New York's carousels

What stops a carousel trip in this city is rarely the ride. It is finding one shut for the season, or behind a zoo gate, or boarded by a step a wheelchair can't take. The rides here run from a glass-and-steel aquarium at the Battery to a Coney Island merry-go-round carved in the Mangels factory, and the entries lead with the practical details: the weekday each one closes, what a ride costs, and which entrance gets you closest.

Places in this collection

  • Carousel for All Children — It is open weekends only in May, Friday to Sunday in June, and Thursday to Sunday in July and August, from 11 am to 5:45 pm. The carousel i…
  • Bug Carousel — The ride is inside the Bronx Zoo at 2300 Southern Blvd., near Fordham Road, and it takes manual wheelchairs. The riders are insects and but…
  • Jane's Carousel — It is closed on Tuesdays and runs from 11:00 to 19:00 on every other day of the week. The 1922 carousel sits inside a glass pavilion by Jea…
  • B&B Carousel — A ride costs 4 Luna Park credits, and the address to use is 1615 Riegelmann Boardwalk, at Steeplechase Plaza. There are 50 hand-carved wood…
  • Le Carrousel — OpenStreetMap marks this ride as not wheelchair accessible, so check with the park before bringing a chair. It sits on the West 40th Street…
  • SeaGlass Carousel — Instead of horses, riders sit inside 30 sea creatures that turn under colour-changing LED lights, in a pavilion built entirely of glass and…
  • Forest Park Carousel — The pavilion is at the northwest corner of Forest Park, on Forest Park Drive just west of Woodhaven Boulevard. It is part of a seasonal amu…

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