One of the best changes to the Brooklyn Half Marathon last year was adjusting the route so that it ended on the Coney Island boardwalk. There is really not a more exciting way to end a race than stomping down those creaking boards (fingers crossed you don’t trip and end up in the “Shoot the Freak” pit).

I came across the work of Josh Goldstein, a NYC artist who does incredible multi-media photo collage inspired by the bodegas and other familiar “scrapple from the apple.” Recently, he’s been working with salvaged wood from Coney Island to create a set of works inspired by the famed New York destination.

Hot Nathan (2008), mixed media photo collage on assorted salvaged plywood and lumber

Can you imagine how incredible this piece would look on the wall? So layered with the stacked pieces of wood. On his website Josh writes that he creates art informed by “those menus slipped under the door; the tags and graffiti covering the local deli; the newspapers left behind on the train and littering the sidewalk; the daily bombardment of storefront signs.”

Cylone Nathan's Wonder Wheel Astroland