Luna Park was one of several names for an amusement park that existed in Rexford, New York,Some sources state it to be at Clifton Park, New York, a township that actually contains Rexford near Schenectady, from 1901 to 1933. In addition to Luna Park (the name given by developer/entrepreneur Frederick Ingersoll when he added rides and assumed control of Rexford Park in 1906), it was also known as Dolle's Park (named after Fred Dolle, who bought the park from Ingersoll in 1912), Colonnade Park, Palisades Park, and (again) Rexford Park (in 1916) before the rides were dismantled in 1933.Susan Rosenthal, Schenectady (Arcadia 2000) Description of Luna Park/Dolle's Park - Capital District Library CouncilDescription of Rexford Park's amusement stand - Capital District Library CouncilJohn L. Scherer, Clifton Park (Arcadia 1996) Constructed around the Grand View Hotel (built and opened by Jacob Rupert in 1901), the park was similar to Ingersoll's other Luna Parks in which it was a trolley park with roller coasters, picnic pavilions, carousels, a fun house, a roller rink, a concert shell, a dance hall, a midway, a Whip, and a shoot-the-chutes ride which presented itself at the park entrance adjacent to a station of the Van Vranken electric trolley line.Trolley Stop, Rexford Amusement Park (1920) - Capital District Library CouncilGino Dicarlo, Trolleys of the Capital District (Arcadia 2009) Roughly seven decades before the Skycoaster rides that now dot various United States amusement parks, Luna/Rexford Park featured an aerial swing ride.
