Half Moon Hotel
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Half Moon Hotel was a historic oceanfront hotel in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, best known as the site of mob informant Abe Reles’s mysterious 1941 death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Half Moon Hotel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9076819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Half Moon Hotel Context triple: [Abe Reles, hotelAtDeath, Half Moon Hotel]
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A.
The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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B.
Honeymoon Hotel
"Honeymoon Hotel" is a lively musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Footlight Parade*, known for its playful pre-Code innuendo and elaborate Busby Berkeley choreography.
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C.
Riverhouse
Riverhouse is a luxury eco-friendly residential condominium building located in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood.
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D.
House of the Sea
House of the Sea is a name typically given to coastal homes, hotels, or retreats that emphasize a close connection to the ocean and maritime surroundings.
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E.
Black Rock Sands
Black Rock Sands is a wide, sandy beach on the coast of North Wales, popular for its scenic views, vehicle access to the shore, and proximity to the town of Porthmadog.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Half Moon Hotel Target entity description: Half Moon Hotel was a historic oceanfront hotel in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, best known as the site of mob informant Abe Reles’s mysterious 1941 death.
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A.
The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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B.
Honeymoon Hotel
"Honeymoon Hotel" is a lively musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Footlight Parade*, known for its playful pre-Code innuendo and elaborate Busby Berkeley choreography.
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C.
Riverhouse
Riverhouse is a luxury eco-friendly residential condominium building located in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood.
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D.
House of the Sea
House of the Sea is a name typically given to coastal homes, hotels, or retreats that emphasize a close connection to the ocean and maritime surroundings.
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E.
Black Rock Sands
Black Rock Sands is a wide, sandy beach on the coast of North Wales, popular for its scenic views, vehicle access to the shore, and proximity to the town of Porthmadog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
hotel ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Art Deco ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abe Reles
ⓘ
Murder, Inc. ⓘ New York City organized crime ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1926 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateOfEvent | 12 November 1941 ⓘ |
| demolished | 1995 ⓘ |
| eventLocation | sixth-floor window ⓘ |
| hasProperty | oceanfront ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
site of mysterious death
ⓘ
symbol of Coney Island’s decline ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered a historic Coney Island landmark (informal) ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture |
referenced in books on organized crime
ⓘ
referenced in histories of Coney Island ⓘ |
| laterUsedAs | senior citizens home ⓘ |
| laterUsedBy | Coney Island Hospital ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| location |
Brooklyn
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Coney Island ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive press coverage of Abe Reles’s death ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Hudson’s ship Half Moon ⓘ |
| near | West 29th Street, Coney Island ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death of mob informant Abe Reles ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 14 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | private hotel operators ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
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| partOf |
Coney Island Boardwalk area
ⓘ
linked to:
Coney Island Boardwalk
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| reasonForDemolition |
redevelopment of Coney Island waterfront
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structural deterioration ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
New York City public housing
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linked to:
New York City Housing Authority
senior housing complex ⓘ |
| use |
hospital facility
ⓘ
nursing home ⓘ residential hotel ⓘ resort hotel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Half Moon Hotel Description of subject: Half Moon Hotel was a historic oceanfront hotel in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, best known as the site of mob informant Abe Reles’s mysterious 1941 death.
Referenced by (1)
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