{"id":5192,"date":"2026-08-04T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronx.name\/crotona-park-bronx-2"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:42:33","slug":"crotona-park-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx","title":{"rendered":"Crotona Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 Best parks in the Bronx in 2026 \u2014 TOP 10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>the Bronx<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 8.7\/10 \u00b7 4212 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 20:04:52<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>Charlotte St, Bronx, NY 10457, United States<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1212-639-9675\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=40.8384993,-73.8951228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a740f8969010\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a740f8969010\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Crotona_Park_%E2%80%94_a_lake_a_landmarked_pool_and_twenty-eight_kinds_of_tree_in_the_South_Bronx\" >Crotona Park \u2014 a lake, a landmarked pool and twenty-eight kinds of tree in the South Bronx<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.name\/en\/crotona-park-bronx\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crotona_Park_%E2%80%94_a_lake_a_landmarked_pool_and_twenty-eight_kinds_of_tree_in_the_South_Bronx\"><\/span>Crotona Park \u2014 a lake, a landmarked pool and twenty-eight kinds of tree in the South Bronx<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>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&#8217;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. What survives is a park of real topography \u2014 rolling ground, rock outcrops, mature canopy \u2014 with a three-acre lake at its centre, a monumental 1936 swimming pool that is now a designated landmark, twenty tennis courts, and a nature centre where Urban Park Rangers run canoe trips a few hundred metres from an elevated subway line. NYC Parks counts 28 species of tree inside the boundary, a striking figure for a park this size hemmed in by apartment blocks on every side.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indian Lake<\/strong> \u2014 a three-acre natural pond, the survivor of Bathgate Woods, with a stone bridge and an amphitheatre on its southern shore. It was fully restored in 2009 along with the amphitheatre, and it holds ducks, turtles and fish that support catch-and-release programmes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crotona Play Center<\/strong> \u2014 the pool complex that opened on 25 July 1936, the seventh of eleven Works Progress Administration pools inaugurated in New York that single summer. The main pool measures 330 by 125 feet, the largest in the Bronx, and roughly ten thousand people were turned away from the opening day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The bathhouse architecture<\/strong> \u2014 an Art Moderne and Classical composition by Aymar Embury II, Gilmore D. Clarke and Herbert Magoon, with decorative sculpture by Frederick Roth including ibis-topped pilasters. It was designated a New York City landmark on 26 June 2007 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on 28 April 2015; the lanterns crowning its towers were restored in 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cary Leeds Center for Tennis &amp; Learning<\/strong> \u2014 completed in 2015 with twenty rebuilt courts, the largest public tennis facility in the borough, home to youth programmes and to professional women&#8217;s tournament tennis that has returned to the park under the Bronx Open name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crotona Nature Center<\/strong> \u2014 reopened in May 2001 in the former lakeside boathouse and now staffed full-time by Urban Park Rangers, who run canoeing, catch-and-release fishing, lake ecology sessions and a Junior Ranger day camp for children aged eight to eleven.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The tree canopy<\/strong> \u2014 28 species including tulip tree, black cherry, hickory, sassafras and sweetgum, remnants and descendants of the original woodland. An American elm and a green ash here were designated Great Trees of New York City in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park is cut into quadrants by two through-routes, which sounds worse than it is: each quadrant has its own character, and the lake sits in the middle as the obvious meeting point. The mix is deliberately practical \u2014 this is a working neighbourhood park with an unusual amount of nature left in it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sports ground on a serious scale<\/strong> \u2014 six baseball fields, seven outdoor basketball courts, a soccer pitch, fourteen handball courts and twenty tennis courts, plus an indoor court, a gymnasium and a community centre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Twelve named playgrounds<\/strong> \u2014 among them Bathgate Playground, which keeps the name of the family that owned the land, and Carter Playground, named in 1998 for Jimmy Carter, whose 1977 visit to the devastated South Bronx became one of the defining images of the era.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The lakeside walk and amphitheatre<\/strong> \u2014 a short, flat circuit round Indian Lake with benches, drinking fountains and a comfort station, used for picnics, small performances and summer programming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Woodland paths<\/strong> \u2014 informal but genuine, running over rock outcrops and rolling ground between the sports areas, the closest thing to forest walking available without leaving the South Bronx.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The pool complex<\/strong> \u2014 bathhouse, mirror-image locker wings and the vast shallow main pool, operating as a free city pool during the summer season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Walter Gladwin Park<\/strong> \u2014 the fifteen-acre northern piece severed from Crotona when the Cross Bronx Expressway was driven through in 1945. Renamed several times and given its current name in November 2020 for Walter Gladwin, the first Black person elected to office in Bronx government, it preserves the grand staircase salvaged from the Bronx Borough Hall demolished in 1969.