Pelham Bay Park. 



Area. — This is the largest park in the city, including within its 

 boundaries 1,756 acres, over twice as many as Central Park. 



Means of Access. — The most direct and convenient means of reach- 

 ing Pelham Bay Park is by means of the Harlem River Branch of the 

 New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. The terminal of this road 

 is at Willis Avenue, The Bronx, but a shuttle train runs from the 129th 

 Street Station of the 2d and 3d Avenue Elevated R. R. systems. For the 

 south section of the park, visitors should alight at the Baychester Sta- 

 tion; for the northerly and more important section, at Bartow Station, 

 now known as the City Island Station. 



Trolley Lines. The "Southern Boulevard" cars of the Union Rail- 

 way run from the terminal at 129th Street and Third Avenue, Man- 

 hattan, to Eastern Boulevard entrance of the park. Visitors can also 

 reach the park by the Union Railway cars running on Westchester 

 Avenue and on West Farms Road. 



Special Features. — In this park is to be found a remarkable com- 

 bination of big stretches of untouched woodland, great expanses of lawn 

 and meadow, salt water bays and inlets, islands, and miles and miles of 

 shore front. It is an excellent park for a genuine rural picnic or a sea- 

 side outing. There is space and seclusion, should that be desired for the 

 basket party; the hotels within the park vary in their service from the 

 simple and inexpensive to the elaborate and costly. 



Sports. — In this park there are 10 baseball fields; 2 tennis courts; a 

 fine 18-hole golf course covering 100 acres ; La Crosse grounds ; a 37-acre 

 athletic field which includes a quarter-mile running track. Convenient 

 to this is a lodge containing lockers, shower baths, etc. 



Recreations. — There are two fine, sandy bathing beaches maintained 

 by the City in this park. The use of lockers and dressing rooms and 

 showers is free. Bathers must bring their own suits. There are 1.200 

 lockers at each beach and it is estimated that as many as 2,000 use these 

 beaches on week days, and 5,000 on Sundays and holidays. 



At Orchard Beach, under permit from the Department of Health, 

 there are maintained three hundred (300) camp sites for the exclusive 

 use of families, for which a fee of ten ($10) dollars is charged for the 

 period from June 15th to September 15th each year. This charge in- 

 cludes the water rent, which amounts to $3.00 for each site. The site 

 of these camps is laid out into streets of a normal width of thirty (30) 

 feet. The sites are of a uniform size, 30x60 feet. The tents erected on 

 these sites are required to be of a uniform size — 15x30 feet. This site 

 is called the "Tent City," and is located near the bathing beach, where 

 there is a splendid outlook upon Pelham Bay and the Long Island Sound. 



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