Visited Freedomland in 1961 and '63. Memories of a long gone Bronx.

Wow I have heard stories of freedom land years ago. Now it's Co-op City. I'll never forget the day we moved in Co-op it was a whole new world coming from the South Bronx in 1974. We had good times growing up in Co-op.

I grew up on Simpson Street and was driving trucks throughout the Bronx and the other boroughs. I spent a lot of time at FreedomLand, I even delivered some of the paper bags they gave you for your lunch when you purchased the food there. When they closed the park and started digging the first holes for the Co-op City foundations, I started to cry like a baby knowing this will be gone forever. Nothing remains of the park except memories and some pictures we have, plus, three gate tickets in our memory box.

As a three year old, I never realized just how big Freedomland was! Thanks for posting this! I remember that fire exhibit, it seemed so huge and real back then!

Mommy and daddy take my hand, take me out to Freedom Land! My parents used to take us there every year they were open. Such fond memories!

What memories this brings back to a 62-year-old man. I remember so vividly all the different areas of the park. A Brooklyn police officer and close friend of the family took my sister Annie and myself to the park when we were kids. Thanks Tommy.

I went to Freedomland as a child many many times and I absolutely loved it. I wish it were still there today!

I remember my father taking me to freedom land when I was a little boy . We went on the first weekend it was opened. We stepped out of the car and we almost didn't get to the entrance to the park because the asphalt was still soft and hadn't set completely. Funny what you remember 60 years later. It was a great place for a kid growing up in the Bronx to go to.

I remember going to Freedomland!!!

The birth area of Coop City!

I went to Freedom land once in 1964. I was 15. I remember thinking of it as the Eastcoast version of disneyland!

Greatest park ever. My family must have been there at least five times. Some of the feature rides and attractions not even mentioned were, The San Francisco Earthquake ride, The Civil War Battlefield, The Casa Loco in the Southwest, where there was a gunfight going on between the sheriff and the bank robbers, There was lots of great food places too., My Father liked the Brass Rail, or the New Orleans fried chicken. Great memories. Sad the land developers took it down.

I was raised right up the hill( in the Valley) from that spot. Wish I was born while it was still in existance.

had a fun time there in 1963!

Thanks so much... this brings back childhood memories. I loved this place, what a shame it had such a short life time.

If only we could time travel so we can see the good times of the Bronx

I just loved it. It was so much fun. It's sad it only stayed 4yrs. Watching this brought back great memories with my family.

My first biological father took me to the Freedom Land Amusement Park by car when I was 12 to 17 years old. In April 1965, my birth mother got married the second time to a widower with three children; moved to dwell in his Linden, NJ Colonial Family Home as I was hired at the Occupational Center of Union County (NJ) for 8 years, moved to Colorado Springs, CO via plane to spend 11 years-3months while I'm at the second shelter workshop there. Then my birth mother/Stepfather and I returned via plane to the Bronx Eastchester Co-op City to live at the NYCHA River Bay Apartments/Townhouses from June 29, 1984 to May 18, 1987. Now I missed my birth mother and her family, R. I. P.!

Growing up in the Bronx, Freedomland might as well have been on the dark side of the Moon. We were lucky if our mom could afford one of those 10 cent traveling rides that came by right behind the Mr Softee truck on occasion.

I used to love to go here. My father would take me on the train, I remember getting off at Gun HIll Road.

The fireworks every weekend were great looking from my bedroom window in Edenwald

I'm glad you enjoyed it, I was fortunate to go as a a young boy

They re-enacted battles from the Civil War at night, great place!!!! They had to close because of the World's Fair in Queens in 1964.

Oh how I miss going to FREEDOM LAND AMUSEMENT Park.

wow, i never knew this fun place ever existed which is very interesting. thank you for sharing this classic piece of history!

Lol, kids in this video are in their mid 60's now!! From 1960 to 60 years old in a flash!

Freedomland was pretty cool, I was just a teenager, but I always kind of resented it because before that it was a really cool swamp that I liked to play in. Just like the area in Throggs Neck that's now Trump's golf course. They were the last areas left in the Bronx that I feel should have been left as wildlife preserves. There were pheasants, owls, hawks, snakes, voles, possums, black widows, rabbits, hedgehogs, and certain plants I just don't see anymore. Progress?

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Mommy and Daddy, take my hand Take me out to Freedomland!

Mostly I remember the fires. I was heartbroken when my dad told us it had closed down.

This is awesome. I wonder if the original film has been recorded into an HD video by now, since it's been so long since this video was done.

Mommy and daddy take my hand take me off to Freedomland!

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all my life it has always been co op city. i never got to see freedomland :-(

guess the only competitors to Freedom Land were Coney Island and Palisades Amusement Park.

My gosh I see Disneyland so much. Lmbo

Does anyone have any information about the Mack Rides built "Meteor" roller coaster that once operated at Freedomland? Because rcdb doesn't have any images of it and the only information about it besides seating layout and where it relocated to.

Ira stolnick has a cameo 1964 age 5

Those look like the same gondolas they used at the World's Fair. When did Freedom land go out of busines.

💕🏢🏢Co-op-city

Ira stolnick was there age 5

I think in the sometime in the 60's

Co- Op City

anyone else watching this because of the horrible 1800s?

yes maybe you can see me

Who's history is this? Certainly not my ancestors

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