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  2. Coney Island's historic 'Cyclone' roller coaster shut down ...

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    Coney Island's famed roller coaster "Cyclone" was shut down indefinitely after it malfunctioned and came to stop with riders onboard last week.. Luna Park's 97-year-old wooden roller coaster was ...

  3. Famed Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster is shut down after ...

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    The famous Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster in New York City was shut down indefinitely after coming to a stop mid-ride this week. The 97-year-old wooden roller coaster at Luna Park was on its ...

  4. Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster out of service after it ...

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    The Cyclone rollercoaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 31, 2021. A New York City summer staple, the Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster, is indefinitely out of service after it was ...

  5. Coney Island Cyclone - Wikipedia

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    Coney Island Cyclone at RCDB. 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 ...

  6. Switchback Railway - Wikipedia

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    Switchback Railway. The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States. The 1885 patent states the invention relates to the gravity double track switchback railway, which had predicated the inclined plane railway, patented ...

  7. Thunderbolt (1925 roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    The Thunderbolt was a wooden roller coaster located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. Designed by John Miller, [1] it operated from 1925 until 1982 and remained standing until it was demolished in 2000. [2][3] The demolition was controversial, as the property owner Horace Bullard was not notified, nor had any formal inspection been done on ...

  8. Vernon Keenan (coaster designer) - Wikipedia

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    The earliest coaster to be credited to Keenan is the 1918-built Giant Roller Coaster at Rexford Park. [1] During this time he met Harry C. Baker who was the manager of the park. The two would go on to build the Coney Island Cyclone together.

  9. Riders evacuated from famed roller coaster

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    It was opening day at the Coney Island amusement park in Brooklyn, New York - but one ride just wasn't ready. Luna Park's famed wooden roller coaster the Cyclone got stuck near the top of its ...