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Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY
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| Description: | Mangels-Illions |
| Carousel Class: | Classic Wood Carousel |
| Last Update: | 1990 |
| Status: | Active |
| Year Built: | 1903-08 |
| Type: | 4 rows, Park, All Wood composition |
| Figures: | 64 Jumping Horses, 7 Standing Horses, 1 Menagerie Animal (1 Lion), 2 chariots |
| Music: | Band Organ: Bruder, plays BAB 88-key & Wurl 165 rolls |
| Comments: | Frame, organ, chariots & 47 horses from Stubbman Carousel-Coney Island. 24 horses from Feltman's. Combined for 64-65 Worlds Fair. Need updated information. |
| History: | Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 1903 to 1964
Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 1908 to 1964
Flushing Meadows/Corona Park, Queens, NY, 1964 to 1965
Flushing Meadows/Corona Park, Queens, NY, 1968 to present |
| Directions/Hours: | Take Number 7 line to 111th Street. In Corona Park (site of World's Fair) at 50th Ave & 111th St. Near Zoo. Carousel open daily in the summer. |
| Mailing Address: | 50th Ave & 111th St, Queens, NY, 11355 |
| Telephone: | 718-699-4245 |
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