“No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)”
1. New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre botanical garden site located at Bronx Park, containing a landscape with over one million living plants, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of botany-related texts. As of 2016, over a million people visit the New York Botanical Garden annually.
2. Wave Hill Public Gardens
Wave Hill is a 28-acre estate in the Hudson Hill section of Riverdale. Wave Hill currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River, with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades.
3. Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium is a baseball park located at 161th Street near the Grand Concourse. It is the home field for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. The $2.3 billion stadium, built with $1.2 billion in public subsidies, replaced the original Yankee Stadium in 2009.
4. City Island
City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern near Pelham Park, located on an island of the same name approximately 1.5 miles long by 0.5 miles wide. City Island, surrounded by Pelham Bay, Eastchester Bay and the Long Island Sound, is home to New York’s most famous seafood restaurants like Sammy’s Fish Box and the Lobster House.
5. Bronx Zoo
The world-renowned Bronx Zoo, located in Bronx Park, is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area, comprising of 265 acres of park lands and naturalistic habitats, and is known for its large, diverse animal collection and award-winning exhibitions.
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