Dreamland was an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City that operated at the site of the defunct Astroland park for the 2009 season. It was replaced with a new Luna Park the following year.
The park was operated by Anthony Raffaele for Thor Equities.[1] The park contained two large freak shows as well as independent attractions to see a giant snake,[2] a giant rat (really a baby capybara),[3][4] and a tiny woman.[5][6] It also included a carousel, a scrambler, and other rides.
Thor Equities shut the park down before the end of the 2009 season because the operators had accumulated $600,000 in unpaid back rent. Thor locked the operators out in the middle of the night without a formal eviction.[7][8]
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