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Rockaways' Playland

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Rockaways’ Playland was an amusement park that operated from 1902 to 1987 on Beach 98th Street in Rockaway Beach in the Borough of Queens, New York City, at Beach 98 Street between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the beachfront. [1]

11 relations: Amusement park, Boardwalk, New York City, Queens, Robert Moses, Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Beach, Queens, Roller coaster, Shore Front Parkway, This Is Cinerama, William Wainwright (land developer).

Amusement park

An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.

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Boardwalk

A boardwalk (board walk, boarded path, promenade) is a constructed pedestrian walkway, often alongside a beach, as walking paths through a park, or in some other tourist area built with wood boards.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Queens

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Robert Moses

Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American public official who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area.

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Rockaway Beach Boulevard

Rockaway Beach Boulevard, opened in 1886, was the first major east-west thoroughfare on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Borough of Queens in New York City.

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Rockaway Beach, Queens

Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Roller coaster

A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions.

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Shore Front Parkway

Shore Front Parkway is a two-lane beachfront road paralleling the boardwalk in Rockaway Beach in the New York City borough of Queens, running between Beach 73rd Street and Beach 108th Street.

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This Is Cinerama

This is Cinerama is a 1952 full-length film designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so the viewer's peripheral vision is involved.

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William Wainwright (land developer)

William Wainwright (1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – ?) was a real-estate developer who was largely responsible in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the transformation of Rockaway Beach, New York into a major resort and amusement area.

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Rockaway Playland, Rockaway's Playland, Rockaways Playland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockaways'_Playland

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