New Coney Island roller rink to skate into Childs Restaurant Building
Coney Island’s Boardwalk is getting a new pink roller rink.
Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink will open March 22 in the Childs Restaurant Building, a city landmark.
“It’s extraordinary,” Lola Staar owner Dianna Carlin said.
“Having a roller rink in the Childs building is a dream come true, for myself and Coney Island. It’s a positive thing for the neighborhood.”
Designer Tommy Hilfiger and Glamour magazine chipped in to pay for the rink after Carlin won a competition that asked entrants to write about their “dream come true.”
Hilfiger and Glamour will film Carlin as she renovates the hot-pink rink – which might showcase burlesque shows – for a television documentary.
Childs opened the first of its nine cafeteria-style diners in 1898. The chain expanded to Coney Island in 1922 and featured rooftop dancing before closing in the 1950s.
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