Vintage Photograph Shows The Cyclone Roller Coaster and Coney Island's Surf Avenue in 1950

The Cyclone, Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950
The Cyclone, Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950
Photo: NYDN

The Cyclone is a 91-year-old wooden roller coaster at Coney Island's Luna Park that rolls over 2,640 feet of track and features twelve drops. This great vintage photograph shows what the roller coaster and surf avenue looked like back in 1950. Here is a Google StreetView of how it looks today from approximately the same angle:

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