PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Bronx Point will provide substantial high-quality open space for the community, including a new playground and landscaped area adjacent to the existing Mill Pond Park to the north, an esplanade along the Harlem River shoreline with a landscaped public walkway and seating areas, and a plaza on Exterior Street beginning underneath the Major Deegan Expressway and extending along a newly activated streetscape and retail corridor.
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The site will also include a publicly accessible upland connection as well as open, landscaped spaces surrounding the new building. Collectively, these open space improvements will advance the City and community’s long-standing goal of providing access to the Harlem River waterfront and increasing parkland in the South Bronx.
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The family and community focused open space programming includes improved site safety, lawn areas, a new playground, waterfront lookouts, an extended BBQ area, fitness zones for adults, gathering spaces, bike/running/walking path extensions, and publicly accessible bathrooms.
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