About This Item


  • TitleAbandoned roller coaster at Coney Island
  • Call NumberGOLD_0092
  • Cite AsAnders Goldfarb photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAbandoned roller coaster at Coney Island, probably the Thunderbolt (demolished in 2000), seen from back; one-story house at base of roller coaster; abandonded floor or foundation of building with much debris in foreground.
  • Date1983
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: photographer's stamp; date inscribed: 1983.
  • CreatorGoldfarb, Anders, 1954-
  • SubjectRoller coasters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Abandoned buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionAnders Goldfarb photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerGoldfarb, Anders