Mill Pond Park

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

© Joshua Simpson
© Skycam Aerial
At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
Site Sections © Marvel

"The design approach provides a variety of high and low terrains to create overlooks above the river and down to the inlets, or recesses to establish gathering and play areas."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
© Joshua Simpson
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
© Joshua Simpson
© Joshua Simpson
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas.
The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
© Joshua Simpson
Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

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Along Mill Pond Park’s main path, outer ‘rooms’ allow users to adapt the park to their own gathering needs.
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At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
0626 Mill Pond Park N38 medium

"At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N20 medium
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas. The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
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Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Mill Pond Park

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

© Joshua Simpson
© Skycam Aerial
At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
Site Sections © Marvel

"The design approach provides a variety of high and low terrains to create overlooks above the river and down to the inlets, or recesses to establish gathering and play areas."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
© Joshua Simpson
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
© Joshua Simpson
© Joshua Simpson
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas.
The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
© Joshua Simpson
Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N21 medium
Along Mill Pond Park’s main path, outer ‘rooms’ allow users to adapt the park to their own gathering needs.
0626 Mill Pond Park Skycam Aerial N10 medium
At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
0626 Mill Pond Park N38 medium

"At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N20 medium
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas. The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N30 medium
Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Mill Pond Park

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

© Joshua Simpson
© Skycam Aerial
At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
Site Sections © Marvel

"The design approach provides a variety of high and low terrains to create overlooks above the river and down to the inlets, or recesses to establish gathering and play areas."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
© Joshua Simpson
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
© Joshua Simpson
© Joshua Simpson
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas.
The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
© Joshua Simpson
Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Spanning a 15-acre parcel at waterfront site of the former Bronx Terminal Market, this new public park space reconnects a diverse, mixed-use neighborhood to the Harlem River.

This waterfront park reflects the City’s commitment to provide vibrant public spaces as a part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project. Mill Pond Park includes tennis courts, parkland acres and recreational facilities for the community, relocated here from the site of the new ballpark. The design provides numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path connecting activities and provides access to the river for high viewpoints and low connections to the water’s edge. The red ribbon also connects methods of accessing the site: ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrians, and kayaks.

0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N21 medium
Along Mill Pond Park’s main path, outer ‘rooms’ allow users to adapt the park to their own gathering needs.
0626 Mill Pond Park Skycam Aerial N10 medium
At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets.
0626 Mill Pond Park N38 medium

"At Mill Pond Park, a former industrial waterfront site is converted to park and recreational use. The active and passive recreation areas are integrated across the newly-stabilized shoreline of former piers and inlets."

Scott Demel, Partner at Marvel
0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N20 medium
The design for the new park provides for numerous active and passive activities in formal and informal settings. A sinuous red ribbon creates a walking path to connect these activities and provides access to the river via ferries, the city bicycle network, pedestrian walkways, and kayaks.
Among the park’s renovated amenities are the tennis courts, the Power House, "El Batey," and the beach and dining areas. The beach is a sandy area immediately adjacent to the water which creates an ideal location for recreation, educational programs on river ecology and marine biology, and safe water access.
0626 Mill Pond Park Joshua Simpson N30 medium
Since its inception, Mill Pond Park has served its community with a range of facilities for informal recreation.

Location

The Bronx

Client

New York City Economic Development Corporation and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Typology

Size

15 acres

Design Team

Jonathan Marvel, Scott Demel, Jordan Barr, Mary Ann Holiday, Philip Lee, Brenda November, Lissa So

Awards

New York City Art Commission Commendation, 2007.

Consultants

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, PC (Civil Engineer), Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP (Landscape/Site Architect), Collado Engineering, P.C. (Mechanical Engineer), Robert Silman Associates, PC Consulting Engineers (Structural Engineer), Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc. (Historic Preservation Architect), HPA Engineers, P.C. (Marine Engineer), Design 2147, Ltd. (Code Consultant), Faithful + Gould (Cost Estimator), Construction Specifications, Inc. (Specifications Writer), Stantec (Landscape Architect and Engineer for Final Documents and Construction)