Crotona Park
Park · Bronx
Crotona Park is the largest park in the South Bronx and the sixth largest in the borough, covering 127.5 acres with ballfields, tennis and handball courts and playgrounds.
- 0.23 square miles
- 1 street corner
- 2 bus routes
The City acquired the land, then called Bathgate Woods, in 1888 under the New Parks Act of 1884, and a Parks Department engineer named it for Croton, an ancient Greek colony famed for its Olympic athletes. Its 3.3-acre Indian Lake began as a natural pond, and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia opened its WPA-funded pool and bathhouse in July 1936.
Sources: Crotona Park (NYC Parks); Crotona Park (Wikipedia).
Crotona Park borders four areas.
- Crotona Park
- A neighboring area
- Park
- Another station
Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.
Neighboring areas
- Tremont northeast
- Crotona Park East southeast
- Morrisania southwest
- Claremont Village-Claremont (East) northwest
Getting around
Buses on two routes stop in or at the edge of Crotona Park.
- 2 local bus routes
Local bus routes
- Bx11
- Bx17
Safety record
Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at its one corner; the average Bronx corner had 8.0.
Signal or safety changes on City record, at its one corner
- Leading pedestrian intervals
- 1
- Accessible pedestrian signals
- 1
Camera tickets
In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.
Parks
- Parkland
- 125.9 acres of Crotona Park, as NYC Parks maps it within the area's boundary
Streets and trees
- Trees
- 2,909 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, pin oak and littleleaf linden
Bike share
By the station list of October 3, 2026, four bike-share stations stand in Crotona Park.
- 4 bike-share stations
The corner
How the figures above are measured: Methodology.