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Family-Friendly Coney Island Boardwalk Walking Tour

Published: June 7, 2026; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: June 11, 2026
Where: Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk

Address: 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States

Join us for a family-friendly walking tour of the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York. Plus a visual bingo challenge!

Please join us for a family-friendly, all-ages Coney Island, Brooklyn Boardwalk educational walking tour where tour participants will have the chance to learn about the Coney Island and greater Southern Brooklyn history through a progressive lens. We will talk about Coney Island’s cultural/historical significance. We will talk about climate change and coastal resiliency in Coney Island and the greater Southern Brooklyn area.

We will give a brief overview of the greater Southern Brooklyn’s history, including Native American history, African-American history, European-American history, and more. We will also learn a little about community health/public health as it relates to Coney Island and the greater Southern Brooklyn area.

Kids and adults will have the chance to do a no-tech/low-tech visual bingo park game challenge, and there will be a chance to answer lots of historical, cultural, nature/science, climate change/coastal resiliency questions, and other trivia questions. (No stress!)

Kids will have the option to check out the sights and sounds of Coney Island (one of at least two small playgrounds on the beach)

All ages are welcome. This is a family-friendly walking tour. This walking tour and visual bingo challenge are best designed for ages 6 and up.

Your tour will be led by a NYC-licensed tour/sightseeing guide, Pamela.

Note: This is a free walking tour for tourists, visitors, NYC residents, and others.

EACH PARTICIPANT UNDER THE AGE of 18 must have an adult (18 + parent/ guardian) present for the entire length of the walking tour/visual bingo challenge.

THIS IS NOT A DROP-OFF TOUR.

This tour is recommended mainly for adults and child/children pairs.

Please bring comfortable walking shoes that are appropriate for walking on the Coney Island boardwalk.

This is a walking tour only.

Walking tour participants will spend the bulk of their time walking on the Coney Island boardwalk. Our group will also walk around the Coney Island Amusement Park area.

The walking tour does not include rides/leisure time at any of the Coney Island Amusement Parks.

The walking tour does not include swimming or beach leisure activities.

Cash tips for the tour guide are not required, but welcome.

Time: 10:00 am EST

Free!

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