Once home to an amusement park, cottages and summer crowds, Pleasure Beach was largely abandoned after a bridge fire cut off road access in 1996. Nature has reclaimed much of the former community. The City of Bridgeport operates seasonal water-taxi access, including during the 2026 season.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: bridgeportct.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation/pleasure-beach