Central Park Carousel
in New York, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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1802 65th Street Transverse, New York, NY 10065, USA Print route »
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The Central Park Carousel, officially the Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel, is a vintage carousel located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, at the southern end of the park, near East 65th Street. It is the fourth carousel in the park since 1871, all located at the same site, and is part of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's Central Park Scenic Landmark.
Installed in the park in 1951 with a new structure surrounding it, it is one of the largest merry-go-rounds in the United States, and was made by Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein in 1908. It was originally installed in the trolley terminal in Coney Island in Brooklyn, where it operated until the 1940s.
The original 1871 Central Park carousel was powered by a mule or horse under the carousel's platform, signaled to start and stop by the operator tapping his foot. Two succeeding rides were destroyed by fires in 1924 and 1950. The current carousel, which was restored in 1990, has 57 hand-carved horses – 52 jumpers and 5 standers – and two chariots. It is open seven days a week when weather permits, and serves around 250,000 riders every year.
