Kearny Riverbank Park
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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. Improvements to the park's greenway
are being funded with a $1.8 million appropriation from the from the state
.
The park is home to the boathouse
used Kearny, Belleville
, and Nutley
high school rowing teams
.
. Another part is named in memory of the Battle of Chantilly
,, where the town's namesake, Philip Kearny
, lost his life in 1862. In 2006, many signboards demarcating the sections were replaced in a sponsorship campaign to re-new them.
which operated from 1888 to 1932, after which it donated the 10-acre grounds to the town for public recreational use. Many Civil War
and Spanish American War veterans are buried in nearby Arlington Memorial Park
.
Linear park
A linear park is a park that is much longer than wide. It is often formed as a part of a rails-to-trails conversion of railroad beds to rail trail recreational use...
along the Passaic River
Passaic River
The Passaic River is a mature surface river, approximately 80 mi long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey,...
in Kearny, New Jersey
Kearny, New Jersey
Kearny is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It was named after Civil War general Philip Kearny. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population was 40,684. The town is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark....
. It is located in the Kearny Uplands
Kearny Uplands
The “Uplands” district of Kearny, New Jersey is the residential area in the northwestern portion of town, on a the ridge between the Kearny Meadows and the Passaic River. along which runs Riverbank Park. Some sections are graced with fine Victorian and manor homes; others have homes indicative of...
north of Bergen Avenue and was extended to Belleville Turnpike in 2011 with brownfield reclamation projects. Improvements to the park's greenway
Greenway (landscape)
A greenway is a long, narrow piece of land, often used for recreation and pedestrian and bicycle user traffic, and sometimes for streetcar, light rail or retail uses.- Terminology :...
are being funded with a $1.8 million appropriation from the from the state
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
.
The park is home to the boathouse
Boathouse
A boathouse is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use. These are typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats...
used Kearny, Belleville
Belleville High School (New Jersey)
Belleville High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Belleville School District...
, and Nutley
Nutley High School
Nutley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Township of Nutley, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Nutley Public Schools. Its colors are maroon and gray. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is located at...
high school rowing teams
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
.
Dedications
Various sections of park are dedicated to historical figures and events. In some cases they are named for local dignitaries, such as Norman A. Doyle, Henry J. Hill, Daniel T. Sansone, and Joseph M. Healey, all of whom served as councilmen and as Mayor of Kearny. Keating Cove is dedicated to Bernard J. Keating and Wallace Glen is dedicated to both Sir William Wallace and Councilman David A. Wallace. Irish Heritage Park is dedicated to Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Carroll. Other sections included the Centential Orchard and one dedicated to Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
. Another part is named in memory of the Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Chantilly
The Battle of Chantilly took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Thomas J...
,, where the town's namesake, Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny, Jr., was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.-Early life and career:...
, lost his life in 1862. In 2006, many signboards demarcating the sections were replaced in a sponsorship campaign to re-new them.
Former Home for Disabled Soldiers
While most of the park is parallel to the river, Veterans Memorial Park covers an area that travels farther inland, and is situated on what was once the site of the New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers, an old soldiers' homeOld soldiers' home
An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc.-United States:...
which operated from 1888 to 1932, after which it donated the 10-acre grounds to the town for public recreational use. Many Civil War
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....
and Spanish American War veterans are buried in nearby Arlington Memorial Park
Arlington Memorial Park
Arlington Memorial Park is a cemetery located mostly in Kearny in Hudson County, New Jersey, on Schuyler Avenue. A small portion of the cemetery is located across Belleville Turnpike in North Arlington in Bergen County....
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See also
- Riverbank Park NewarkRiverbank ParkRiverbank Park, is located in Newark, New Jersey. The park was opened in 1907 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1998...
- Parks in Hudson County
- West Arlington (Erie Railroad station)West Arlington (Erie Railroad station)West Arlington Station was a former railroad station in the Arlington section of Kearny in Hudson County). The station was used by the Erie Railroad along its New York & Greenwood Lake Railroad division. The second of two stations in Arlington, the station was located on North Midland Avenue, just...