New York City Subway MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority 6 train map to Pelham Bay Park Orchard Beach Long Island Sound tidal estuary Bronx NYC USA 2020

Orchard Beach Pelham Bay Park Long Island Sound tidal estuary Bronx NYC USA

 

Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park The Riviera of the Bronx a Long Island Sound tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean in Bronx New York City USA

 

Photo September 4th 2020

 

Apple iPhone XS Max photos

and

Nikon COOLPIX W300 photos plus underwater 4K Video

 

Directions

 

Route 1

New York City MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway 6 train to Pelham Bay Park (Westchester Avenue / Amendola Plaza) Bronx $2.75 free transfer Bx12 bus to Orchard Beach

 

*After Labor Day take the Bx29 bus to ORCHARD BEACH CIR/CITY ISLAND RD

 

Route 2

New York City MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway 2 or 5 train to Pelham Parkway Station ( White Plains Road / Pelham PKWY ) Bronx $2.75 free transfer Bx12 bus to Orchard Beach

 

Route 3

New York City MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway 4 train to Fordham Road Bronx $2.75 free transfer Bx12 bus to Orchard Beach

 

Route 4

Driving directions Interstate I-95 take exit 8B

 

Orchard Beach is approximately 15 miles from The Empire State Building West 34th St NYC

 

The Bronx

All America City

 

NYC Parks & Recreation

 

Orchard Beach Opening Day speech by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia July 26th 1940

 

Swimming till 6:00 pm

Last bus 7:30 pm

Park closes at 8:00 pm

 

Orchard Beach, known as the Riviera of the Bronx, is a small. sandy oasis set alongside the quiet waters of the Long Island Sound. The 1.1-mile beach offers visitors a pleasant waterside experience within a backdrop of vast picnic lawns, sports courts and playgrounds, and surrounding forest, meadow and salt marsh.

 

Twin Island Preserve / Two Tree Island is a nature walk adjacent to the beach and boardwalk

 

Summer programming includes concerts on the main pavilion stage of section 9 including live bands as part of the Bronx Summer Concert Series at Orchard Beach with artists such as Dominican salsa singer José Alberto aka “El Canario"

 

Salsa Sundays includes Salsa Dancing with Dj playing Puerto Rican salsa and latin music elsewhere in the park. Often with live Bongo and percussion instrument drummers joining in

 

Vendors include

Orchard Beach The Riviera of Da Bronx Little Puerto Rico for graphic tee shirts and beach supplies

 

 

Across from Orchard Beach is City Island which is 1.5 miles long (once part of Westchester County) City Island is part of the Pelham Islands

 

The body of water between City Island and the even smaller, uninhabited Hart Island to the east is known as City Island Harbor.

 

The small island adjacent to the northeast is High Island with WNBC WCBS broadcast towers

 

The Stepping Stones Light, marking the main shipping channel into New York, is off the southern tip of City Island, near the Long Island shore.

 

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