Ferry Point Park

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Ferry Point Park
Type	Municipal park
Location	Throggs Neck, The Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°48′47″N 73°49′59″W / 40.813°N 73.833°W / 40.813; -73.833
Area	413.8 acres (167.5 ha)
Opened	1940 (1940)
Owned by	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Status	open all year
Water	East River
Public transit access	New York City Bus: Q44, Q50
Facilities	golf course, community park, and waterfront promenade
Website	www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ferry-point-park/

Ferry Point Park is a 413.8-acre (167.5 ha) park in the Bronx, New York City. The park site is a peninsula projecting into the East River roughly opposite the College Point and Malba neighborhoods of Queens. The park is located on the eastern shore of Westchester Creek, adjacent to the neighborhood of Throggs Neck. The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The Hutchinson River Expressway (Interstate 678) crosses the park to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, splitting it into east and west sides.

The east side of the park has a golf course called Bally's Golf Links, a community park, and a waterfront promenade. The east side borders are Saint Raymond's Cemetery; Balcom Avenue, Miles Avenue and Emerson Avenue; and the East River and the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.

The west side is heavily used for soccer, cricket, fishing and barbecues. Friends of Ferry Point Park holds cleanup events, plantings and helps care for the 3,000 trees planted in the park as the Ferry Point 9/11 Memorial Grove^[1] and 9/11 Living Memorial Forest.^[2] These trees were donated by the Prince of Monaco.