Coney Island: A different world at night

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Gladys and Jaime Leon rest on a rock under the illuminated Parachute Jump at Brooklyn’s Coney Island in New York on Aug. 13. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Swimmers take advantage of cooler evening temperatures to bathe at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Aug. 14. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Nathan’s Famous hot dog restaurant is reflected in a rain dampened Coney Island street in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A family heads to the beach for an evening swim at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Luis Orlando Zavala, seated at the table, leads his friends in a game of dominoes under a Puerto Rican flag at Coney Island in New York on Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Women sit on Steeplechase Pier after sunset in New York’s Coney Island on Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Families enjoy an evening on the beach at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 21. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A family carries stuffed animals they won at a Coney Island arcade in New York on July 22. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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The amusement park is illuminated after sundown at Coney Island in New York on July 22. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Trinity Ford sits on a vacant lifeguard stand at Coney Island beach in New York on Aug. 13. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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New York City police officers calm an irate woman on the Coney Island boardwalk in New York on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A couple cools their feet in the surf at Coney Island in New York on July 21. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A family is bemused by a Mickey Mouse character while strolling the Coney Island boardwalk in New York on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Parents sit nearby while their children ride a carousel at Coney Island in New York on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A couple embraces on Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island in New York on Aug. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

As the summer comes to an end, here’s a look at New York’s Coney Island at night after the day crowds and tourists have left. Colored lights silhouette the rides above the darkened seascape. And the locals — mostly working-class, many of them immigrants — come out to enjoy balmy summer evenings as the heat of the day subsides.