Esplanade (Bronx)
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| Owner | Bronx, New York City |
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| South end | Paulding Avenue in Morris Park |
| Major junctions |  Pelham Parkway in Morris Park |
| North end | Mace Avenue in Pelham Gardens |
Esplanade, also known as Esplanade Avenue, is a 0.8-mile (1.3 km) street with a series of green traffic medians in the Morris Park and Pelham Gardens neighborhoods of the Bronx in New York City. The street was constructed in 1912 atop a covered trench of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway that was cut through a hill. Atop the hill, Esplanade intersects with Pelham Parkway, a road with its own series of green traffic medians designated as parkland.
Transportation
The former
Memorials
The green spaces on the Esplanade have received designations by the city in honor of local residents who served the country in military service. The triangle bound by the Esplanade, Pelham Parkway and Laconia Avenue is designated in 1993 as the Rudy Macina Peace Memorial Plaza. Macina designed the memorial in the center of the plaza, which contains monuments surrounding a flagpole, honoring the veterans of the
The median strip of the Esplanade at the corner of Astor Avenue[4] was designated in 1962 in memory of Private Sidney Weissman, a local resident killed in the sinking of the HMT Rohna.[5]
References
- ^ Google (July 3, 2018). "Esplanade (Bronx)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Peace Plaza". NYC Parks Department. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ a b "New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Part 1". Forgotten New York. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "New York City Council Local Law 67 of 1962" (PDF).