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Most of the open area (Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Park, and Pelham Bay Park) is in the northern section of the borough, adjacent to Westchester County, allowing easy migration of animals from the mainland. [3] The tree canopy of the Bronx cover 25% of the land area, hosting a wide range of avian species. [4]
Fordham is dominated by 5- and 6-story apartment buildings, often set flush to the sidewalk. Many of the apartments on the Grand Concourse are taller. The New York Botanical Garden and the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo, both inside Bronx Park, collectively occupy dozens of acres of land within the neighborhood.
The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York.It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States by area, [5] comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats separated by the Bronx River.
Tour through Bronx Zoo, 1950. The Wildlife Conservation Society was originally chartered by the government of the State of New York, on April 26, 1895. [6] [7]: 52 Then known as the New York Zoölogical Society, [6] the organization embraced a mandate to advance native wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoological park that would be free to the public ...
Bronx Park, Bronx - 718 acres (2.91 km 2) [2] Alley Pond Park, Queens - 655 acres (2.65 km 2) [2] Forest Park, Queens - 544 acres (2.20 km 2) [2] While Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is larger than any of the parks listed, at 9,155 acres (37.05 km 2), [3] it is not ranked since it is a wildlife refuge and not an active-use park.
The land for Bronx Park was acquired with funds authorized by the 1884 New Parks Act, which was intended to preserve lands that would soon become part of New York City. [1]: 166 [2] [3] Much of the land was acquired from Fordham University, which gave away the land on the condition that it be used as a zoo and botanical garden. [4]
Van Cortlandt Park is a 1,146-acre (464 ha) park located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City.Owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is managed with assistance from the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.
Park Plaza Apartments. June 3, 1982 : 1005 Jerome Ave. Concourse: 51: Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) ... 2700–2870 Bronx Park E Bronx Park: 75: US Post ...