Jane's Carousel glass pavilion
Photo: MusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🚂 Train · Brooklyn
1 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 25 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway F to York St or A/C to High St, then an 8-minute walk; NYC Ferry to DUMBO
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Great on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
An antique 1922 carousel on the DUMBO waterfront, housed in a glass pavilion designed by Jean Nouvel; as it turns, the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan spin past outside the glass, rides are $2, and it runs even in the rain.
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