Roberto Clemente State Park is a
state park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "Federated state, state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on accou ...
in
Morris Heights,
Bronx
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,
New York City
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. The park is adjacent to the
Harlem River
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The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
, the
Major Deegan Expressway (
Interstate 87), and the
Morris Heights station on
Metro-North's
Hudson Line.
History
Roberto Clemente State Park, originally named Harlem River State Park, opened in 1973 and was the first
New York state park established in an urban setting.
The park was renamed in 1974 for
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (; August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December ...
, the first
Latino-American to be inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame
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. Clemente was killed in an air crash while trying to assist relief efforts after the
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
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.
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
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.
Park description
Roberto Clemente State Park offers a recreation building, a swimming pool, picnic tables, a playground, recreation programs, ball fields and basketball courts, biking
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, and a waterfront esplanade
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.[ This park connects to Bridge Park to its south.
]
See also
* List of New York state parks
This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Also listed are state golf courses, seasonal hunting areas, and ''former'' state parks.
In New York, state parks are managed by the New York State Office of Parks, R ...
* List of New York City parks relating to Hispanic and Latin American culture
References
External links
New York State Parks: Roberto Clemente State Park
State parks of New York (state)
Parks in the Bronx
Protected areas established in 1973
1973 establishments in New York City
Morris Heights, Bronx
State Park
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