Kearny Riverbank Park

Rapp's Boathouse seen from former New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, the WR Draw, which crosses over the park and the Passaic River
Rowers from Nutley High School

Kearny Riverbank Park is a municipal linear park along the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey. It is located in the Kearny Uplands north of Bergen Avenue and was extended to Belleville Turnpike in 2011 with brownfield reclamation projects.[1][2][3] In 2012 improvements to the park's greenway were funded with a $1.8 million appropriation from the state.[4]

The reaches of the Passaic along the park have long been popular with rowing teams[5] The park is home to the boathouse used by Kearny, Belleville, and Nutley high school oarsmen.[3]

  1. ^ Buger, Rose (October 2, 2008), "Kearny Riverbank Park expansion moves ahead", Kearny Weekly, retrieved 2011-09-30
  2. ^ "Riverbank Park to be extended Park to be extended to Belleville Turnpike", Kearny Weekly, January 27, 2011, retrieved 2011-09-30
  3. ^ a b Buger, Rose (April 29, 2010), "Plans to make empty lot part of a park", Kearny Weekly, retrieved 2011-09-30
  4. ^ McDonald, Terrence T. (March 25, 2011), "Wittpenn Bridge and Pulaski Skyway among Hudson County road projects to receive $551 million in state funding", The Jersey Journal, retrieved 2011-09-30
  5. ^ "Rowing on the Passaic Newark Oarsmen have a Fine Course" (PDF), The New York Times, April 20, 1890, retrieved 2012-02-19