Current ranking based on review analysis and technical signals.
How we chose: 10 places selected by rating and number of reviews. Source — Google Places. Updated 04 August 2026.
At a glance
| # | Place | Score | Reviews | Stands out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pelham Bay Park | ⭐ 9.1 | 10 176 | Editors' pick |
| 2 | Van Cortlandt Park | ⭐ 9.3 | 9 142 | — |
| 3 | Crotona Park | ⭐ 8.7 | 4 212 | — |
| 4 | St. Mary's Park | ⭐ 8.5 | 3 788 | — |
| 5 | Bronx Park | ⭐ 9.5 | 3 565 | People's favorite |
| 6 | Claremont Park | ⭐ 8.5 | 2 869 | — |
| 7 | Ferry Point Park | ⭐ 9.1 | 2 324 | — |
| 8 | Soundview Park | ⭐ 8.9 | 2 059 | — |
| 9 | Roberto Clemente State Park | ⭐ 9.1 | 1 780 | — |
| 10 | Clason Point Park | ⭐ 9.1 | 1 555 | — |
Highlights
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Editors' pick:
Pelham Bay Park -
People's favorite:
Bronx Park
Opening hours
Open around the clock: Bronx Park.
Open late: Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Crotona Park, St. Mary's Park, Bronx Park, Claremont Park, Soundview Park, Clason Point Park.
Open early, from 8am or sooner: Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Crotona Park, St. Mary's Park, Bronx Park, Claremont Park, Soundview Park, Clason Point Park.
Check the hours before you set out — they shift on holidays and out of season.
Full ranking
1. Pelham Bay Park · ⭐ 9.1
(10176 reviews)
+7 photos
Middletown Road & Stadium, Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465, United States
At 2,772 acres, Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in New York City — more than three times the size of Central Park — and it does not behave like a city park at all. Roughly two thirds of it is left in a natural state: oak-hickory forest, salt marsh that floods and drains twice a day, meadow, tidal flats and thirteen miles of shoreline along Long Island Sound. Inside one boun…
«I love this park. I have one closer to me, but it's so overcrowded because of the influx o…»
2. Van Cortlandt Park · ⭐ 9.3
(9142 reviews)
+7 photos
Broadway and Van, Cortlandt Park South, Bronx, NY 10471, United States
Van Cortlandt Park covers 1,146 acres in the northwest Bronx, making it the third-largest park in New York City, and it carries an unusual density of firsts. The oldest building in the borough stands here — a 1748 fieldstone manor that housed both George Washington and the British general chasing him. The first public golf course in the United States opened on its meadows in 18…
«Van Cortlandt Park is really beautiful, it offers so many things to do, like hiking, barbe…»
3. Crotona Park · ⭐ 8.7
(4212 reviews)
+7 photos
Charlotte St, Bronx, NY 10457, United States
Crotona Park packs 127.5 acres of woodland, water and hard-used sports ground into one of the densest quarters of the South Bronx, and it has been doing so since 1888. The land was the Bathgate family's estate, a stand of native forest known as Bathgate Woods wrapped around a natural pond; the city bought it under the New Parks Act and kept the terrain rather than flattening it…
«I enjoy spending time in the park, but the restrooms close earlier than expected, which ca…»
4. St. Mary's Park · ⭐ 8.5
(3788 reviews)
+7 photos
450 St Ann's Ave, Bronx, NY 10455, United States
St. Mary's Park is the oldest and largest park in the South Bronx: 35 acres of ridge, slope, outcrop and playing field rising above Mott Haven, acquired by the city between 1888 and 1890 as one of the six original Bronx parks. It is the kind of park that a neighbourhood actually lives in rather than visits. The ground has never been flattened — a spine of rock runs down the mid…
«Another great, easily accessible park right by the Bx4 or Bx19 routes; plus several other…»
5. Bronx Park · ⭐ 9.5
(3565 reviews)
+7 photos
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458, United States
Bronx Park covers 718 acres along the middle course of the Bronx River, and it is the rare public park whose two most famous tenants have almost eclipsed the park itself. The New York Botanical Garden occupies its northern quarter, the Bronx Zoo its southern quarter, and both are separately ticketed institutions with their own gates, hours and rules. What sits between and aroun…
«A really nice zoo outing for the whole family.. The shuttle service makes life easier with…»
6. Claremont Park · ⭐ 8.5
(2869 reviews)
+7 photos
Clay Ave &, 8016 E 170th St, Bronx, NY 10457, United States
Few parks in the borough carry their history so plainly in the shape of the land. Claremont Park spreads across thirty-eight acres of rolling ground in Morrisania, and its highest terrace is exactly where a marble-trimmed country mansion once looked out over open farmland and a running brook. The house is gone, the brook is buried, and the orchards were cleared more than a cent…
«Thank you for your hard work keeping the park clean and the pool safe, but a big thank you…»
7. Ferry Point Park · ⭐ 9.1
(2324 reviews)
+7 photos
10 Hutchinson Riv Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10465, United States
This is the borough's great experiment in second chances. Ferry Point Park occupies more than four hundred acres of peninsula pushing out into the East River at Throggs Neck, and for a long stretch of the twentieth century half of it was a garbage dump. Today that half carries a links-style golf course, a community ballfield park and a waterfront walkway with a restored saltwat…
«Beautiful park to have picnic with your family members and friends. There are areas where…»
8. Soundview Park · ⭐ 8.9
(2059 reviews)
+7 photos
Soundview Park, Bronx, NY 10473, United States
Two hundred and five acres of made ground at the mouth of a river that the city spent a century trying to forget, and then thirty years working to bring back. Soundview Park sits on the tip of Clason Point exactly where the Bronx River pours into the East River, looking out toward Rikers Island and the runways of LaGuardia across the water. Robert Moses built it on landfill dum…
«Great bike paths through the wooded areas and along the edge of the bay. The Parks Departm…»
9. Roberto Clemente State Park · ⭐ 9.1
(1780 reviews)
+7 photos
Roberto Clemente State Park, 301 W Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10453, United States
Most state parks are somewhere you drive to. This one is at the bottom of a hill in Morris Heights, wedged between apartment towers and the Harlem River, and it was built precisely on the argument that people who cannot leave the city still deserve a state park. Twenty-five acres, about three-quarters of a mile of riverfront, an Olympic-size pool complex, a big recreation build…
«Came for the first session (10 a.m.) on a Tuesday.
*CASH ONLY
*NO LOCKERS
*NO FOOD/DRIN…»
10. Clason Point Park · ⭐ 9.1
(1555 reviews)
+7 photos
Soundview Ave, Bronx, NY 10473, United States
Stand at the railing here and you are at a genuine geographic hinge: the Bronx River finishes its run on your right, the East River opens ahead, and off to the left the water widens toward Long Island Sound. The Siwanoy who lived on this peninsula called it Snakapins — the land by the two waters — and four centuries of ferries, oyster boats, amusement rides, bathing beaches and…
«The other day I took the ferry from the entrance to Soundview Clason Point Park. So I can…»
Questions & answers
Which place tops the ranking? Pelham Bay Park — score 9.1/10 (Editors' pick).
How many places are in the list and how were they chosen? The selection includes 10 places chosen by our editors based on rating and reviews.
What is the average rating in the top? 9.0/10 — average score of 10 places in the list.
Which place has the most reviews? Pelham Bay Park — 10176 visitor reviews.
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Sources: Google ratings and reviews, official websites and social media of the places, other open data. Selection and texts by the bronx.name editorial team, August 2026.