The story
The space-age Coney Island theme park that defined Brooklyn summers for nearly half a century before succumbing to redevelopment.
Everything that was here
- 1962–2008
AstrolandAmusement Park
The space-age Coney Island theme park that defined Brooklyn summers for nearly half a century before succumbing to redevelopment.
See the map in 1963 → - 1897–1964
Steeplechase ParkAmusement Park
Coney Island's first major amusement park (1897-1964). Famous mechanical horse race ride.
See the map in 1898 →
Nearby history
Luna Park
Surf Avenue · 237 m away
2001 Odyssey Disco
802 64th Street · 7.2 km away
Ebbets Field
55 Sullivan Place · 10.3 km away
RKO Albee Theatre
1 DeKalb Avenue · 13.0 km away
Abraham & Straus
422 Fulton Street · 13.1 km away
Fraunces Tavern
54 Pearl Street · 14.7 km away
On December 4, 1783, nine days after the British left New York, George Washington said farewell to his officers in this
Know something about Astroland? An old photo, a date, a memory of what stood here before?
Add it on the map