section 5 Big Playground

section 5 Big Playground is a playground in Bronx, New York. section 5 Big Playground is situated nearby to Goose Island, as well as near Pelham Bay Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pelham Bay Bridge and City Island station.

Pelham Bay Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Pelham Bay Bridge, also known as the Amtrak Hutchinson River Bridge, is a two-track movable railroad bridge that carries the Northeast Corridor over the Hutchinson River in the Bronx, New York, upstream from the vehicular/pedestrian Pelham Bridge. Pelham Bay Bridge is situated 1,100 feet southeast of section 5 Big Playground.

City Island station

Historic building

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City Island station, is a former railway station within Pelham Bay Park, along the Hell Gate Line in the Bronx, New York. A larger stone station house was designed for the station by Cass Gilbert and built in 1908, remaining in use up until the 1930s. City Island station is situated 2,500 feet northeast of section 5 Big Playground.

Pelham Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River. Pelham Bridge is situated 1,800 feet southeast of section 5 Big Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Co-op City and Baychester.

Co-op City

Neighborhood

Photo: Sacme, CC BY 3.0.

Co-op City is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east and southeast, and is partially in the Baychester and Eastchester neighborhoods.

Baychester

Neighborhood

Baychester is a neighborhood geographically located in the northeast part of the Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are East 222nd Street to the northeast, the New England Thruway to the east, Gun Hill Road to the southwest, and Boston Road to the northwest.