Old NYC Amusement Parks

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nfd2004

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I remember going to Freedomland as a kid. My favorite thing there was "The Chicago Fire". We would pull out a hand pumper and all us young firefighters would start to pump the rig by hand. We would watch the fire be put out in the building. It was Great. Then I think there was a train ride and the bad guys came in to hold up the passengers.

I don't think I-95 was done when we went there. I think our radiator overheated in the car on the trip in New Rochelle, from Bridgeport, Ct.

  I didn't watch the video yet, but I will now.

  Thanks "mack".
 
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And there was "Fairyland" on the corner(s) of Queens Blvd. & 59th Avenue thru 57th Avenue where now stands the Queens Mall.
 
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I think Palisades Park should qualify as a NY amusement park, even if it was across the river.  After all, where do the Giants play?

BTW, I had some great times there as a teenager.
 
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memory master said:
And there was "Fairyland" on the corner(s) of Queens Blvd. & 59th Avenue thru 57th Avenue where now stands the Queens Mall.
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I actually just mentioned "Fairyland" in my speech at the FH Centennial last week ....it was  one of my first ventures into Elmhust as a kid in the early '50s...later i shined shoes almost across the street from it then years after when in 108 we interchanged w/136 then another 25 yrs later i was assigned to the FH as a BC.....i still have 2 Fairyland tickets .......the only remaining space formerly a parking lot opposite the newer part of the QNS Center Mall is slated to become the site of three different chain restaurants. 
 
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Just gotta say their were several great parks around Boston. Revere Beach, lots of good times, but many Revere jakes spent a long night on the boardwalk. Nantasket Beach, s of Boston was different, you could take the ferry. Just saying!
 
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mack said:
Rye Playland in Rye NY - outside of NYC but close - was a pioneer since it was completely designed prior to being built. This was first for the time period. Playland is still active today.
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Is the Dragon coaster still there?
 
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https://untappedcities.com/2018/03/05/rare-color-photos-of-freedomland-nycs-grandiose-lost-amusement-park/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=3b45128b1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_6_6_2019_11_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c04245c7de-3b45128b1b-1204374881

Rare Color Photos of Freedomland, NYC?s Grandiose Lost Amusement Park 
 
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I remember Buddy's (Buddies?) near Flatbush and Utica Avenues.
Also a small park on Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, and Nellie Bly's off the eastbound Belt Parkway approaching Cropsey Avenue.
 
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Not NYC but if you are out East the Carousel in the Greenport Village is a great attraction....it has the old school brass ring which if grabbed gets you a free ride which is normally 2 bucks ....a nice atmosphere there ....unfortunately right now due to the hunan virus it is temporarily closed..... check the 19 photos in this link ....    https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g47827-d8453905-Reviews-Antique_Carousel-Greenport_North_Fork_Long_Island_New_York.html
 
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