Can you spot where the rink was? Hard to tell. Likely white building. My first home I grew up was just off the map up north of the picture (other side of the creek). Cross street was big field for the military academy school for boys. I can image boys were dreaming to escape to go to the park and ride instead of hearing their Drill Sargent screaming in their ears.
Courtesy of Syracuse.com. Main entrance. Long after the park was gone. Before the apartments and townhouses built. My first home I was a small child was straight behind those trees cross the Limestone Creek in the middle of the photo.
A pair of mismatched of roller skates. A girl's skate with a boy's skate. That black thingy on ground must have been a patch paved on the ground. Must have taken after the park was closed.
Suburban Park Roller Rink Suburban Park, Route 92, Manlius, NY
Suburban Park Roller Rink was part of the Suburban Park, one of hundreds, if not, thousands of local trolley parks usually at the end of the trolley run including this one, Coney Island, Roseland, Seabreeze, and many hundreds of others small Trolley parks. It was rather a small trolley park on Route 92 right near Edwards Falls on Limestone Creek in Manlius, New York, across street from then Verbeck Military Academy for boys.
What surprised me that the owners did not add on toward to the Edwards Falls on Limestone Creek a concrete path and bridge toward the falls for spectators to enjoy seeing and picnicking there. Well, then if they did, we would not have privacy! That was our 2 acres property with our home, literally!
Suburban Park Rink was part of where rides were. Like Coney Island had. They both were local amusement parks with rides and roller rinks. Roughly about the same size park. Coney Island lives. Suburban Park did not. They closed in the 1970s.
I do not have the photo of the rink itself however, valuable or enjoyment to look at old "New" Suburban Park would be found on Facebook and if you use internet search, you will find Suburban Park on search images. Someday, I will be working on dead lanes, dead amusement parks...
The park was owned by several people through the 20th Century. At the beginning, it was the trolley company that owned it and one of the investors were Daniel Webster Gridley -- through my mom's side of the family that he was my, I believe, Great Great Grandfather. So now I can say I am... the "Son of the Roller Rink Operators Society" (a fictional society I came up as a joke). Haha. -- Source- my cousin, William Hughes.
The Interior.
Likely it had wood floor. Maple? I am not sure.
The Exterior.
Gable roof building, freestanding from any other buildings. Type of truss is unknown.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: 1973 to 1980.
Type of Building: Freestanding Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- (as park): ? to 1973. Most of the park gone by mid-1970s. Sold to a private investor (yes, my uncle) who built some townhouses then sold rest to a developer to built Suburban Park Apartments. One of the complex burned down in 2010s. The sign was the last standing up to 1980s.
Reason for Closure: Less people attended. Age of rides. Losing money (vividly recalled owner talked with my father about losing money when I was there in person with no people around one Friday afternoon).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook - Suburban Park group; my own memories; cousin W. Hughes;
Date of issue: January 2019 Updated: 19 February 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.
What surprised me that the owners did not add on toward to the Edwards Falls on Limestone Creek a concrete path and bridge toward the falls for spectators to enjoy seeing and picnicking there. Well, then if they did, we would not have privacy! That was our 2 acres property with our home, literally!
Suburban Park Rink was part of where rides were. Like Coney Island had. They both were local amusement parks with rides and roller rinks. Roughly about the same size park. Coney Island lives. Suburban Park did not. They closed in the 1970s.
I do not have the photo of the rink itself however, valuable or enjoyment to look at old "New" Suburban Park would be found on Facebook and if you use internet search, you will find Suburban Park on search images. Someday, I will be working on dead lanes, dead amusement parks...
The park was owned by several people through the 20th Century. At the beginning, it was the trolley company that owned it and one of the investors were Daniel Webster Gridley -- through my mom's side of the family that he was my, I believe, Great Great Grandfather. So now I can say I am... the "Son of the Roller Rink Operators Society" (a fictional society I came up as a joke). Haha. -- Source- my cousin, William Hughes.
The Interior.
Likely it had wood floor. Maple? I am not sure.
The Exterior.
Gable roof building, freestanding from any other buildings. Type of truss is unknown.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: 1973 to 1980.
Type of Building: Freestanding Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- (as park): ? to 1973. Most of the park gone by mid-1970s. Sold to a private investor (yes, my uncle) who built some townhouses then sold rest to a developer to built Suburban Park Apartments. One of the complex burned down in 2010s. The sign was the last standing up to 1980s.
Reason for Closure: Less people attended. Age of rides. Losing money (vividly recalled owner talked with my father about losing money when I was there in person with no people around one Friday afternoon).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook - Suburban Park group; my own memories; cousin W. Hughes;
Date of issue: January 2019 Updated: 19 February 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.