The Bronx River Greenway is a 23-mile-long ribbon of green with a multi-use path that will extend along the full length of the river in Westchester County and the Bronx. Approximately 15 miles of the greenway are now in place, and the Bronx River Alliance is working to ensure that a fully-realized greenway is a reality within the decade. Allowing both bike and pedestrian traffic, the greenway will develop new open space in neighborhoods severely lacking it and restore existing parks. It will reclaim the waterfront and improve the quality of life for Bronx residents. Our Greenway Program promotes, supports and coordinates the development of this continuous bicycle/pedestrian path and park in the Bronx.

When completed, the greenway in New York City will consist of 633acres of parkland, of which 34 acres are recently acquired. More than $150 million has been committed for Greenway projects by local, state and federal sources. The first groundbreakings for these projects came in 2004, and more projects are in construction  now.

The Alliance is coordinating completion of the eight miles of greenway in the Bronx, and working with partners in Westchester County to make a full connection with the Westchester portion of the Greenway. Large portions of the greenway, particularly in the North Bronx, already exist and just need to be rehabilitated. In the South Bronx, completion of the greenway involves the development of new open space and parkland at sites which include an abandoned concrete plant, a reclaimed street end, and a long-neglected stretch of land across the river from Starlight Park.

Our community focus ensures that Bronx residents will join with designers and agency representatives on equal ground to decide how parks will be designed and how projects will be implemented. This type of decision-making provides community residents with invaluable experience that lays the groundwork for tackling other community problems.