Roberto Clemente State Park | |
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Type | State park |
Location | The Bronx, New York City, NY, United States |
Coordinates | 40°51′18″N 73°55′12″W / 40.855°N 73.92°W |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) [1] |
Created | 1973 [1] |
Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
Visitors | 1,092,606 (in 2014) [2] |
Public transit access | Morris Heights |
Roberto Clemente State Park is a 25-acre (10 ha) state park in Morris Heights, Bronx, New York City. The park is adjacent to the Harlem River, the Major Deegan Expressway ( Interstate 87), and the Morris Heights station on Metro-North's Hudson Line.
Roberto Clemente State Park, originally named Harlem River State Park, opened in 1973 and was the first New York state park established in an urban setting. [3] [4] The park was renamed in 1974 for Roberto Clemente, the first Latino-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Clemente was killed in an air crash while trying to assist relief efforts after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. [1] [5]
The park is managed by a partnership of nonprofit New York Restoration Project and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.[ citation needed]
Roberto Clemente State Park offers a recreation building, a swimming pool, picnic tables, a playground, recreation programs, ball fields and basketball courts, biking, and a waterfront esplanade. [1] This park connects to Bridge Park to its south.
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Roberto Clemente State Park | |
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Type | State park |
Location | The Bronx, New York City, NY, United States |
Coordinates | 40°51′18″N 73°55′12″W / 40.855°N 73.92°W |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) [1] |
Created | 1973 [1] |
Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
Visitors | 1,092,606 (in 2014) [2] |
Public transit access | Morris Heights |
Roberto Clemente State Park is a 25-acre (10 ha) state park in Morris Heights, Bronx, New York City. The park is adjacent to the Harlem River, the Major Deegan Expressway ( Interstate 87), and the Morris Heights station on Metro-North's Hudson Line.
Roberto Clemente State Park, originally named Harlem River State Park, opened in 1973 and was the first New York state park established in an urban setting. [3] [4] The park was renamed in 1974 for Roberto Clemente, the first Latino-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Clemente was killed in an air crash while trying to assist relief efforts after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. [1] [5]
The park is managed by a partnership of nonprofit New York Restoration Project and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.[ citation needed]
Roberto Clemente State Park offers a recreation building, a swimming pool, picnic tables, a playground, recreation programs, ball fields and basketball courts, biking, and a waterfront esplanade. [1] This park connects to Bridge Park to its south.
Media related to Roberto Clemente State Park at Wikimedia Commons