Coney Island Avenue
Ayesha comes to Brooklyn from Karachi. Everything is new, like her marriage to Ahmad. Then the towers come down. Men start vanishing from the neighborhood. And Ayesha is about to get caught in the storm.
This free piece of audio theatre was directed and produced by Brad Ogden, adapted from the short story The End of Coney Island Avenue by Roohi Choudhry and the play Coney Island Avenue by Charles Mee. Featuring original music by Sona Koloyan and performances by Peregrine Teng Heard, John Maddaloni, Maryam Mustafa, Page Ridgeway, and Sabina Sethi Unni.
3 ways to experience:
Walk & Listen
This piece of audio theatre was designed to accompany the mostly flat, visually various, 5.2-mile walk down Coney Island Avenue’s entire span — from Park Circle at Prospect Park to the Brighton Beach boardwalk.
For the best experience, download these six audio tracks to your mobile device ahead of time. The walk begins where Park Circle connects to Coney Island Avenue. That's also where you should press play on the first track, "Park Circle." The title of each subsequent track corresponds to the cross street at which it should be played (e.g. press play on "Beverley Road" as you cross over Beverley Road, and so on). These tracks will accompany most (but not all) of your walk; the sounds of the city also have a role to play. Be sure to listen with headphones. And after Avenue Z, go straight over the bridge.
The experience concludes at the Brighton Beach boardwalk, where Coney Island Avenue ends. The duration of the walk varies for each individual but averages just under two hours.
Listen
Experience Coney Island Avenue wherever you are. Download all six audio tracks, or stream them from this website using a desktop or mobile device. Headphones are recommended. For a visual component while you listen, take a virtual walk with Google Street View.
Read
To request a transcript of Coney Island Avenue, click here. For a visual component while you read, take a virtual walk with Google Street View.