Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt is a steel roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is located near Surf Avenue and West 15th Street, on the Riegelmann Boardwalk next to the B&B Carousell.Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster built 2014
- Also known as: “The Thunderbolt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maimonides Park and Steeplechase Park.
Maimonides Park
Stadium
Photo: Newyorkbob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maimonides Park is a Minor League Baseball stadium on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The home team and primary tenant is the New York Mets-affiliated Brooklyn Cyclones of the South Atlantic League. Maimonides Park is situated 500 feet west of Thunderbolt.
Steeplechase Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Steeplechase Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1897 to 1964. Steeplechase Park was created by the entrepreneur George C. Steeplechase Park is situated 570 feet southwest of Thunderbolt.
B&B Carousell
Carousel
Photo: Peter Greenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The B&B Carousell is a historic carousel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City. It was built by Coney Island-based manufacturer William F. Mangels c. B&B Carousell is situated 480 feet southwest of Thunderbolt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Brighton Beach.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach
Photo: David Reilly, CC BY 2.0.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach are in Brooklyn. In addition to those two neighborhoods, this article covers Manhattan Beach, Gravesend, and Sheepshead Bay.
Brighton Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
Sea Gate
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sea Gate is a private gated community at the far western end of Coney Island at the southwestern tip of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Located on the portion of the Coney Island peninsula west of West 37th Street, it contains mostly single-family homes, some directly on Gravesend Bay.
Thunderbolt
- Categories: steel roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.57418° or 40° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-73.98229° or 73° 58′ 56″ westOpen location code
87G8H2F9+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 405891528OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q17033480
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Satellite Map
Discover Thunderbolt from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Thunderbolt” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雷閂”
- Japanese: “サンダーボルト”
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Highlights include Coney Art Walls and Tony’s Express.
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