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The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at 895 Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx.The two-story building, designed in the mid-19th century by an unknown architect, has a Greek Revival facade and federal interiors and is the last surviving manor house in the Pelham Bay Park area.
Pelham Parkway is a working-and middle-class residential neighborhood geographically located in the center of the Bronx, a borough of New York City in the United States. [5] Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: Pelham Parkway South, to the east the IRT Dyre Avenue Line tracks (5 train) and to the south Bronxdale Avenue and to the west, Bronx Park East.
Pelham Bay includes the residential enclave of Country Club, which occupies the portion of the neighborhood east of Interstate 95 (I-95). The core of Pelham Bay is the portion west of I-95 and north of Middletown Road. Pelham Bay is part of Bronx Community District 10, which also covers Throgs Neck and Co-op City. [1]
List of Registered Historic Places in Bronx County, New York (Borough of The Bronx): . This is intended to be a complete list of the 82 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bronx County, New York.
Pelham Gardens is a neighborhood located in the Northeast section of the Bronx, New York City.Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are East Gun Hill Road to the north and east, Pelham Parkway to the south, and the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train) to the west ending at the esplanade.
The Pelham Park & City Island Railway connected City Island to Pelham Bay Park from 1887 to 1919. Originally composed of two separate railroads, the 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) narrow-gauge horsecar route was operated by the Pelham Park Railroad Company, which ran service between the Bartow station of the Harlem River & Port Chester Railroad and ...
In 2007, the proposed Visitors Center for the Cottage and Bronx Historical Society in Poe Park was honored by the New York City Art Commission's 2007 Design Awards. [37] The visitor center, designed by Toshiko Mori, opened in 2008 [ 38 ] [ 39 ] and was the first NYC Parks project completed under mayor Michael Bloomberg 's Design and ...
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]