Yantacaw Brook Park, New Jersey
Encyclopedia
Yantacaw Brook Park is a town operated park located in Montclair
, New Jersey
, United States
. The park takes up 11.5 acres (46,538.9 m²) of land. It has a small pond and the stream that feeds it and is surrounded by trees and small sloped hills with benches, with paths going through. The stream that empties into the pond and then continues at the other end of the pond is called the Yantacaw Brook
. The Brook then continues into Third River
in Bloomfield, New Jersey
and then into Belleville, New Jersey
and Nutley, New Jersey
, where it enters the Passaic River
. Yantacaw Brook Park should not be confused with Nutley's larger Yanticaw River Park through which the same water body flows. Both the Yantacaw brook and the Third River were referred to by the lenni-Lenape people as Yantokah or Yantacaw.
and in the neighborhood of Upper Montclair
. The park is in the northeastern part of the town. The park is located one block away from the Archery Field at Brookdale Park
, borders the Northeast Elementary School
, and a fifteen minute walk from the Upper Montclair commercial area.
empties into the pond and on the opposite side is where the small dam is which lets some water continue flowing along the Yantacaw Brook.
The north of the park is a forest with the Yantacaw Brook running through it. it is long and narrow, following the brook. Small bridges and an asphalt footpath are the only things there.
Montclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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. The park takes up 11.5 acres (46,538.9 m²) of land. It has a small pond and the stream that feeds it and is surrounded by trees and small sloped hills with benches, with paths going through. The stream that empties into the pond and then continues at the other end of the pond is called the Yantacaw Brook
Yantacaw Brook
Yantacaw Brook is a tributary of the Third River in the township of Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey in the United States.-See also:*List of rivers of New Jersey...
. The Brook then continues into Third River
Third River (New Jersey)
The Third River is the third main tributary of the Passaic River in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has also been known as the Yantecaw River....
in Bloomfield, New Jersey
Bloomfield, New Jersey
Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 47,315. It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District.-History:...
and then into Belleville, New Jersey
Belleville, New Jersey
Belleville is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 35,926.-History:...
and Nutley, New Jersey
Nutley, New Jersey
2010 Census Data:*TOTAL: 28,370 or 100%*White: 23,405 *African American: 628 *Asian: 2,824 *American Indian and Alaska Native: 36 *Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 4...
, where it enters 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,...
. Yantacaw Brook Park should not be confused with Nutley's larger Yanticaw River Park through which the same water body flows. Both the Yantacaw brook and the Third River were referred to by the lenni-Lenape people as Yantokah or Yantacaw.
Location
Yantacaw Brook park is located in a residential area of Montclair, New JerseyMontclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
and in the neighborhood of Upper Montclair
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Upper Montclair is northern Montclair, which is usually reckoned as everything north of Watchung Avenue. Upper Montclair takes up approximately one third of Montclair, New Jersey-Education:...
. The park is in the northeastern part of the town. The park is located one block away from the Archery Field at Brookdale Park
Brookdale Park, New Jersey
Brookdale Park is a county park located in the towns of Montclair and Bloomfield. of the Park are in Montclair, are in Bloomfield. Brookdale Park is part of the Essex County park system. It is partially forested and partially lawns, with paths going through....
, borders the Northeast Elementary School
Montclair Public Schools
The Montclair Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Township of Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States...
, and a fifteen minute walk from the Upper Montclair commercial area.
Overview
The southern part of the park is centered around the small pond. Around the pond is a small cement path that goes around the edges of the pond and then splits off to the different entrances, which are usually the end of a small dead end street. The north side is where Yantacaw BrookYantacaw Brook
Yantacaw Brook is a tributary of the Third River in the township of Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey in the United States.-See also:*List of rivers of New Jersey...
empties into the pond and on the opposite side is where the small dam is which lets some water continue flowing along the Yantacaw Brook.
The north of the park is a forest with the Yantacaw Brook running through it. it is long and narrow, following the brook. Small bridges and an asphalt footpath are the only things there.