He died many years after his wife Audrey (who died in 1993), with whom he raised their children on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue, across from the now-gone Steeplechase Park, according to his obituary.

It further considers placing a terminal the Steeplechase Pier near West 16th Street and at other potential sites in the waters of the Coney Island Channel and on the ocean side of the peninsula. The ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11 ... will be visible from various points along the Riegelmann Boardwalk and Steeplechase Park, ensuring everyone can enjoy the show. In addition to the hot ...

"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 ...

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 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 ...

Parade participants will begin their march at 1 p.m. on West 21st Street and Surf Avenue and finish at Steeplechase Plaza in Coney Island. Famously known for the extravagant mermaid costumes worn ...

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.

Some local activists have pushed to move the ferry dock away from Coney Island Creek and on to the ocean side of the peninsula. They’ve suggested it be moved to Steeplechase Pier, arguing that ...