Ampere Playground

This playground honors Andre Ampere (1775-1836), an accomplished French physicist and mathematician who is considered the father of electromagnetic theory.  Ampere Avenue, located near Radio Drive and Ohm Avenue in the Bronx, is also named for Andre Ampere.  The streets were given electric names after Issac Leopold Rice, president of the Electric Storage Battery Company, donated the land near Ampere Avenue to the City.

Born in Lyon, France on January 20, 1775, Andre Ampere received no formal education. Instead, he learned from his father and by memorizing passages from the encyclopedia.  By the time he was 13, Ampere had submitted a paper to the Academie de Lyon on the construction of a line that is equal to a specified arclength along a circle.  However, due to his isolated education, Ampere was uninformed of current advances in mathematics, and his papers were deemed unworthy of publication.

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More About Ampere Playground

Zip Code:11416
Community Board: 09
Council Member: Joann Ariola
Park ID: Q378
Acreage: 1.32
Property Type: Jointly Operated Playground

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Other Parks Nearby

• London Planetree Playground (0.37 miles)
• Belmont Playground (0.51 miles)
• Tudor Park (0.58 miles)
• Robert E. Venable Park (0.67 miles)
• Equity Playground (0.70 miles)