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Adventurer's Park

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Adventurer's Park is a small amusement park in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in New York City. It is a concession located within the city-owned Nellie Bly Park, next to the Belt Parkway. The concession, also originally named Nellie Bly Park, features classic kiddie rides and arcade games as well as a Ferris wheel, go carts and miniature golf.

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Adventurer's Park
Shore Parkway, New York Brooklyn

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Shore Parkway 1850
11214 New York, Brooklyn
New York, United States
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