Van Cortlandt Park

City Park · Bronx, New York

Eleven hundred and forty-six acres in the north-west Bronx — the third-largest park in New York City — holding the oldest building in the borough, ⚠ THE FIRST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE IN THE UNITED STATES, opened 1895, and the forested ridges of the Northwest Forest, which are among the least-visited woodland in the city. The Old Croton Aqueduct and the Putnam railway both ran through it.

Broadway at West 246th Street, Bronx, New York, 10471, United States

FREE and open daily, generally 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. — 1,146 acres, the third-largest park in New York City. ⚠ THE 1895 GOLF COURSE, the first public course in the United States, is a municipal course open to anyone: BOOKED SEPARATELY through the New York City golf system with green fees. The Van Cortlandt House Museum inside the park is separately ticketed and is a separate row in this database. The pool is free in summer. Free parking at several entrances. ⚠ The 1 train terminates at Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street, at the entrance.

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