PARK FACT:

In the 1930s, New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses planned a beach, bathhouse, and cafeteria complex with a bus terminal and parking field at Ferry Point Park. Unfortunately, the plan was never implemented.

Ferry Point Park

Westchester Creek, Schley, Emerson Avenues, East River

Bronx

Acres: 413.80

If you’re looking for spectacular views, take a stroll in this expansive Bronx park. With one and a half miles of prime waterfront, Ferry Point Park offers unparalleled views of the East River, the Manhattan skyline, and of the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges. If a great outlook isn’t enough, how about some sports? Ferry Point Park offers visitors vast playing fields for cricket, soccer and football. On the east side, you can find a basketball court to practice shooting hoops. Lucky for golf lovers, the park recently announced its plan to build a public world-class 18-hole golf course.

In addition to the state-of-the-art golf course, Ferry Point Park will include two parks. The Community Park Phase I will be completed by November 2009 and will include a little league and a junior baseball field, basketball courts, a play area for children and a pedestrian trail. A separate 20-acre waterfront promenade will convert undeveloped parkland into a passive ecologically responsible park with a tot lot, beach, picnic area, comfort station and views of the Long Island Sound, paths with seating and access to the water.

Get excited to spend long afternoons playing in the growing Ferry Point Park. With its expanding facilities, the park will truly be an asset to the Ferry Point Park community and citizens across New York City.

Facilities

POLL

Directions to Ferry Point Park

Additional Directions on Google Maps

Under Construction

This project will reconstruct the existing softball and little league fields and feature a central gathering area which includes a play area and seating. A comfort station will be constructed under a separate contract. The central oval will provide access to ballfields and basketball courts to the north and the naturalized pedestrian loop trail nature system which will lead park users around three ponds to the south. At the south end of the park, a garden and seating area will be constructed with a pathway that connects to the pedestrian trail.
Anticipated Completion: Fall 2009