In the late 19th century, Coney Island began ... Seton Hall University's History of New York. Here's what Coney Island looked like 100 years ago, in the early 1900s. A photo from Coney Island's ...

In the above photos you'll see Coney Island as it looked in the late 1800s through the early 1920s—right up until when the boardwalk was being built. And here are a few facts from the 1800s that ...