Palisades Amusement Park was opened in 1898 in Bergen County, in which US state?

Palisades Amusement Park was a 30-acre amusement park located in Bergen County, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. It was located atop the New Jersey Palisades lying partly in Cliffside Park and partly in Fort Lee. The park operated from 1898 until 1971, remaining one of the most visited amusement parks in the country until the end of its existence. After the park closed in 1971, a high-rise luxury apartment complex was built on its site.

Throughout its entire history the park overlooked the Hudson River: 30 acres of New Jersey riverfront land straddling what is now Cliffside Park and Fort Lee, and facing the northern end of Manhattan.

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jack patti go

There was a song, called Palisades Park!

jojodamico

"You'll never know how great a kiss can feel, when you stop at the top of the Ferris wheel"

karen twirly

Lived in the next county south of it. Going there was so exciting as a kid. A place for teens, they had a wave pool and rides. Could never believe they closed it and sold it off for high rises to be built, but money always rules.

Bridget Becker

Yup my parents would take us there when we were kids! LOVED that place!!!

KarenM

It was a sad day when it closed. I remember it well. Lived in Jersey City.

sharalp

geitreim, True, but I don't think there were enough people in Garretson in 1898 to generate the kind of crowd see in that picture. lol... It kinda still isn't big enough really.