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Families with young children<\/strong> \u2014 twelve playgrounds, spray showers in summer and a free pool mean a full day out that costs nothing, with shade and seating close to every play area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swimmers<\/strong> \u2014 one of the largest outdoor public pools in the city, four feet deep across the main tank, so it works for beginners and lesson programmes as well as for cooling off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tennis players<\/strong> \u2014 twenty rebuilt courts and structured youth coaching make this the most serious public tennis address in the Bronx; the courts fill fast on summer evenings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Children curious about nature<\/strong> \u2014 the Rangers&#8217; canoe outings, fishing sessions and lake ecology walks are free, run from the nature centre and require no equipment of your own.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Walkers and older visitors<\/strong> \u2014 the loop around Indian Lake is flat, short and shaded, with benches at intervals; the surrounding paths climb gently if you want more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Architecture and history visitors<\/strong> \u2014 the 1936 bathhouse is one of the finest surviving WPA pool complexes in the United States and can be admired from outside the fence in any season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Crotona Park sits between the Crotona Park East, Claremont, Tremont and Morrisania neighbourhoods in the central South Bronx. The 2 and 5 trains stop at 174th Street on the park&#8217;s eastern side, which is the closest and simplest approach; the B and D trains stop at 174th\u2013175th Streets roughly half a mile west, an easy walk if you are coming down the west side of the borough. Buses Bx11, Bx15, Bx17, Bx19, Bx21 and Bx36 all pass the perimeter, so almost any crosstown trip lands you at a gate. Entry to the park, the playgrounds, the lake, the nature centre and the swimming pool is free \u2014 there is no admission charge anywhere in Crotona Park, and the tennis courts follow the standard citywide public permit system. The park keeps the usual NYC Parks hours from early morning until late evening; the pool operates only during the summer season and can close at short notice for maintenance or water quality, so check before making it the sole reason for a trip. An hour is enough for the lake and one playground; allow two to three hours if you want the pool complex, the nature centre and a walk through the woods.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring is the best time for the trees: the tulip trees, sassafras and sweetgums leaf out in a park where you can watch 28 species do it at slightly different times, and the lake fills with turtles and nesting waterfowl before the summer programming starts. Summer is the park at full volume \u2014 the pool open, spray showers running, ball fields booked all evening, the amphitheatre used for concerts and community events, and the tennis courts busy until the light goes. Autumn is the quiet reward: the canopy turns through October, the Rangers&#8217; walks continue, the crowds thin, and the lakeside loop becomes a genuinely pleasant twenty-minute stroll. Winter shows the park&#8217;s bones \u2014 the rock outcrops, the rolling ground the designers refused to flatten, the bathhouse towers with their restored lanterns standing clear above bare branches \u2014 and the paths stay usable, though the pool and nature programming go quiet until spring.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two things frequently said about Crotona Park need correcting. First, it was not designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted did propose, in the 1870s, a greenbelt of parks and parkways running across what would become the Bronx and following the natural terrain \u2014 but the city rejected the plan in 1877. The park network that actually appeared came from a different campaign, led by the New York Herald journalist John Mullaly and the New York Park Association he founded in November 1881, and enacted as the New Parks Act of 1884, under which Crotona Park was created in 1888. What is true is that the layout honoured Olmsted&#8217;s principle of working with the ground rather than levelling it, which is why the park still rolls. Second, the park contains 28 species of tree, not 128; the smaller figure is the one NYC Parks publishes, and it is impressive enough for 127.5 acres. The land itself belonged to the Bathgate family \u2014 Alexander Bathgate, a Scottish immigrant, had acquired the estate from the family of Gouverneur Morris \u2014 and the wooded tract with its pond was known locally as Bathgate Woods. Engineers initially expected to call the new park Bathgate Park, but chose Crotona instead, after the ancient Greek colony of Croton in southern Italy, a city famous for producing champion athletes; the change also avoided confusion with the Croton Aqueduct then supplying the city&#8217;s water. The lake&#8217;s name has a shakier pedigree: NYC Parks records that nineteenth-century residents simply imagined Weckquaesgeek people sitting around it and the name stuck. The twentieth century brought Robert Moses, appointed parks commissioner in 1934, and with him the 1936 pool; the fiscal collapse and arson years of the 1970s brought decline; and recovery has come in stages \u2014 the pool restored in 1984, the nature centre in 2001, the lake and amphitheatre in 2009, the tennis centre in 2015, the boathouse in 2016 and the bathhouse lanterns in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter from the 174th Street side on the 2 or 5 if you want the lake and nature centre first \u2014 they are the quietest part of the park and the easiest orientation point for everything else.