Pelham Bay Park
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Osprey in New York City Parks - Pelham Bay Park
More than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park, Pelham Bay Park is the City's largest park property. Visitors to the park enjoy miles of bridle paths and… Read More
Pelham Bay Park - Glaciers of New York City
More than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park, Pelham Bay Park is the City's largest park property. The park’s varied landscape was shaped by the slow… Read More
Pelham Bay Park - Invasive Phragmites
Around twenty thousand years ago, New York was buried beneath massive glaciers. When the ice receded, it left behind the characteristic sketch of what would become Van… Read More
Pelham Bay Park - Salt Marshes in New York City Parks
Salt marshes play a critical role in the support of human life, acting as natural filtration systems by trapping pollutants that would otherwise contaminate our bays and… Read More
Pelham Bay Playground
This playground and the surrounding park honor Thomas Pell (1613-1669), an English physician who owned the eastern half of the Bronx and Westchester. The Siwanoy, a… Read More
Pelham Golf Course
Opened in 1901 as the Pell Golf Course, this was one of the earliest public golf courses in the nation; Van Cortlandt Golf Course, established in 1895, was the first. At… Read More
Pelican Bay Playground
Pelican Bay Playground is reminder of an old and nearly forgotten name for Hunter Island. It takes its name from the Pell family, who once owned 9,000 acres of land in… Read More
Playground for All Children
This playground is one of several throughout the city aimed at providing a recreation area that all children, able bodied and disabled, can enjoy. The first such… Read More
Rodman’s Neck
The peninsula of Rodman’s Neck is located south of Orchard Beach between Eastchester Bay and City Island. The peninsula of Rodman’s Neck is located… Read More
Siwanoy Trail
The Native American Siwanoy inhabited the land along the coastlines of the Long Island Sound, Eastchester Bay, and Pelham Bay, between Connecticut and the southern Bronx.… Read More
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Facilities
Barbecuing Areas
Baseball Fields
Basketball Courts
Bathrooms
Beaches
Bicycling and Greenways
Bocce Courts
Dog-friendly Areas
Eateries
Fishing
Football Fields
Golf Courses
Great Trees
Handball Courts
Hiking Trails
Historic Houses
Horseback Riding Trails
Kayak/Canoe Launch Sites
Nature Centers
Playgrounds
Roller Hockey
Running Tracks
Spray Showers
Tennis Courts
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