Bronx Park receives $292K to open an adult fi tness area
BY ROBERT WIRSING
Bronxites looking to obtain
and maintain their perfect
summer body can thanks
to Bronx Park’s newest addition.
Bronx Parks Commissioner
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa and Councilman
Ritchie Torres joined
members of the Bronx Park
East Community Association,
Community Board 11 and the
Allerton community to celebrate
the grand opening of
Bronx Park’s new adult fi tness
area on Friday, August 2.
Located at Bronx Park East
and Arnow Avenue, Bronx
Park’s $292,000 adult fi tness
area features a double chest
press, sit-up bench, overhead
ladder and cross trainer; new
plantings; benches and safety
surfacing.
According to NYC Parks,
the individual units were selected
based on function to
meet the target areas of cardio
and muscle fi tness while
targeting core and upper body
strength.
“The new Bronx Park adult
fi tness area brings quality fi tness
equipment directly to
Bronx residents so that exercise
can be made part of an
Local elected offi cials, Parks and community leaders joined in cutting the ribbon for the new adult fi tness area
at Bronx Park. Photo by Jewel Webber
everyday routine to maintain
a healthy lifestyle,” explained
Torres.
The councilman added
that approximately 1,165 residents
voted in favor of creating
Bronx Park’s adult fi tness
area.
The project was made possible
through the NYC Council’s
2016 participatory budget.
Bronx Park’s adult fi tness
area was funded with $92,000
allocated by Mayor de Blasio
and $200,000 from Torres.
“We always encourage
healthy lifestyle choices and
now these fi tness units will
provide our park patrons with
easily accessible new options
to work out,” expressed Rodriguez
Rosa.
During the event, residents,
elected offi cials, Parks
and community leaders each
took turns testing the excerise
equipment.
“The community is always
looking for additions to
their local parks and this is
a great space to exercise and
stay healthy without adding
any extra costs,” stated Assemblywoman
Nathalia Fernandez.
Bronx Park is best known
as the home of the Bronx Zoo
and the New York Botanical
Garden and includes many
recreation areas.
In addition to Bronx Park’s
new adult fi tness area, visitors
can also take advantage of the
718.37 acre park’s numerous
playgrounds; bicycle paths;
hiking trails; spray showers;
baseball fi elds; tennis; bocce
and basketball courts; baseball,
football and soccer fi elds;
skate park; kayak and canoe
launch sites and Wi-Fi hot
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Bronx Park also features
a similar adult fi tness area at
its Waring Playground located
at Waring Avenue and Bronx
Park East.
Much like the borough and
the river that runs through it,
Bronx Park is named for the
17th century Swedish sea captain
Jonas Bronck who settled
the area in 1639.
Bronck purchased approximately
500 acres of land from
the Dutch West India Company
and traded tools, clothes
and utensils with local Native
Americans for additional
property.
After Bronck, this property
passed through several different
families before the city acquired
640 acres of it between
December 1888 and January
1889.
By 1890, the city had acquired
properties in the Bronx
that would eventually become
known as Van Cortlandt, Pelham
Bay, Bronx, Crotona and
Claremont parks and four
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