Portal:New York (state)/Did you know/10

Coney Island, as seen in the middle left of the image

...that the Adirondack Park Agency was created in an attempt to settle the dispute over whether wilderness within the site should be preserved, or be exploited for profit?
...that Same-sex marriage in New York became legal on July 24, 2011, under the Marriage Equality Act?
...that Coney Island in southern Brooklyn has a population of 60,000?

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