ABOVE: The long-gone Rockaway Playland, Queens answer to Coney Island at Rockaway Beach that was wiped away for condo developments in 1987. A friendly reminder of what could have happened to Coney Island.
Look here for a huge selection of postcards remembering this forgotten Queens amusement park.
Below: Color saturated nighttime, circa 1939
3 replies on “Rockaway Playland: all our toys are gone”
Did they even build the Condos?
No, I believe it all became ‘low income housing’ instead.
Forgotten New York has a great page about the place:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/rockaway.beach/rockbeach.html
Wow growIng up I remember having so much fun at Rockaway playland loved the wooden rollercoaster, bumper cars, Davie Jones locker, and so much more