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In Baldwin, Nunley's was located on Sunrise Highway, on the border with Freeport, New York, and operated from 1940 to 1995.Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park was established by William Nunley, a third-generation amusement park entrepreneur, who also operated facilities in Bethpage, in Queens (in Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach), and in Westchester County (in Yonkers), New York. [4]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 15:37, 5 October 2021: 1,998 × 1,374 (1.13 MB): Daniel Case {{Information |Description=The Rollermagic roller rink in Hyde Park, NY, USA, used as a location for the 2020 film ''Driveways''. |Source={{own}} |Date=2021-08-07 |Author= Daniel Case |Permission={{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-4.0}} |other_versions= }} Category:Roller skating rinks in the ...
Following the 1913 murder of Sam Howell, a construction foreman in Westchester County, and failure of the local police to arrest suspects he had named before his death, the New York State Legislature passed a bill to establish a state police force. The New York State Police was officially established on April 11, 1917.
Special Patrolmen The designation as a NYC special patrolmen AKA [special officer] [3] is unique to New York City. It is granted by the Police Commissioner of New York City Police Department NYPD to certain New York City agencies as well as privately owned and operated companies who are responsible for maintaining safety and security at ...
The Empire Roller Rink in 2006. The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. [1] The birthplace of roller disco, [2] it was the first venue to showcase jammin', a skate style invented by its attendee and employee Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler. [3] [1]
On March 20, 2011, a lap bar on the Hi-Miler roller coaster at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo suddenly unlocked, causing a 47-year-old male guest to fall more than 28 feet (8.5 m) from the roller coaster. The malfunction was caused by a single screw, which was supposed to keep the lock pin in place and the lap bar locked.
The Roxy (sometimes Roxy NYC) was a popular nightclub and former disco roller rink located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan , it began as a roller disco in 1978, founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg. [ 1 ]
Rockaways Playland, Car Ride, 1977. Rockaways' Playland was an amusement park that operated from 1902 to 1987 in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York City.Bounded by Beach 97th and Beach 98th Streets between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, Rockaways' Playland was created in 1902 by roller coaster designer LaMarcus Adna Thompson.