Nellie bly amusement park brooklyn

At the borough’s edge, where Brooklyn meets the bay, a family-friendly amusement parks has sat just off the Belt Parkway for the the last half-century.

For the better part of its half-century lifespan, the park was owned by the Romano family, who leased the space from the Parks Department until financial issues forced them to stop operating the site in 2005.

The park, formerly known as Nellie Bly, having been named on a whim after the American journalist and inventor of the same name, who famously traveled the world in a record-breaking 72 day trip, the space currently exists as Adventurer’s Park.

It’s “Night and day as far as when the new management came in,” park manager Mark Blumenthal said of the park’s transformation from Nellie Bly to Adventurer’s. “They renovated, brought in new rides from Europe: a brand new kiddie coaster, brand new bumper cars.

They upgraded everything, added the parking lot,” Blumen