Prospect Park Carousel

454 Flatbush Avenue | also 95 Prospect Park West | Prospect Park | built 1931

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1912
The carousel's 53 horses are carved by Charles Carmel
The Prospect Park Carousel stands just west of the Lefferts house. Its 53 horses were made in 1912 by the master carver Charles Carmel, and the ride also has three other carved animals and two chariots. The current carousel took the place of an earlier one that had burned down more than twenty years before it opened.
“The carousel contains 53 horses, created by master horse carver Charles Carmel in 1912, as well as three carvings of other animals and two chariots.”
Source: Wikipedia
1971
The city restores the carousel as part of a $4 million park renovation
By 1971 the city had spent about $4 million on Prospect Park renovations, among them work on the boathouse, dredging of the lake, and re-landscaping of the Rose Garden and the Vale of Cashmere. The carousel was restored as part of the same program, with work running from 1971 to 1974.
“Also part of the renovation was a restoration of the Prospect Park Carousel from 1971 to 1974…”
Source: Wikipedia
1987
The Prospect Park Alliance starts its first big project, restoring the idle carousel
The Prospect Park Alliance, a nonprofit formed in April 1987, took on the carousel as its first major project, a $550,000 restoration that ran from 1987 to 1989. The ride had not operated since 1983, and the work removed its original horse-shaped seats.
Source: Wikipedia

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