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	Bronx River Parkway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However while construction on the Long Island Motor Parkway began a year later, a section of the Long Island opened for traffic before the end of 1908, beating the Bronx River as the first limited access automobile highway to be put into use.
		The parkway runs from Story Avenue and the Bruckner Expressway in the Soundview section of the Bronx to Kensico Dam Plaza and Park, north of White Plains, where it turns into the Taconic State Parkway.
		Today, a seven mile section of the Bronx River Parkway is closed to motorist traffic from 10am to 2pm every Sunday in April, June, September and October, allowing bicyclists to venture along the scenic road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway (279 words)

	Bronx River Parkway
		The Bronx River Commission was established in 1907 to acquire the necessary lands, eliminate nuisance conditions and build the Bronx River Parkway as a joint undertaking between New York City and Westchester County.
		Between 1992 and 1995, the WCDPW reconstructed the southernmost 2.3 miles of the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester County, from the Bronx-Westchester border north to the Sprain Brook Parkway.
		Construction of the Bronx River Greenway (a multi-use pedestrian and bicycle path), extending along the length of the parkway in the Bronx to a path connection in Westchester County.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/bronx-river (2758 words)

	List of Bronx neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northwest Bronx and South Bronx are often grouped together as the "West Bronx"; all areas not included in the South Bronx are grouped into the somewhat nebulous "North Bronx" designation.
		Located north of 183rd Street and west of the Bronx River Parkway, this part of the Bronx is the most heavily commercial and densely populated, and is home to many diverse working- and middle- class communities.
		Located east of the Bronx River Parkway, this part of the Bronx retains a more residential character than its western counterpart, given its greater distance from Manhattan and the fact that it was settled and annexed to New York City later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Bronx_neighborhoods (382 words)

	Bronx River Parkway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bronx River Parkway was one of the earliest limited access (4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) automobile (A major road for any form of motor transport) highways.
		However while construction on the (Click link for more info and facts about Long Island Motor Parkway) Long Island Motor Parkway began a year later, a section of the Long Island opened for traffic before the end of 1908, beating the Bronx River as the first limited access automobile highway to be put into use.
		Today, a seven mile section of the Bronx River Parkway is closed to motorist traffic from 10am to 2pm every Sunday from April to October, allowing (A person who rides a bicycle) bicyclists to venture along the scenic road.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/bronx_river_parkway.htm (224 words)

	Bronx River Parkway and Cross County Parkway, Mount Vernon, NY
		This exit is numbered as exit 11 from the Bronx River Parkway, and exit 6 from the Cross County Parkway.
		When the Bronx River Parkway was built, its right-of-way consisted of a small strip of parkland which already contained the Bronx River itself.
		The Bronx River Parkway runs along the floor of this valley, while the Cross County passes over at the level of the surrounding land.
	whereroadsmeet.8k.com /Interchange/ny-brp-ccp.htm (864 words)

	Bronx River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bronx River is a river, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in southeast New York in the United States.
		It flows southward through the urbanized areas of the Bronx, through Bronx Park and empties into the East River, a tidal strait connected to Long Island Sound, between Sound View Park and Hunts Point.
		Along much of its length in Westchester County and the northern Bronx it is paralled by the Bronx River Parkway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bronx_River (179 words)

	HAER Report
		The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was primarily conceived as a pollution-control project to relieve the severe contamination of the Bronx River in the late nineteenth century.
		According to parkway promoters, numerous factories, housing developments, small farms, and businesses located between the Bronx and White Plains were using the river as "promiscuous dumping grounds for refuse of all kinds." Periodic flooding compounded the problems, especially during spring freshets.
		The Bronx Valley Sewer Commission’s 1896 report detailed the situation along the river, noting that "all kinds of sewage refuse and factory waste" were dumped into the river.
	www.westchesterarchives.org /BRPR/report/Origins_1.html (571 words)

	Saw Mill River Parkway Service Stations
		The Parkway system in Westchester County serves a model for such roadways, as it was the first of its kind to be developed.
		The parkways contrast with unlimited-access local roads that serve the areas where we live, work and spend the great deal of our time, and the interstate highways that let us speed along without knowing where we are as long as we get to where were going.
		The Parkway may originally have been devised as a park with sewage control for the river, but a roadway was included in the 1907 Bronx Parkway Commission.
	www.hudsonvalleyruins.org /yasinsac/service/service.html (666 words)

	Bronx River Parkway Reservation
		The Bronx River Parkway Reservation, Westchester’s oldest park, is an 807-acre paved linear park that was created as an adjunct to the Bronx River Parkway that opened in 1925.
		in Westchester, as well as one of the first in the country, and, the Bronx River Parkway was the first parkway in the nation.
		A Westchester County Park Pass is not required for admission.
	www.westchestergov.com /parks/ParksLocations02/BronxRiver.htm (147 words)

