Complex sentence: The site was used for farming for some three and a half centuries before becoming the site of Bay Shore Amusement Park, a popular destination for summer visitors from 1906 through 1947.
Split into simpler sentences: The site was used for farming for some three and a half centuries prior to its conversion to parkland. The park was the site of Bay Shore Amusement Park, a popular destination for summer visitors, from 1906 through 1947.