Bronx Park

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Bronx Park follows the Bronx River for about two miles, covering 718 acres of city parkland between East 180th Street and Gun Hill Road.

  • 1.20 square miles
  • 49 street corners
  • 15 bus routes

The city gathered the land in 1888 and 1889 under the New Parks Act of 1884, and large sections soon went to the New York Botanical Garden, founded in 1891, and the Bronx Zoo, which opened in 1899. Within its bounds the river runs past a red maple swamp and floodplain forest, and an old snuff mill still standing on the garden's grounds is the country's oldest surviving tobacco factory building.

Sources: Bronx Park (NYC Parks); Bronx Park (Wikipedia).

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Bronx Park borders six areas, and Bronx River Parkway holds more of its corners than any other street, nine of 49.

Street map of Bronx Park, Bronx, outlined among West Farms, Belmont, Norwood and Allerton, with its paths and the streets around it.NorwoodWilliamsbridge-OlinvilleAllertonPelham Parkway-Van NestWest FarmsBelmont
  • Bronx Park
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on 15 routes stop in or at the edge of Bronx Park.

  • 14 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Bx9
  • Bx12
  • Bx12-SBS
  • Bx19
  • Bx22
  • Bx25
  • Bx26
  • Bx28
  • Bx38
  • Bx39
  • Bx40
  • Bx42
  • Q44-SBS
  • T117

Express bus route

  • BxM11

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 134 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 2.7 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 43 corners with a clean record

Camera tickets

In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
646.6 acres of Bronx Park, as NYC Parks maps it within the area's boundary
Designated landmarks
The Astor Court, Bronx Zoo; the Rockefeller Fountain, New York Zoological Park; the Astor Court, Bronx Zoo, Administration Building; and the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gates, New York Zoological Park, among others

Streets and trees

Trees
3,008 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, ash and black cherry
Street with the most corners
Bronx River Parkway, with nine of the area's 49
Height above sea level
From 34 feet at Jungle World Road & Mitsubishi River Walk to 95 feet at Azalea Way & Garden Way

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, one bike-share station stands in Bronx Park.

  • 1 bike-share station

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.