Sideshows By The Seashore on Surf Ave. in Coney Island Brooklyn.Step right up! It’s amazing! It’s astounding!
An infestation of rapacious wood-eating beetles has dined on the first-floor rafters of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow theater putting it in danger of collapsing on the creeps, freaks and sword swallowers below.
Powderpost Beetle of the type that threatens the Coney Island Circus Sideshow building.
The sideshow barker Dick Zigun said that the problem was discovered last week by electricians installing a new lighting grid in the landmarked 1917 building.
“The wood was turning to dust when you touched it,” said Zigun, the show’s founder.
He said sometime over the last century a swarm of the hungry bugs — called powderpost beetles — devoured the joists over the bleachers .
The strange discovery jeopardized the Valentine’s Day for Lovers and Losers show
but Zigun and his misfit crew were able to reconfigure the seating so that no audience members are in danger.
To make a donation to help with repairs, go to http://www.coneyisland.com/.Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/coney-island-venue-threatened-wood-eating-beetles-article-1.1017018#ixzz1lQfgKIUT
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