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City officials are finally going to fix the lighting problem at Coney Island’s landmark Parachute Jump.

After Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz called for more “bling” following a lackluster 2006 effort to light the red tower, the city yesterday began soliciting proposals from companies to make the 262-foot-tall symbol of the amusement strip brighter.

Markowitz said he wants “new lighting enhancements that will make our ‘Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn’ visible from outer space, that will really ‘bring the bling to Coney Island.’ ”

The current lighting system by lighting artist Leni Schwendinger was installed in 2006.

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