Freedomland Amusement , Bronx New York 1963

A trip back in time with the Modica family to Freedomland Amusement Park in the Bronx , New York. We hope you enjoy it. Filmed in 8MM . Compliments of The Modica Family

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• amusement
• park
• bronx
• new
• york
• 8mm
• film
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• brooklyn
• queens

[smannoia]

I remember going here all of the years that it was in operation. It was really cool. when it closed my friends and I would sneak in and play in the abandoned park. It was like being in a Science fiction movie where all of the people had disappeared. We really were sad when the finally demolished it and built co op city

[mjoyg1123]

I was inspired by this video.

[LITEE43]

I remember seeing Stevie Wonder perform at Freedomland when he was known as "little" Stevie Wonder.

[LindaDi40]

I worked here in "Little Old New York" in a candy store from opening day on.....stayed working there for 6 months or so......opening day parade with Pat Boone leading.......many fond memories.......

[TheNyswag]

freedomland is now Co-op city

[bill1154]

Thanks for the memories.

[newrochellephoenix]

Only in the Bronx !

[imlavernesmom]

I went there on a Brownies trip when I was 8 years old in 1960, & then the following year my dad took us all there the following summer on vacay. i still to this day have the 8mm film my dad took of an Indian holding up a lady in a stagecoach. i wanted so badly to be one of the kids that got picked to pump the water to put out the Chicago fire...that damn cow!

[paulatubie]

To add to the memories - I can remember that one of the exhibits had a water faucet where the water ran up instead of down. I also remeber my older sisters helping to put out the fire, but I was scared to try because I was so short that I would have been flying up with the pumper bar on the upswing. I figured that someday I'd be big enough to join in, but that day never came. I also loved the Borden Barn and eating colored sugar candy that was sold in what looked like a big bottle cap.

[paulatubie]

Wow - This was great to watch! For anyone interested, the big paddle boat is now docked on the Byram River in Port Chester, NY, near the Greenwich border. Someone bought it and fully restored it. it does not go out to sea because it never was a real working boat and ran on an underwater track back in its Freedomland days. The owner was renting it out for private parties and I photographed a few of them. Now he wants to open it as a club with music, but needs to get approved by Port Ch.

[ccdesan]

Thank Mogg that this pricless footage has been preserved. As short-lived as it was, Freedomland is indelibly imprinted upon my memory. I got to meet the Three Stooges backstage there - a highlight of my young life!