Railroad Park
This park at the intersection of Courtlandt Avenue, East 161st, and East 162nd Streets in the Bronx neighborhood of Melrose ta...

Ralph H. Hoist Triangle
Ralph H. Hoist Triangle honors a diligent community steward. Ralph H. Hoist (1922-1990) was born in Philadelphia and attended...

Ranaqua
Ranaqua, the Bronx headquarters of NYC Parks, is located in the southeastern part of Bronx Park, east of the northbound lanes ...

Randall Playground
Randall Playground serves the residents of the Castle Hill Houses. This sprawling group of buildings is one of the housing pr...

Randall Playground - House Sparrows in New York City Parks
If you look around Randall Playground, you will probably see house sparrows (Passer domesticus). This small, brown bird has a...

Red Light Park
These two lots were assigned to the Parks Department by the Department of General Services Division of Real Pr...

Reiss Field
Reiss Field and nearby Reiss Place both honor German-American émigré George Reiss (1846-1911). A progressive lan...

Reverend Polite Playground
This playground and the avenue that forms its western boundary are both named for Reverend James Arthur Polite (1899-1980), a ...

Reverend T. Wendell Foster Park
What was here before? A creek, called Mentipathe by the Lenape, once ran through this land into the Harlem River, after fol...

Richman (Echo) Park
What was here before? This park is located in Tremont’s Mount Hope section. The land was once part of the vast Morris...

Rienzi Playground
What was here before? This area was once the land of the Lenape which stretched from the Hudson Valley to Delaware. They us...

Riverbend Playground
Riverbend Playground is located in Kingsbridge Heights, near the bend of the Harlem River, where it skirts the northern tip of...

Riverdale Park
What was here before?The bedrock of Riverdale, the park’s namesake, is billion-year-old Fordham gneiss, the oldest rock ...

Riverdale Park - the Forests of New York City
Riverdale Park is known as a haven for birds. Twenty-seven species, including the screech owl (Otus asio), have been confirme...

Riverdale Playground
What was here before? Riverdale began as a real estate venture in 1856, financed in part by the prominent Dodge, Goodrich, ...

Rock Garden Park
Rock Garden Park stands as an emblem of the accomplishments achieved through broad-based community activism. This site alon...

Rockefeller Fountain
This elaborate sculptural fountain has a long and controversial history. Known as the Rockefeller Fountain, after the benefact...

Rodman’s Neck
The peninsula of Rodman’s Neck is located south of Orchard Beach between Eastchester Bay and City Island. The peni...

Rose Hill Park
What was here before?This small park is a vestige of a far larger estate once called “Rose Hill” by its owner, Rob...

Rosewood Playground
The origin of Rosewood Playground’s name, and the adjacent Rosewood Street--formerly known, at varying times, as Post St...