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Despite Pelham residents' opposition to the park, the city acquired the land for Pelham Bay Park in 1887, and it officially became a park in 1888. [ 51 ] : 693 [ 45 ] Pelham Bay Park became a recreation area under the auspices of the Bronx Parks Department, [ 52 ] which bought the land for $2,746,688, equivalent to $93,143,242 in 2023. [ 9 ]
Hunter Island (also Hunters Island or Hunter's Island) is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. [2] It is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound, along the sound's northwestern shore, and is part of Pelham Bay Park in the northeastern part of the Bronx.
Pelham Road, known as Shore Road within the Bronx, is a historic 4.1-mile (6.6 km) north–south road that runs along the Long Island Sound shoreline from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx through the southern Westchester County, New York communities of New Rochelle and Pelham Manor.
Rodman's Neck (formerly Ann Hook's Neck) [1] is a peninsula of land in the New York City borough of the Bronx that juts out into Long Island Sound. The southern third of the peninsula is used as a firing range by the New York City Police Department; the remaining wooded section is part of Pelham Bay Park.
Orchard Beach (sometimes called the Bronx Riviera) is the only public beach in the New York City borough of the Bronx.The 115-acre (47 ha), 1.1-mile-long (1.8 km) beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound.
The islands are owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which acquired them in 1939 from the Chimney Sweeps Islands Corporation, a private group that used the islands for recreation, [1] and are now a part of Pelham Bay Park. [2] There are two local legends about the origin of the islands' name.
Heckscher State Park: Sixteen miles of trails Hempstead Lake State Park: Some unmarked trails around the lake that are shared with horses so be sure to yield to them. Stop and ask if ok to pass. Jones Beach State Park: Eight and one half miles. This trail is regarded by some as the best on Long Island. [6] Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail
At 1,146 acres (464 ha), Van Cortlandt Park is the third-largest park in New York City, [a] behind the Staten Island Greenbelt (1,778 acres (720 ha)) and Pelham Bay Park (2,772 acres (1,122 ha)). [ 187 ] [ 186 ] [ 188 ] It has numerous attractions and features that are both recreational and educational.