While the final season at Astroland may not signify the last chapter in the tale of Coney Island, it represents the end of a volume in the amusement hub’s storied anthology. Albert sold the Astroland site to Thor last fall. “I think Joe Sitt has been taking all the city’s attention and energy,” she said.Ī spokesman for the city’s Economic Development Corporation, Andrew Brent, denied that preferential treatment was given to any developer and said the city was surprised when Ms. Albert, whose family has owned Astroland for all 40 years of its existence, said there were too many bureaucratic obstacles to year-round amusements on her site. “I couldn’t risk going out of business,” she said, contending that years of anticipated construction on Thor’s property presented a large obstacle. The owner of Astroland, Carol Hill Albert, who also owns the Cyclone roller coaster, sold the site to Thor in the fall for $30 million, property records indicate, a deal she said she was reluctant to make. A developer, Thor Equities, founded by Joseph Sitt, intends to shut it down in the fall to make room for a total overhaul of the area. This year was different in that the opening will be the last of the annual rituals at Coney Island’s only remaining true amusement park. Workers at Coney Island’s Astroland did over the weekend what they do every spring: clean up the ticket booths and prepare the rides for the April 1 opening.
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