Bronx Park
Other facilities
### Other facilities

[left\|thumb\|A bridge within the New York Botanical Garden, in Bronx Park](/wiki/File:Bridge_-_panoramio_%289%29.jpg "Bridge - panoramio (9).jpg")
The eastern section of Bronx Park contains several recreational facilities that mainly serve the neighborhoods to its east. These include areas for [baseball](/wiki/Baseball "Baseball"), [basketball](/wiki/Basketball "Basketball"), [bocce](/wiki/Bocce "Bocce"), [football](/wiki/American_football "American football"), [handball](/wiki/Handball "Handball"), [soccer](/wiki/Association_football "Association football"), and [tennis](/wiki/Tennis "Tennis"). There are also hiking trails, kayaking sites, playgrounds, a skate park, and spray showers. Of the seven playgrounds in Bronx Park, four are located on Bronx Park East or Bronx River Parkway: Ben Abrams Playground, Brady Playground, Waring Playground, and Rosewood Playground. The park also has three bicycle paths; the longest is a north–south path on Bronx River Parkway, but bikeways also run northwest along [Mosholu Parkway](/wiki/Mosholu_Parkway "Mosholu Parkway") and east along Pelham Parkway.

The northern section of Bronx Park is classified by NYC Parks as a Forever Wild [nature preserve](/wiki/Nature_reserve "Nature reserve"). The preserve occupies  and is permanently closed off to development. The preserve is mainly composed of a floodplain forest with [eastern hemlock](/wiki/Tsuga_canadensis "Tsuga canadensis") and hardwoods, through which several walking trails run. The forest is believed to be the only woodland in New York City that has [never been cleared](/wiki/First-growth_forest "First-growth forest"). In addition, there is another set of ballfields called the Allerton Avenue Ballfields adjacent to the preserve. The ballfields are named after [Daniel Allerton](/wiki/Daniel_Allerton "Daniel Allerton"), an early Bronx settler, and consist of three baseball fields and a comfort station. The [Bronx Skate Park](/wiki/Bronx_Skate_Park "Bronx Skate Park") is located nearby on Bronx Park East between Allerton Avenue and Britton Street, near the northeast corner of Bronx Park. Two playgrounds, French Charley's Playground and Frisch Field, are also adjacent to the northern section of Bronx Park.

The southeast section, known as Ranaqua, is used as NYC Parks' Bronx headquarters. The name is an [Algonquin](/wiki/Algonquin_language "Algonquin language") ([Delaware](/wiki/Delaware_languages "Delaware languages")) word for "End Place", the original name of the peninsula that was sold in 1639 to the Bronx's namesake [Jonas Bronck](/wiki/Jonas_Bronck "Jonas Bronck"). The current brick buildings that comprise Ranaqua were built in the 1930s as part of a [Works Progress Administration](/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration "Works Progress Administration") project.

The southwest corner of Bronx Park contains River Park, a small park and playground that overlooks the Bronx River south of the zoo. The park is located just south of the 182nd Street Dam, a small cascade on the river.

The park has five entrances:
* Main Entrance: at 2900 Southern Boulevard
* Mosholu Entrance: 2950 Southern Boulevard
* Bedford Park Gate: at the corner of Southern Boulevard and Bedford Park Boulevard
* Everett Garden Gate: on Southern Boulevard
* East Gate: at the corner of Waring Avenue and Bronx Park East


What sports facilities are available in Bronx Park?