The Brooklyn Daily reports that the original Coney Island Nathan's Famous will not reopen until Spring 2013 after sustaining significant damage from Hurricane Sandy and that the July 4, 2013 hot dog eating contest is still on.
The New York Times has an article about post-Sandy Coney Island with quotes from singer-songwriter Amos Wengler who is famous for his performances at the Nathan's finals.
WoTUserMrSuicide has a picture of the Nathan's Wall of Fame taken October 30 with the countdown timer turned off due to lack of power. (Coney Island Oct 30 gallery). One Coney Island apartment building lacked power for 10 days. update Nov 13 Huffington Post has more on the state of Coney Island.
The facebook for Nathan's Famous announces that its original location on Coney Island, site of the annual hot dog eating contest on July 4, suffered severe water damage during Hurricane Sandy and the reopening date is unknown. Nathan's is donating 50,000 hot dogs to the New York City Food Bank.
Coney Island under water after Hurricane Sandy
update Nov 5 Takeru Kobayashi lost power in Manhattan (now restored) and had to live with friends in Brooklyn.
update Oct 31 #2 ControlGeek.net has some pictures of Coney Island taken Tuesday morning. (via Brooklyn Vegan).
update Oct 31 Bob Shoudt has uploaded a video of his neighborhood.
Hope everyone is safe after Hurricane Sandy (LA Beast lost power last night). Coney Island is currently flooded, some pictures: Amusement Park | Neptune & Stillwell | parking lot | NY Daily News pictures | EarthCam live cam. Fortunately rumors that Coney Island Hospital was on fire turned out to be untrue.
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