page_title: Flushing Meadows Carousel
hierarchical_section_title: Flushing Meadows Carousel
caption_attribution_description: English: The Flushing Meadows Carousel figures were carved by Marcus Illions in Coney Island for two separate carousels, completed in 1903 and 1908, that were later combined to create the present carousel for the 1964 World's Fair. The carousel is now located in a small amusements area near the zoo in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
context_page_description: The Flushing Meadows Carousel is a carousel located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. It contains four rows of figures, including 64 jumping horses, 7 standing horses, 1 menagerie animal, and 2 chariots. It was created to serve patrons of the 1964 New York World's Fair by combining two earlier carousels, both of which were carved in Coney Island in the first decade of the twentieth century by renowned carver Marcus Illions. During the fair, it stood on a nearby site within the park, and it was moved to its present site in 1968, where it has remained in service ever since.
  In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: The Flushing Meadows Carousel is a carousel located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens.  It contains four rows of figures, including 64 jumping horses, 7 standing horses, 1 menagerie animal (a lion), and 2 chariots. It was created to serve patrons of the 1964 New York World's Fair by combining two earlier carousels, both of which were carved in Coney Island in the first decade of the twentieth century by renowned carver Marcus Illions.  During the fair, it stood on a nearby site within the park, and it was moved to its present site in 1968, where it has remained in service ever since.
  In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Carousel in 2014
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