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Updated 03/22/2008
May 30, 1907, The Golden City Amusement Park opened its doors on Seaview Avenue and Canarsie Road. It ran along Jamaica Bay along the Canarsie shore. All the paths in the park were made of ground-up clam and oyster shells. A record crowd of twenty-five thousand people attended the Grand opening of the park. They came from all over the city to enjoy all the activities along the Canarsie shore. William Warner Jr., the President of the Canarsie Amusement Company, which owned the park and it's buildings, planned to make Golden City Park one of the largest amusement resorts in the world. The plan was to extend the park to the adjacent land and have more than fifty acres for amusement purposes. People who visited, played games, enjoyed a boat ride, The Funhouse, The Roller Coaster, The Miniature Steam Railway, The Circle Swings, The Caterpiller, Penny Arcade, Skooter, The Tunnel of Love, The Whip, The Airplane Ride, a Dance Pavilion and the Carousels amongst other attractions. The two carousels were Murphy's Carousel and Nunley's Carousel. Nunley's Carousel was built in 1912. It was carved by two men from Brooklyn named Stein and Goldstein. The Carousel consisted of an organ, 41 horses and one lion. It was moved to an Amusement Park in Baldwin Long Island in 1939. The visitors also enjoyed the surrounding beaches, the Boardwalk (on Seaview Avenue) and all of the refreshments, from soda, beer, hot dogs, seafood and other assorted varieties. Given the proximity of the water and the best fishing and clamming area on the entire Eastern seaboard, seafood was undoubtedly the most sought after food. A boxing arena was one of the most exciting attractions outside the park’s entrance. Also outside the park, located near the train station, stood the famous Husman Music Hall along with some hotels and beer halls. In 1934, the second fire to erupt in Golden City (the first one happened in the early teens) started in a restaurant in the park. It destroyed the Dance Hall, a Cafe, the restaurant, two Hotels, the amusement park's office and part of the park's amusement attractions in the front of the park. The roller coaster, tunnel of love, steam railway and several other smaller attractions were saved. In 1939, the last of The Golden City Park was torn down to make room for the Belt Parkway. The park was supposed to be rebuilt and relocated where the shopping center and Seaview movies use to be located. The Civic Association protested and with the backing of the Parks Commissioner had an injunction issued. Their reason was that they did want Golden City Park to draw any bad elements to Canarsie. The Rockaway Parkway exit was completed in 1940 bringing new life to the Canarsie community.
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