Richman (Echo) Park
Valentine Av bet. E Tremont Av and E Burnside Ave
Bronx
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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
For almost one hundred years, local residents have called this site Echo Park, after the well-defined echo that can be heard between the two rock masses that dominate its dramatic topography. Its name was changed in 1973 to honor Julius J. Richman (1915-1972), chairman of the Twin Parks Association and the Urban Action Task Force, and Assistant Administrator of the City’s Finance Committee.