<\/li>\n<li>City pools close without much notice for maintenance and water testing. If the swim is the point of the trip, confirm the pool is operating that day rather than turning up on a hot afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Tennis courts here are popular and follow the citywide public permit rules; come early on a summer evening or plan a weekday morning if you want a court without waiting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Was Crotona Park designed by Olmsted?<\/strong> No. Olmsted proposed a Bronx greenbelt in the 1870s but the city rejected it in 1877. Crotona Park was created in 1888 under the New Parks Act campaign led by John Mullaly, on land the Bathgate family had owned. The design does follow Olmsted-era principles of keeping natural terrain, which is probably where the confusion comes from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many species of trees are there really?<\/strong> Twenty-eight, according to NYC Parks \u2014 not 128, a figure that circulates widely but is not supported by the park authority. The species include tulip tree, black cherry, hickory, sassafras and sweetgum, and two individual trees here were named Great Trees of New York City in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the pool free?<\/strong> Yes. Crotona Play Center is a free city pool operating during the summer season. It is the largest outdoor pool in the Bronx, with a main tank 330 by 125 feet and a uniform depth of about four feet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you swim, fish or boat on Indian Lake?<\/strong> No swimming, but the Urban Park Rangers run free canoe outings and catch-and-release fishing sessions from the nature centre during the programme season. The lake was fully restored in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I get there on the subway?<\/strong> The 2 and 5 trains stop at 174th Street on the park&#8217;s eastern edge \u2014 the closest station. The B and D stop at 174th\u2013175th Streets about half a mile to the west. Six Bronx bus routes also serve the perimeter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the historic pool building?<\/strong> It is the 1936 bathhouse of the Crotona Play Center, designed by Aymar Embury II with Gilmore D. Clarke and Herbert Magoon, with sculpture by Frederick Roth. It became a New York City landmark in 2007 and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it a good park for small children?<\/strong> Very. There are twelve named playgrounds, spray showers in summer, a shallow free pool, and the flat lakeside loop for prams. Nothing inside the park costs anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is it called Crotona and not Bathgate?<\/strong> Because the engineers laying out the park chose the name of Croton, the ancient Greek colony in southern Italy renowned for its athletes, over the name of the family who had owned the woods \u2014 and because &#8220;Crotona&#8221; avoided confusion with the Croton Aqueduct that supplied New York&#8217;s water at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-1.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-2.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-3.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-4.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-5.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-6.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bronx.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/08\/crotona-park-bronx-7.jpg\" alt=\"Crotona Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Keya Isaac<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n2 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>I enjoy spending time in the park, but the restrooms close earlier than expected, which can be inconvenient. Also, some of the staff were unnecessarily rude, which spoils the overall impression. Apart from these issues,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Olivia Ethan<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n4 March 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A South Bronx heavyweight. A huge park that has a bit of everything. Indian Lake is a quiet, pretty option just to sit for a while. The WPA pool is iconic \u2014 a huge, landmark building, sometimes packed. Tennis courts, bas\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Rachel Anyanwu<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n29 June 2025<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A great park with tons of amenities! A tennis court, a soccer field, huge green lawns for barbecues, picnics or runs with your dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>ROSALIE HILL<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n18 September 2019<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A great outdoor space, plenty of places to sit without dragging out a lawn blanket or setting up chairs. Grill facilities and picnic tables. On hot days there&#039;s a playground and a &quot;sprinkler.&quot; Family-friendly. A great op\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Mr. Probability<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n23 August 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>This park sounds like the park COVID-19 leaked out of, but it&#039;s actually pretty big, with a lot of lawns, hills, some events like the hip-hop jam session that was here. There are also tennis courts, a soccer field, a sma\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 20:04:52<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/pelham-bay-park-bronx\"><span>Pelham Bay Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/van-cortlandt-park-bronx\"><span>Van Cortlandt Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/st-marys-park-bronx\"><span>St. Mary&#039;s Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bronx-park-bronx\"><span>Bronx Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/claremont-park-bronx\"><span>Claremont Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/ferry-point-park-bronx\"><span>Ferry Point Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/soundview-park-bronx\"><span>Soundview Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/roberto-clemente-state-park-bronx\"><span>Roberto Clemente State Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/clason-point-park-bronx\"><span>Clason Point Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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