Concrete Plant Park
Bronx
Concrete Plant Park was a working concrete batch mix plant sitting on the western bank of the Bronx River. Now a capstone project for the Bronx River Greenway, it is located in the industrial southern section of the Bronx River. In close partnership with community and public agency partners, the Parks Department and Bronx River Alliance have succeeded in re-establishing salt marshes on a riverbank once strewn with trash and tires, conducted community festivals, and brought hundreds of people to the river in canoes. When complete the project will add a new 2.7-acre waterfront park to the system. Its total cost is $10 million and should open in Summer 2009.
Location
This section of the Bronx River Greenway, also known as Concrete Plant Park, is seven (7) acres in size. The park is situated along the western shore of the Bronx River in the Crotona Park East neighborhood. The street map location of Concrete Plant Park is between Westchester Avenue (to the north) and Bruckner Boulevard (to the south). To the west lies the Amtrak Railroad and the Sheridan Expressway (I-895).
Site History
Concrete Plant Park was a working concrete batch mix plant sitting
on the western bank of the Bronx River. A cultural resources survey
report that was prepared in 1987 by the Public Archaeology Facility
at SUNY Binghamton for the New York State Department of Education
reported that cement manufacturing began after 1945. The
Transit Mix Concrete Corporation built the silos hoppers, and
conveyors that still stand today. Cement manufacturing operations
were on-going when the report was written.
Today it stands as an underdeveloped park.
Surrounding Land Use
Surrounding land use is primarily medium-density residential. To the south is the northern section of Hunts Point Produce Market, a produce hub that transports food throughout New York City and the Greater New York Area.
Total Budget: $ 9,956,000
Funding Sources:
- $5,945,000: Mayoral
- $3,911,000: Federal transportation grants sponsored by Congressman Serrano
($522,000 from FY04 section 115 Omnibus Transportation Bill)
($2,645,000 from TEA-21 HPP)
($743,000 from TEA-21 TCSP) - $100,000: from OPRHP (State Parks) under the Recreational Trails Program.