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3 unusual facts about Starlight Park


Starlight Park

After being constructed by Irish-American inventor John Philip Holland in 1888, the Holland became the first submarine commissioned by the United States Navy.

The park was also home of the studios of radio station WBNX until the park's closure forced the station to find a new home.

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One of the station's first permanent homes was inside Starlight Park, an amusement park located on the east bank of the Bronx River just south of East 177th Street.



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