Category: Playland

If you are a Brooklyn hipster Playland is kinda sorta at best begrudgingly cool. Brooklyn bloggers Jenna and Mark took their two girls and cynical attitude to Playland, only to […]

Who placed this story in the New York Post? There are 12 bidders to "re-invent Playland" but somehow Central Amusement International managed to get Rich Calder at the Post to […]

A recent piece in The Boston Globe by Jane Roy Brown does a nice job of describing the past, present and future of Rye Playland: "RYE, N.Y. – The kids […]

Rye Playland is free again. For some people. After a war of hyperbole between County honcho Rob Astorino and the Westchester Board of Legislators (that's the BOL…), the board overrode […]

MyRye.com readers are reporting last night's July 4th fireworks show at Rye Playland was a screw-up – that the show started late and was very short, only to continue after […]

Lucy Yang from WABC-TV came out to see the early version (Sunday, July 3, 2011) of July 4th fireworks at Rye Playland. Happy Independence Day! Here is the video:

The New York Post theater columnist recently sampled some roller coaster theatrics in the metro area, including Rye Playland's "venerable" Dragon Coaster: "Summer’s here with its “days of soda and […]

Taxes. Roads. Jobs. Schools. Clean air and water. Playland entrance fees. Yep, that's right. The latest battle de jour between County Exec Rob Astorino and the county Democrats is over […]

Rye's Playland opens for its 83rd Opening Day this Saturday, May 14, 2011. Depending on what happens with Astorino's Playland Reinvention project, this may also be the last season for […]