Roberto Clemente State Park Explained

Roberto Clemente State Park
Map:New York City
Type:State park
Location:The Bronx, New York City, NY, United States
Coords:40.855°N -73.92°W
Area:25acres[1]
Created:1973
Operator:New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitation Num:1,092,606
Visitation Year:2014
Visitation Ref:[2]
Publictransit:Morris Heights

Roberto Clemente State Park is a 25acres 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.

History

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] In 2013, a statue of Clemente was unveiled in the park.[6]

The park is managed by a partnership of nonprofit New York Restoration Project and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Park description

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roberto Clemente State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . November 5, 2015.
  2. Web site: State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Data.ny.gov . November 5, 2015.
  3. Web site: Roberto Clemente State Park - Nature Up Close . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . November 6, 2015.
  4. Web site: State Park Comes to Bronx Riverside . The New York Times . August 16, 1973 . Narvaez, Alfonso A. . November 5, 2016.
  5. Web site: State Parks Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Renaming of Roberto Clemente State Park . https://web.archive.org/web/20060924023048/http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/news/press/view.asp?pressID=386 . September 24, 2006 . September 30, 2004 . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . November 13, 2016.
  6. News: Gonzalez . David . A New Home for Clemente: On a Pedestal in the Bronx . May 21, 2024 . . June 28, 2013.