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City Council Oks Coney Island Entertainment Complex

NEW YORK CITY-The $53 million development is slated to include a 5,000-seat amphitheater and restore a property that has been in disrepair and empty for 70 years.

By Rayna Katz | Updated on December 20, 2013

NEW YORK CITY-The City Council has approved the development of the Seaside Park and Community Art Center, an entertainment complex and public park at the site of the historic Childs Restaurant building at Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk in Brooklyn. Law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron land use and government affairs practice group represented the site’s owner, iStar Financial, forthe $53 million project.

The Childs building has been deteriorating and sitting vacant for the past seven decades, The project is slated to include a 5,000-seat amphitheater as well as an expansive public park and playground overlooking the Coney Island beachfront. Construction of these facilties will involve changes to the Childs building, including restoration of its historic façade.

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