	Bronx River Parkway (Bronx section) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Within the borough of the Bronx, the Bronx River Parkway is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
		In Westchester County, the Bronx River Parkway is maintained by the Westchester County Department of Public Works (WCDPW).
		Continue north on the Bronx River Parkway to Valhalla.
	www.nycroads.com /exits/bronx-river_bronx (172 words)

	The Bronx River Alliance
		The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works in harmonious partnership to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River corridor and greenway so that they can be healthy ecological, recreational, educational and economic resources for the communities through which the river flows.
		Bronx River Classroom Workshop for Educators: Join the Bronx River Alliance on Election Day (Tu, 11/8/05) to learn more about the Bronx River and its watershed.
		The Bronx River Alliance has issued a Request for Proposals for a signage master plan for the Bronx River Greenway and Blueway.
	bronxriver.org (104 words)

	Travel Directions
		Manhattan, West Side: North on West Side Highway to Henry Hudson Parkway to Exit # 24: Mosholu Parkway. Proceed 2.5 miles to end of Mosholu Parkway. Turn left unto Theodore Kazimiroff Blvd toward the Bronx River Pkwy. Follow it 0.5 miles to end under the BRP at Bronx Park East and Allerton Avenue.
		Connecticut: Merritt Parkway south to Hutchinson River Parkway south, to Exit # 15: Cross County Parkway west toward GWB to Exit # 6: Bronx River Parkway south. Go south on Bronx River Parkway 4.5 miles to Exit # 8W: Allerton Avenue.
		Bus: Take the MTA Bronx # 26, which stops directly in front of Beth Abraham on Allerton Avenue; or take the MTA Bronx # 39, which stops on White Plains Road at Allerton Avenue, three blocks west of Beth Abraham. Beth Abraham is at the corner of Allerton and Bronx Park East.
	www.bethabe.org /Travel_Directions136.html (346 words)

	Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservatory Park, The Bronx, New York
		The Bronx Zoo is home to more than 6,000 animals, including some of the world’s most endangered species.
		With 265 wooded acres devoted to spacious naturalistic habitats, it is the largest metropolitan wildlife conservation park in the United States.
		Parking for the Bronx Zoo is located just off exit 6 of the Bronx River Parkway.
	www.museumregister.com /US/NewYork/Bronx/BronxZoo/Info.html (511 words)

	Directions
		Parts of the Bronx highway system were built before the interstate highway system and only later included in it, so the names of Bronx highways are not thoroughly consistent with interstate numbers.
		It is Fordham Road from its west end at the Harlem River to the Bronx River Parkway and Pelham Parkway from the Bronx River Parkway to its east end at the Hutchinson River.
		In New York State a parkway is distinct from a highway or expressway.
	www.fordham.edu /ciszek/directions.htm (728 words)

	Hiking Bronx River Parkway
		The Bronx River arises in North Castle and travels to Soundview in the East River.
		The bonny banks of the Bronx River continue to be a botanical attraction judging by the relatively large number of floral fans who met at the tennis courts just north of Exit 15(N) on the Bronx River Parkway on a perfect May morning.
		Plans of the Army Corps of Engineers to channelize this section of the river as a flood control measure have been postponed at present as "not being economically justified." And so the Bronx River Bitterling is saved as are almost a thousand species of flowering plants that live along the river's banks.
	nynjctbotany.org /lgtofc/nybrnxrv.html (1980 words)

	New York Roads - Bronx River Pkwy. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first parkway to be constructed during the Robert Moses era, it's still four-lane much of the way, though the original undivided highway was given a median to the south.
		The reason it's less important farther north is that most traffic has left at the Sprain Brook Parkway, headed toward the Saw Mill River Parkway or the Taconic State Parkway.
		This is at the northern end of the Bronx River Parkway, at...
	web.mit.edu /smalpert/www/roads/ny/brp (282 words)

	Houlihan-Lawrence Realtors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		– South on the Merritt Parkway which becomes the Hutchinson River Parkway to the Cross County Parkway West to the Bronx River Parkway North.
		Or From Connecticut – South on the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) to the Cross Westchester Expressway West (Rte 287) to the Hutchinson River Parkway to the Cross County Parkway West to the Bronx River Parkway North.
		Note: The Saw Mill River Parkway south, The Taconic State Parkway South and the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-87) East or West will all lead you to the Sprain Brook Parkway.
	www.houlihanlawrence.com /ofc-bronxville-dd.html (613 words)

	The Bronx River Alliance
		From the north - Bronx River Parkway to Sheridan.
		The Cement Plant is on the west side of the River.
		For deliveries: Take the Bronx River Parkway to exit 8W (toward the Mosholu Parkway); enter the park on the bicycle path on the right between the ballfields and the park house.
	www.bronxriver.org /whatWeDoOutreachGB2003directions.cfm (1332 words)

