The famed Cyclone roller coaster in New York City's Coney Island has reopened two weeks after a mechanical problem forced a mid-ride stop and people had to be helped off the attraction.

and by the time people were ready to ride roller coasters again, the woodies had begun their long slide into obscurity. Traver's Cyclone at Crystal Beach Park was torn down in 1946, to make way ...

She added: "As a roller coaster lover, it was a dream." It's a Coney Island tradition to christen the first Cyclone ride of the season with one of New York's indigenous egg creams. Chris White ...