PLAN OF NEW YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS
 

EXISTING RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE
HUDSON RIVER VALLEY

THE map on page 31 shows the possibilities of the more effective use of
the publicly owned lands in the Hudson River Valley. It shows both the
Bear Mountain Park and the Mohansic Reservation, the great parks of the
Borough of the Bronx, the Bronx River Parkway, the strips of park along the
westerly side of the Hudson under the jurisdiction of the Palisades Interstate
Park Commission, the system of lakes and reservoirs in the Croton Watershed,
and the main highways connecting them, including the proposed new bridge
across the Hudson between Anthony's Nose and Bear Mountain. By means of
this bridge it will be possible for those on the easterly side of the Hudson and
from New England to reach the Ramapo Hills, the New Jersey shore, and the
south, without traversing the already overcrowded streets of New York City
and without the long delays at the ferries, there being at the present time no
highway bridge across the Hudson south of Albany.

Realizing the need of adequate connections between the different units of a
park system, it is now proposed that the state establish a parkway which will
connect the northerly end of the Bronx River Parkway at the foot of the
Kensico dam with Bear Mountain, by way of Pines Bridge across the Croton
Reservoir, Mohansic Park, Peekskill, and the new Hudson River bridge, above
referred to. Another state project includes the creation of the Roosevelt
Memorial Park and Parkway, the former located on the shore of Oyster Bay
and the latter extending from this park to the city line, by way of East Nor¬
wich, Roslyn, and Manhasset, then following Northern Boulevard and Jackson
Avenue through Bayside and Flushing to the Queensboro Bridge and Central
Park.
 

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