Pelham Bay Park
City Park · Bronx, New York
⚠ THE LARGEST PARK IN NEW YORK CITY AT 2,772 ACRES — more than three times the size of Central Park — on the Bronx's eastern shore, holding salt marsh, oak forest, thirteen miles of shoreline, a lagoon, a golf course, a mansion museum and ORCHARD BEACH. Most New Yorkers have never been, and a great many do not know it exists.
Bruckner Boulevard at Wilkinson Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, United States
FREE and open daily, generally 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. — 2,772 acres, the LARGEST PARK IN NEW YORK CITY, more than three times Central Park. ⚠ ORCHARD BEACH, inside the park, is free but its CAR PARK CHARGES IN SUMMER, and swimming is permitted only when lifeguards are on duty — separate row in this database. ⚠ BARTOW-PELL MANSION MUSEUM, also inside the park, opens only three days a week and is separately ticketed — separate row. Golf is booked through the New York City municipal system. ⚠ The 6 train terminates at Pelham Bay Park BUT THE PARK IS ENORMOUS — Orchard Beach is a further bus ride.