Reservoir, at the intersection of Reservoir and Sedgwick Avenues. Tt 

 is the site of one of the outer defenses which Washington built during 

 the Revolution to protect the American Army, when it was encamped 

 on the Heights of Harlem. A flag-staff marks the site of the old fort. 

 The rounded earthen mound of the redoubt is clearly marked. When 

 first cleared of brambles, at the centre were uncovered an old brick fire- 

 place and part of a stone flooring, and nearby were found buttons, 

 buckles, coins and pieces of crockery. A bronze tablet has been erected 

 on the rocky face of the bluff. 



OTHER PARKS. 



The other parks of the Bronx are all "neighborhood parks." They 

 are nearly all in a high state of park cultivation with lawns, flowers, 

 shrubs and trees. The only special features to be mentioned are : St. 

 James Park, 6 tennis courts; De Voe Park, 2 tennis courts; Mosholu 

 Parkway, 1 baseball diamond. 



Franz Sigel (originally Cedar Park) ; area, 17.47 acres, location, 

 between East 153d and 161st Streets and Walton and Mott Avenues. 



St. James Park: area, 11.83 acres; location, adjoining St. James 

 Protestant Episcopal Church on Jerome Avenue, near Fordham Cross- 

 road. 



Washington Bridge Park ; area, 8.45 acres ; location, Bronx end of 

 Washington Bridge. 



DeVoe Park; area, 5.87 acres; location, Fordham Road, 188th 

 Street, Sedgwick and University Avenues. 



Echo Park : area, 4 acres ; location, west of Webster Avenue and 

 north of 177th Street. 



University Park : area, 2.75 acres ; location, the Harlem River slope 

 in front of the grounds of New York University. 



Melrose Park : area, .83 acres ; location, west of the Melrose Station 

 of the Harlem Division of the New York Central R. R. 



Rose Hill Park : area, .42 acres ; location, Webster Avenue and 

 Fordham Road. 



St. Augustine Park: area, .2 acre; location, junction of 166th Street, 

 Fulton and Franklin Avenues. 



UNNAMED PARKS. 



Area in 

 Location Acres 



One Hundred Thirty-seventh Street, Third Avenue 04 



Bergen Avenue, One Hundred Forty-ninth Street, Gerard 



Avenue 05 



Austin Place, One Hundred Forty-ninth Street 04 



Hall Place, Roger Place and One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street 38 



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