Taking operations to the end of the F line.
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Costumed characters of Times Square are taking advantage of tourist season in New York City by finding some new people to hassle, this time on Coney Island. The Brooklyn Paper reports that off-brand Spongebobs and Spider-men are flooding the Boardwalk following a crackdown around 42nd Street. As at their midtown haunt, the characters are apparently trying to get people to pose for pictures, panhandling, and offending people with their gross costumes. “I don’t come to the Boardwalk to hang out with inaccurate versions of characters,” one person told the paper. The Coney Island Alliance is looking into complaints from locals, but until then, watch out on that Nathan’s line.
