Playland
Playland is an amusement park located along the Long Island Sound in Rye, New York, United States. Built in 1928, the 280-acre park is owned by the Westchester County government.Photo: ChangChienFu, Public domain.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: amusement park in Rye, New York
- Also known as: “Playland Amusement Park”, “Playland Park”, and “Rye Playland”
- Address: 1 Playland Parkway, Rye, NY 10580
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rye station and Rye High School.
Rye station
Railway station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Rye station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the city of Rye, New York. The station has two side platforms, each ten cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track line. Rye station is situated 1½ miles north of Playland.
Rye High School
School
Photo: amorimur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rye High School is a public high school in Rye, New York, United States. Rye High School is the only high school in the Rye City School District. It shares a building with Rye Middle School. Rye High School is situated 1 mile northwest of Playland.
Harrison station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harrison station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Harrison, New York, United States. During peak hours, some local trains originate or terminate here as opposed to locals from Stamford. Harrison station is situated 2 miles west of Playland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rye and Harrison.
Rye
Photo: Minard38, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rye is a coastal city in Westchester County of New York. Best known for being home to Rye Playland which was built in 1928, the only publicly-owned amusement park in the U.S.A, it has the feel of a charming, wealthy small town along the Long Island Sound.
Harrison
Photo: Copperhead7, CC BY 3.0.
Harrison is a town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located 22 miles northeast of Manhattan. The population was 28,218 at the 2020 census.
Port Chester
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Chester is a village in the U.S. state of New York and the largest part of the town of Rye in Westchester County by population. As of the 2020 census, Port Chester had a population of 31,693.
Playland
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Rye, Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.96594° or 40° 57′ 57″ northLongitude
-73.67314° or 73° 40′ 23″ westInception
1928Operator
Westchester County Parks and RecreationOpen location code
87G8X88G+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 297472217OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q3392124
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Playland” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “遊樂場”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پلايلاند”
- French: “Playland”
- French: “Rye Playland”
- Japanese: “プレイランド”
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