Palisades Amusement Park (Cliffside Park, New Jersey 07010 USA)

Facts

Amusement Park:	Palisades Amusement Park (1935 to 9/12/1971) Schenck Brothers Palisade Park (1910 to 1935) Palisades Amusement Park (1908 to 1910) Park on the Palisades (1898 to 1908)
Address:	Cliffside Park, New Jersey 07010 USA
Fan web sites:	Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society
Status:	Operated from 1898 to 9/12/1971
Categories:	Trolley Park
History:	Originally called "The Park on the Palisades" when the Bergen County Trolley Company opened the park in 1898. In 1907 the park was purchased by August Neumannm the fist mayor of Cliffside Park. In 1908 August hired Alvin H. Dexter to add rides and attractions to the park. The park opened under the name "Palisades Amusement Park" until Alvin died in 1909. The brothers Joseph and Nicholas Schenck purchased the park in 1910 and renamed it to "Schenck Brothers Palisade Park". In 1934 the Schenck brothers leased the park to the brothers Jack and Irving Rosenthal. Rosenthal's bought the park in 1935 after the Schenck Brothers became involved in the movie business. They then called the park "Palisades Amusement Park". Jack Rosenthal died of Parkinson's disease leaving Irving the sole owner of the park. The parks success later became one the reasons for it's demise. Due to traffic and parking problems the town of Cliffside Park rezoned the land Palisades Amusement Park occupied for high rise development in 1967. This made the land much more valuable. But Irving did not sell right away, but being in his 70s and with no family to pass the park on to, he finally sold the park to the Texas based Winston Centex corporation for over $12 million.

Past Roller Coasters (16):	Name	Type	Design	Opened	Closed
	Big Scenic Railway	Wood	Sit Down	1911	1944
	Broadway Trip	Steel	Sit Down	-	1967
	Comet	Wood	Sit Down	1921	1925
	Cyclone	Wood	Sit Down	1927	1934
	Cyclone	Wood	Sit Down	1945	9/12/1971
	Figure 8	Wood	Sit Down	1908	-
	Giant Coaster	Wood	Sit Down	1949	9/12/1971
	Giant Coaster	Wood	Sit Down	1919	1926
	Jet Star	Steel	Sit Down	1969	1971
	Lake Placid Bobsled	Wood	Bobsled	1937	1946
	Love Bugs	Steel	Sit Down	1968	9/12/1971
	Skyrocket	Wood	Sit Down	1926	1944
	Toboggan Racer	Wood	Sit Down	1911	1925
	Virginia Reel	Wood	Sit Down	-	1944
	Wild Mouse	Wood	Sit Down	1957	9/12/1971
	Wildcat	Steel	Sit Down	1969	9/12/1971

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