	NYCSK8: Where to Skate: Westchester
		The Bronx River Parkway itself is closed to traffic from the Westchester County Center in White Plains to Fisher Lane in North White Plains.
		Although the above was written in 1995, the Bronx River Parkway Sunday closings have followed the same schedule in subsequent years.
		The nice thing about this section is that there are no road crossings to worry about; the bad thing is that the lack of crossings means that the only place to access the path is from the starting point.
	www.skatecity.com /nyc/where/westchester.html (1116 words)

	New York Eye Surgery Center (718) 519 - 1000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		New York Eye Surgery Center is located at 1101 Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, on the corner of Esplanade Avenue and the Pelham Parkway North service road, near Williamsbridge Road.
		Proceed on Bronx River Parkway North to Pelham Parkway East exit.
		Proceed on Bronx River Parkway South to Pelham Parkway East exit.
	www.nyeye.com /directions.asp (202 words)

	Bronx River Parkway (Westchester section)
		Continue south on the Bronx River Parkway to Sound View Park in the Bronx.
		North of the Kensico Dam Plaza traffic circle, the Bronx River Parkway becomes the Taconic State Parkway.
		The Taconic State Parkway is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
	www.nycroads.com /exits/bronx-river_westchester (113 words)

	Prudential Centennial Realty - Scarsdale New York Real Estate - Directions
		When the road forks stay to the right and continue on the Bronx River Parkway North to Exit 12 (Crane Road), which is a 180° turn.
		Follow the Bronx River Parkway south to Exit 12 (Crane Road, a left lane exit with a traffic light).
		After you pass the Cross County Parkway, the road forks, stay to the right to continue on the Bronx River Parkway North to Exit 12 (Crane Road), which is a 180° turn.
	prucent.com /directions.htm (865 words)

	Directions To LHC
		Continue on the Cross County to Exit 6N, Bronx River Parkway North.
		Bronx River Parkway South: Exit at Desmond Avenue.
		Bronx River Parkway North: Stay in right lane; Sprain Brook Parkway veers to left and Bronx River Parkway veers to right.
	www.lawrencehealth.org /Directions.htm (457 words)

	Public Art in the Bronx...Bronx Park/NYZS, The Wildlife Conservation Society or Bronx Zoo/Botanical Gardens Walking ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bronx Zoo is located at Fordham Road and the Bronx River Parkway and easily accessible from Exit 6 on the Bronx River Parkway.
		The New York Botanical Garden is easily accessible from Exit 7W on the Bronx River Parkway.
		For NYZS, The Wildlife Conservation Society or Bronx Zoo: Take the #2 or #5 train to Pelham Parkway station or the Bronx Park East station or take Metro North (from Grand Central Station) to the Fordham stop.
	ca80.lehman.cuny.edu /pa/zoo_gardenswalk.htm (153 words)

	Afternoon Seance: Bronx River Parkway
		Avid consumers included the Bronx County D.A.'s office, the Manhattan, New York County, D.A.'s office, the Mayor's office, the largest accounting office in the world, and presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
		The umpire three times in a row called runners safe at home plate when every player on the field knew the runners were out.
		Bronx Park North and south of the clouds.
	www.communityarts.net /readingroom/archive/lapd-sb3.php (643 words)

	Bronx River - NYWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The river runs down from Westchester County through the middle of the borough.
		The Bronx River Parkway was built along it's course.
		The Bronx River forms the eastern edge of The Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Gardens.
	www.nywiki.com /new-york-city/index.php/Bronx_River (102 words)

	Tai Chi School of Westchester - Tai Chi / Chi Kung / Health
		Take the Saw Mill River Parkway South to the Cross County Parkway East.
		Take the Cross County Parkway East to the Bronx River Parkway North.
		Where the Bronx River Parkway divides to the Sprain Brook Parkway, remain in the far right lane to the Bronx River Parkway North.
	www.taichischool.com /directions.html (288 words)

	Bronx River
		The Bronx River Parkway is CLOSED on several Sundays from May through September from 10am to 4pm for what is called "BIKE SUNDAY." This is a neat idea because the parkway is open only to bikers and skaters between these hours.
		The southern section is far less hilly than the northern section and the pavement is, generally, in better condition.
		Go over the parkway to the first light, which is Fox Meadow Road.
	www.geocities.com /NYRides/bronx_ri.htm (1141 words)

	Westchester.com - Marathon To Be Held On The Bronx River Parkway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		White Plains, NY - Bronx River Parkway will be the setting for the Westchester Marathon on Sunday, October 9, 8 a.m., beginning at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.
		The course starts at the Westchester County Center and heads south on the Bronx River Parkway to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers, where runners will move to the northbound side of the parkway.
		The Westchester County Center is located at 198 Central Avenue in White Plains, at the junction of the Bronx River Parkway and Tarrytown Road (Route 119).
	westchester.com /Westchester_News/Westchester_Sports/Marathon_To_Be_Held_On_The_Bronx_River_Parkway_200509265720.html (558 words)

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