Coney Island Cyclone
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Coney Island Cyclone is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Coney Island Hang Glider, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Cyclone, also called the Coney Island Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Designed by Vernon Keenan, it opened to the public on June 26, 1927. The roller coaster is on a plot of land at the intersection of Surf Avenue and West 10th Street. The Cyclone reaches a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and has a total track length of 2,640 feet (800 m), with a maximum height of 75 feet (23 m). The roller coaster operated for more than four decades before it began to deteriorate, and by the early 1970s the city planned to scrap the ride. On June 18, 1975, Dewey and Jerome Albert, owners of the adjacent Astroland amusement park, entered an agreement with New York City to operate the ride. The roller coaster was refurbished in the 1974 off-season and reopened on July 3, 1975. Astroland Park continued to invest millions of dollars in the Cyclone's upkeep. The roller coaster was declared a New York City designated landmark in 1988 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. After Astroland closed in 2008, Cyclone Coasters president Carol Hill Albert continued to operate it under a lease agreement with the city. In 2011, Luna Park took over the Cyclone.
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Wikidata Q677558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1927-06-26
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Coney Island Hang Glider: 0.0 mi
- Coney Clipper: 0.0 mi
- The Tickler: 0.1 mi
- Magic Bikes: 0.1 mi
- Lynn's Trapeze: 0.1 mi
- K. 159: 0.1 mi
- First Symphony of the Sea: 0.2 mi
- Tagging Robot: 0.4 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 0.4 mi
- Giant Squid: 0.4 mi
- Luna Playground: 0.1 mi
- Neptune Playground: 0.3 mi
- Steeplechase Park: 0.3 mi
- Asser Levy Park: 0.3 mi
- Hennessey Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Coney Island Beach: 0.2 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 1.7 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 2.2 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 3.0 mi
- Fort Tilden Beach: 4.6 mi
- To All Veterans, Living or Dead: 0.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 0.9 mi
- Edible Schoolyard NYC: 1.1 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 1.8 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.3 mi
- Swinburne Island: 3.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.2 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.7 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 6.0 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 3.7 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 4.2 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 4.7 mi
- Mont Sec House: 4.8 mi
- Battle Hill: 5.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 5.7 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.9 mi
- Fox Hills: 5.9 mi
- Quaker Hill: 6.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.4 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 8.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.2 mi
- Palisades: 13.7 mi
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 20.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 7.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.9 mi
- North Tower: 12.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.2 mi
- The Loch: 15.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 20.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.1 mi
- Barber: 15.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coney Island Cyclone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 320° | 179 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 310° | 175 m | 21.3 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 312° | 134 m | 24.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WNW 284° | 125 m | 7.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 221° | 120 m | 16.7 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 220° | 106 m | 16.1 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 49° | 106 m | 23.6 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 303° | 92 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91000907OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Cyclone Roller Coaster, reference 91000907, listed 06/25/91.
OpenStreetMap element way/405891521
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 8 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 9 mi
- Queens · 9 mi
- Staten Island · 9 mi
- Bayonne · 10 mi
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