Bronx Park

Highlights

Rockefeller Fountain

This elaborate sculptural fountain has a long and controversial history. Known as the Rockefeller Fountain , after the benefactor William Rockefeller (1841–1922)… Read More

Rosewood Playground

The origin of Rosewood Playground’s name, and the adjacent Rosewood Street--formerly known, at varying times, as Post Street, Locust Avenue, and Elizabeth Street--is… Read More

Trojan Courts

Named for the Trojans, a Bronx amateur baseball club that used the fields in the 1930s, Trojan Courts is one of the smaller areas within Bronx Park. Originally called… Read More

Waring Playground

What was here before? This area was once part of the Lorillard family estate. The Lorillard Tobacco Company was established in 1760 by Pierre Lorillard (1742-1778)… Read More