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City officials estimate fixing Coney Island’s dilapidated boardwalk will cost $200 million, and they’re turning to the feds, the state — and even private landowners in the amusement district — to help pick up the hefty tab.

“We’re looking at all levels of funding for what is a very costly, but important, project,” said city Parks Department spokeswoman Abigail Lootens, regarding plans to replace nearly three miles of Brooklyn boardwalk from Sea Gate through Coney Island east to Brighton Beach.

Coney Island’s amusement district — with its decaying, wobbling wooden planks and exposed nails — is in especially bad shape as the city looks to rezone the area to spur future development.

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Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who helplessly witnessed a man injure himself after falling through the boardwalk a few months ago, is working with the Bloomberg administration to devise a plan to secure federal funding for a project that would get matched locally, said his district manager, Robert Gottheim.

The congressman also believes landowners along the amusement district — such as developer Joseph Sitt, who is proposing a controversial $1.5 billion entertainment complex — should be asked to help pick up the tab since they stand to benefit most.

The department currently has a $1.5 million annual budget to fix all of the city’s boardwalks.

Creating a local business-improvement district could set up a mechanism to help property owners maintain the boardwalk and the rest of the neighborhood, said Gottheim.