsp; (AP Photo\/John Minchillo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:30 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, April 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>New York City\u2019s iconic amusement park at Coney Island has reopened. The amusement park reopened on Friday, April 9 after an 18-month shut down due to coronavirus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Coney Island, the New York amusement park, reopened to limited capacity on Friday (4\/9) after it was shut down during the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 lockdown. Healthcare workers were invited to the reopening and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attended. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fZQKAPQe1I\">pic.twitter.com\/fZQKAPQe1I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Newspath (@cbsnewspath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbsnewspath\/status\/1380701141080608769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Visitors could reserve a spot at the park online as it was open to limited capacity with social distancing and safety protocols in place. Healthcare workers and their families, who were privately invited to celebrate the park\u2019s Opening Day, said it felt great to be back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been a Rollercoaster year\u2026but finally thrill-seekers are back at Luna Park, Coney Island for Opening Day \ud83c\udfa2<br \/>The fun, the food, the rides, coming up at 5 &amp; 6pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNewYork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSNewYork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eAVzZuMnLs\">pic.twitter.com\/eAVzZuMnLs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalie Duddridge (@NatDuddridgeTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatDuddridgeTV\/status\/1380562680700887044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt really feels good,\u201d healthcare worker Yvette Pagan said. \u201cWe missed it last year. This is like a family tradition that we have. I have older nieces and nephews that always came to Coney Island and enjoyed it. We live here. I was born and raised here. I work in Coney Island Hospital. I\u2019m so happy to be a part of this community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, as regulations continue to change and health protocols allow, the park hopes to be able to open to even more people in the near future.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-creates-commission-to-assess-effects-of-court-packing\/\">Biden Creates Commission To Assess Effects Of Court Packing<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child enjoys a ride after the seasonal opening of the Coney Island amusement park area, Friday, April 9, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/John Minchillo) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276010,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}