The new stop could be Steeplechase Pier, on the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island’s more tourist-friendly southern end. A century ago, the landmarked Steeplechase Pier welcomed steam-powered paddle ...

The Coney Island History Project will launch the timely exhibit “50th Anniversary of Fred Trump’s Demolition of Steeplechase Pavilion” this Friday, May 28th. Untapped Cities’ tour guide ...

Provided by Luna Park in Coney Island There’s Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and the 103-year-old title attraction with the famous swinging cars. The Steeplechase Pier, which was rebuilt and ...

He followed that up by leasing a large piece of land around the wheel, creating Coney Island’s first large gated amusement park, Steeplechase Park. Steeplechase was named for his iconic horse racing ...

Captain Paul Boyton opens Sea-Lion Park, the first enclosed amusement park at Coney Island. George C. Tilyou opens Steeplechase Park at Coney Island, and introduces the "Steeplechase Horses" ride ...

Coney Island was home to a host of bizarre attractions (some of which would not be acceptable today), especially back in the days of Luna Park, Dreamland, and Steeplechase Park. You can see a ...

It has been 50 years since the father of soon-to-be Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump demolished one of Coney Island’s most beloved icons — the Pavilion of Fun at Steeplechase Park. A new ...

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday announced more than $3.4 million in federal funding for Sandy-related repairs to the Coney Island Steeplechase Pier.

"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 ...

In part, this turnaround is reflected in recent plans to build a sports stadium on the site where Steeplechase Park once stood. No doubt the future of Coney Island will not repeat its past ...

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.