Action Park, NJ

Action park is a water and amusement park in New Jersey that's been closed for (at this point) many years. Although it's no longer around, it still generates buzz because of its infamous past - some locals referred to it as "death park" because of the hugely out of proportion amount of injuries and deaths for an amusement park.

From wikipedia:
Action Park was a waterpark/motor themed park open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jersey, on the property of the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, today Mountain Creek. It featured three separate attraction areas: an alpine slide; Motoworld, where patrons could operate motorized vehicles on land and water; and Waterworld, with many water-based attractions such as waterslides. The latter was one of the first American waterparks.[1]

Its popularity went hand in hand with a reputation for poorly-designed, unsafe rides; inattentive, underaged, underpaid and sometimes under-the-influence employees[2]; equally intoxicated and underprepared visitors — and the poor safety record that followed from this perfect storm of circumstances. At least six people are known to have died as a result of mishaps on rides at the park, and it was nicknamed "Traction Park",[3] "Accident Park",[4] "Class Action Park", "Danger Park" and "Death Park" by doctors at nearby hospitals due to the number of severely injured parkgoers they treated. While little action was taken by state regulators despite a history of repeat violations, in its later years personal-injury lawsuits forced the closure of more and more rides and finally the park itself. The new owner of the ski area has reopened the water attractions as Mountain Creek Waterpark, with a vastly increased emphasis on ride safety.

More pictures, stories, and information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/action_park.htm
http://www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=28