Crotona Park

Crotona Park is a public park in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It covers 127.5 acres (0.516 km2; 0.1992 sq mi) and includes a 3.3-acre (1.3 ha) lake, as well as the Bronx's largest swimming pool and 28 species of trees. The park is bounded by Crotona Park West (also known as Fulton Avenue), Crotona Park North, Crotona Park East, and Crotona Park South; Claremont Parkway and Crotona Avenue pass through it. The is in the western part of the park. Robert Moses famously refused to realign the Cross-Bronx Expressway, which is located several blocks north of the park's northern boundary, to pass along the edge of the park and save a number of homes from demolition.

Crotona Park

Crotona Park is a public park in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It covers 127.5 acres (0.516 km2; 0.1992 sq mi) and includes a 3.3-acre (1.3 ha) lake, as well as the Bronx's largest swimming pool and 28 species of trees. The park is bounded by Crotona Park West (also known as Fulton Avenue), Crotona Park North, Crotona Park East, and Crotona Park South; Claremont Parkway and Crotona Avenue pass through it. The is in the western part of the park. Robert Moses famously refused to realign the Cross-Bronx Expressway, which is located several blocks north of the park's northern boundary, to pass along the edge of the park and save a number of homes from demolition.