Where is inwood hill park in nyc

The programs consisted of games, nature and geology studies, arts and crafts, story telling, drama, and community singing among various activities, and children were provided free transportation and lunch. Amazingly, construction lasts just one year and the project, under the leadership of Robert Moses, comes in under budget. June 11, : Parks Department announces plan to use landfill to add 24 acres of land to the park in an area now commonly known as the Gaelic field.

Adjacent to the yacht basin will be a new clubhouse and roadways and a parking area capable of taking care of cars. There will be an additional large recreational area including a baseball diamond. The whole plan is pleasing in appearance, will be well landscaped and amply provided with walks and roadways.

It is anticipated that these additional park facilities will be subjected to intense use. Butcher a fifty-trip booklet of toll passes. Parks Department press release, January 28, Two inverted L-shaped bulkheads have been designed on the blueprints to accommodate the berths for forty-five cruisers up to fifty feet or so over-all. The park, wrote F. It has no benches, drinking fountains or toilets. And all that, in spite of the fact that the park is visited daily by hundreds of children.

Comfortable park benches will be arranged about the memorial under the fine old trees which shade the site. According to the plaque the site was also the location of the alleged transaction between Peter Minuit and the Lenape for the purchase of Manhattan.

Children secretly sympathize with the villains, Cock and Bull, who kidnap her in order to profit by her unusual gift. However, as the plot unfolds, they understand why Happy must rescue her and want to see the villains outwitted.

The lights are quickly vandalized. November, National Guardsmen are deployed in Inwood Hill Park to help a short-staffed parks department clear dead trees and trash.

April National Guardsmen ordered to leave after neighborhood protests. Two years later the facility remains a ruin. Below are some of my favorite maps of the park. Why not start your own historical exploration? Let me know what you find. Thank you so much for putting this together! So interesting- I love this park and I wish the ecology center would reopen.

This was a great tour through the history of the park. Loved this! Awesome job and love the photos. I moved there in in 3rd grade and attended Good Shepherd school. Love the history and loved the area. No doubt will be referring to this page for many years to come. Some additional notes you might want to add:. In many groups such as the City Club were advocating for the parkway to run on the east side of the park, where Payson and Indian Road are today, before crossing a low bridge to the Bronx where the high school is now.

One can only imagine how this might have preserved more of the forest but decimated the neighborhood interaction with the park. In this case, Moses actually saved a neighborhood by getting his way, although probably for the wrong reasons — financiers were concerned about the competition of the free Broadway Bridge and preferred the western route.

Also, the strange tax lot from the original park before the landfill is also apparent. Amazing bio of Inwood. Great pictures and history. Visited a couple years ago and look forward to returning soon fo another.

Hi Cole, Great job…I learned things I had not known before!! Fondly, Charlotte. Hey Cole! My mom, Charlotte, is one of your biggest fans. Question: last I checked the whole plaque marking the site of the selling of Mannahatta was debunked by more than a few historians, which made me sad. Do you have evidence to the contrary that will allow me to reengage my childhood dreaming? Thank you Cole. Thank you for all your time in compiling all this information. When guests come visit me they are always interested in the local history.

These pages will be highly valued for years to come! Dear Cole, Thanks for this info on Inwood. My niece put this on face bk. I was born in Jewish Mem. Hospital in , moved in But I remember playing in the parks; I think back about the area with fond memories quite often.

Nice to read all about how it came about. We were all one big happy family, bonds that seem to exist only in NYC. Thanks for this great article. My earliest memory of the Inwood Hill concession stand goes back to ca. I had to be restrained until my father got back. That motivated some of the boys to go into Inwood Hill Park, grab loose tree branches and engage in armed combat like the knights of old. The park also manages to present modern conveniences like athletic fields, playgrounds, dog runs, and a barbecue area, in harmony with its natural assets.

Discover the history of Inwood Hill Park. Fall Foliage Hike. Learn why leaves change color in fall as we hike around one of the most picturesque fall foliage spots in Manhattan.

Take a look at the newly developed salt marsh lying on river banks of Inwood Hill Park. Inwood Hill Nature Center.

Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, this facility is closed until further notice. Please follow this project on our Capital Project Tracker for updates. Inwood Hill Park. Please visit our Raccoon Advisory page for more information. Muscota Marsh. So next time we would just leave the car parked by the trail n walk to the Hudson which was half a mile away. Nice park would do it again before heading back to New England. Lots of books and crannies to explore.

Some good cardio if you do the hills quickly and repeatedly! Very close to the subway so easy to get to. Great changes of elevation on red and orange trails! A bit slick with the fallen leaves and recent rain. Beautiful and easy trail in the city. The leaves made it slick in spots so you needed to be extra careful. Will be back for sure! The pants are a little bit deteriorated, and they were a few trees down from a recent storm. But it is still a accessible and remarkable trail right in Manhattan.

Walked the Red trail loop with some meandering on the inner loop. A lot of the trail midway is encountered by construction sites, and part of the trail about feet goes along the HH Pkway so it was unpleasant.

There is no buffer for the noise level. Positive: Pretty much the whole trail is shaded. The highest strain of elevation is at the very beginning and it incrementally increases after that. Although the trail is paved, it is still surrounded by forest and not bad for a city hike. Neutral: Only one scenic view of the river was visible.

It's nice. A second one was partial. Great trail in NYC. A very nice lookout onto the Hudson. Hard to believe this is in NYC. Took the shorter blue trail, but will take red next time. Great rocks to climb for kids and lots of dogs on leash.

Everyone respectful of distancing. Would recommend! Loved this trail. Have completed a few times with children and enjoyed very much. Easy and fun! This is a paved park pathway, not a hiking trail. Why is it on AllTrails? We walked the red trail with our class.

The overlook was very nice. Very easy hike for beginners. Took about an hour. Trail markers, so our kids could practice. Next time we will do the blue trail. The map on the app isn't accurate. There is alot of small side trails that branch off the bigger ones. It is small enough though that you wont get lost.

Use Navigator in the AllTrails app and join the other outdoor explorers who have completed this trail. Inwood Hill Park Trail easy Length 2.

Filled with caves, valleys, ridges, forest and salt marsh, the park offers a hiking trail and the Hudson River Bike Trail.

The park is one of the best places to spot a bald eagle in the City, after the Urban Park Rangers launched a bald eagle release project in the park in Reviews Sort by:. Dawn Baillie. October 10, Luis Gironza.

October 9, Ashley Rivera. August 14, Michelle Quinones. July 21, Steve Galla. July 10, June 25, Gus Perry.