Van Nest Memorial Square
Van Nest Memorial Square is a park in Bronx, New York. Van Nest Memorial Square is situated nearby to the neighborhood Parkchester, as well as near Bronxdale.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include East 180th Street station and Metropolitan Oval.
East 180th Street station
Metro station
Photo: TheBronxNYC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The East 180th Street station is an elevated express station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of East 180th Street and Morris Park Avenue in the West Farms and Van Nest neighborhoods of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 and 5 trains at all times.
Metropolitan Oval
Park
Photo: Anthony42710, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Metropolitan Oval, also known as Met Oval, is a soccer complex located in Maspeth, Queens in New York City. Village Voice named the complex, which takes up 4.2 acres, the "Best full soccer field in the middle of a residential neighborhood" in 2004, for its "pristine" playing surface and the view of the Manhattan skyline.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Van Nest and Parkchester.
Van Nest
Neighborhood
Photo: TheBronxNYC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van Nest is a working-class neighborhood geographically located in the East Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. Going clockwise, its boundaries are Bronxdale Avenue to the northeast, the Amtrak tracks to the southeast, and Bronx Park to the west.
Parkchester
Neighborhood
Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.
West Farms
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
West Farms is a residential neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are Bronx Park to the north, the Bronx River to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west.
Van Nest Memorial Square
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.84317° or 40° 50′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.86582° or 73° 51′ 57″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87G8R4VM+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 294176664OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Van Nest Memorial Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Van Nest Memorial Square”
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