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| Amusement Park: | Steeplechase Park |
| Location: | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Status: | Defunct
Operated from 5/17/1908 to 9/20/1964
Operated from 1967 or later to 1981 or earlier |
| Notes: | Currently this page contains only information from the second Steeplechase Park rebuilt after the first burned down in 1907. Information on the first is still a work in progress. |
| | One source also mentions a Zyklon and a Wildcat operating at this location. This information hasn't been confirmed at this time. |
| History: | After Steeplechase Park closed the Tilyou family sold the land to Fred C. Trump (Donald Trump's father) for 2.5 million dollars. Trump had wanted to build high-rise apartments on the land, but these plans fell through. In 1967, Trump leased the land to Norman Kaufman who initially, used it as a parking lot. Norman later added rides and turned it into a small park. Trump then sold the land to the city of New York in 1981 for 4 million dollars. Simultaneously, Kaufman relocated his park to a few blocks to the east.
The land remained vacant until KeySpan Park opened in 2001 -- a 6,500 seat minor league baseball stadium used by the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Today, the Parachute Jump is all that remains of Steeplechase Park. |
| Defunct Roller Coasters (8): | Name | Type | Design | Opened | Closed |
| | Figure 8 | Wood | Sit Down | 5/17/1908 | |
| | Flying Coaster | Steel | Sit Down | 1948 | |
| | Flying Turns | Wood | Bobsled | 1934 | 9/14/1939 |
| | Jumbo Jet | Steel | Sit Down | 1972 | 1979 - 1986 |
| | Limit | Wood | Sit Down | 1925 | |
| | Ocean Roller Coaster | Wood | Sit Down | | |
| | Steeplechase Ride | Steel | Sit Down | 5/17/1908 | 9/20/1964 |
| | Zip | Wood | Sit Down | | |
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