South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, situated directly south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. South Beach contains a boardwalk with an eponymous beach on its southeastern coast. Midland Beach shares the Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk with neighboring South Beach. The South Beach Boardwalk which is 2.5 miles long is the fourth-longest boardwalk in the world. Directly east of the beach are two small islands, Hoffman Island and Swinburne Island. In fact, South Beach was once known as “The Riviera of New York City.” In the early part of the 20th century, it was home to one of the most famous amusement parks on the East Coast. The Happyland Amusement Park, which opened in 1906 on 15 acres of shorefront property, boasted a ferris wheel and roller coaster, arcade games, theaters and eateries to rival the offerings in Brooklyn’s Coney Island.

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