Coney Island NYC 1958 ~ A Busy Surf Avenue, Steeplechase Park & Parachute Jump

[@gc4644]

Good to see the old Parachute ride working!

[@RISTARDWEST]

The good old days may be gone but not forgotten.😊

[@juliejensen7370]

It's so neat to see life around the time you were born! Thank u.

[@briancunningham3155]

Around the time this film was taken, I may have been on the kiddie train that went around Steeplechase. They also had a stair that went up to this wooden box that had "California Red Bats" on it. When you got to the top of the stairs, you saw two red baseball bats inside the box! ☺️

[@tedmichaels1951]

Great video

[@tomy.1846]

Awesome look back!!! :)

[@gusbuss1]

Was on the steeplechase when I was about 8 . Screamed my head off.

[@stephaniec.2520]

To me the as a child, the old Steeplechase horses were magic. Especially when they turned a corner and seemed to be riding in the sky with the ocean in view. It was magic. At Luna Park there was a beautiful, highly glossed wooden floor. A ride was for a child to slide down that floor which had loops and was on an incline. As I recall the wood was imported from Sweden and was beautiful. Sorry if name icon comes up 2x. Computer glitch.

[@survivalcraftstudio]

wow this is old and i like it

[@kashkari999]

even tho my parents weren’t even born yet, i wanna go back n see how it was like!!

[@DrBeah]

At 2:12 - the Real Steeplechase Ride!

[@DaveSCameron]

Definitely a Just Kids- Patti Smith/ The Warriors kinda vibe here and it's glorious. Thank you 😎

[@KenButz]

Yes, great read!

[@DaveSCameron]

@Lance Hugh Behave with the adverts, *Reported

[@DaveSCameron]

@Alfredo Gustavo Do one kid, *Reported

[@dbbernspasvolsky5993]

1958 born sept that year brooklyn at claason and park place prospect park

[@easynhonest]

Wow ! Great historic footage . I'm trying to figure out what that ride is at 1:23 ?

[@KenButz]

Not sure but its in Luna Park

[@steveweinberg462]

The Gyro Globe. It was on W12th, closed early 60s.

[@samueldiaz6299]

Where's nathans

[@rockmanvideos]

ken can i use some snippets of this for a project i'm working on ??

[@KenButz]

Please contact me at [e-mail]

[@nightisright1873]

Don’t see Luna park

[@KenButz]

Thanks for that!

[@Miniver765]

I'm pretty sure what was left of Luna Park had been demolished by 1958 since it shut down permanently in 1946. I think the Luna Park housing projects were started around 1954/55.

[@marcatyankeepark459]

Unbelievable