Steeplechase Pier sits next to Maimonides Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones ... Catsimatidis, who is also pushing to bring casinos to Coney Island, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

Coney Island weathered the Great Depression ... Two years later, entrepreneur George C. Tilyou opened Steeplechase Park, which became famous for its signature mechanical horse ride.

Coney Island is continuing to celebrate its storied ... “It began when Thompson and Dundy brought ‘A Trip to the Moon’ to Steeplechase Park in 1902 and culminated in 1962 with Astroland ...

The land once belonged to Steeplechase Park, one the three original major amusement parks in Coney Island. George Tilyou founded it in 1897, but it closed in 1964 due to low attendance.

Coney Island’s notorious space themed Astroland Park is celebrating ... “It began when Thompson and Dundy brought ‘A Trip to the Moon’ to Steeplechase Park in 1902 and culminated in 1962, with ...

"Between 1897 and 1904, three amusement parks sprang up at Coney Island: Dreamland, Luna Park and Steeplechase." Coney Island’s first hotel had opened in 1829 — and by the post-Civil War years ...

This film shows a mechanical ride in an amusement park, designed to allow customers to ride down an undulating incline astride wooden horses. Several groups of people are seen enjoying the ride ...