The Parachute Jump 1904 Surf Avenue ARCHITECT: Commander James H. Strong DATE: 1939

Inspired by the growing popularity of civilian parachuting and towers constructed to teach the military correct technique, Commander James H. Strong’s Parachute Jump was erected for the 1939-40 New York’s World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow. As detailed by Elwyn E. Seelye & Company, the 170-ton tower stands 262 feet tall. After the closing of the fair, the Parachute Jump was purchased by the Tilyou brothers and moved to their Coney Island park. Still a prominent feature of the Brooklyn skyline, today the tower stands unused, but in fundamentally sound structural condition.