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Riverbank State Park

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Location: West 145th Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan.
Facilities: Picnic areas (é), restaurant (é), indoor and outdoor swimming pools (é), outdoor amphitheater, indoor cultural theater (é), athletic complex with fitness room, running track, soccer/football field, 4 tennis courts, 4 basketball courts, 4 handball courts, softball field, indoor skating rink (é), 2 playgrounds (é), boat dockage, scenic views.
Activities: Swimming, hiking, tennis, softball, basketball, handball, football, soccer, ice skating, roller skating, recreation and cultural programs.
Special Features: The park's multi-level recreational facility rises 69 feet above the Hudson River and offers a wide variety of recreational, athletic, and arts experiences for all ages, interests, and abilities. In addition to outdoor recreation facilities, five major buildings house an Olympic-size swimming pool, covered skating rink, an 800-seat cultural theater, a 2,500-seat athletic complex, and a 150-seat restaurant.
Address: 679 Riverside Dr
New York, NY 10031
Phone: 212-694-3600;
Web: www.nysparks.com/parks/info.asp?parkId=75
Size: 28 acres.

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The roof of the building is the home of Riverbank State Park, a popular recreational facility with three swimming pools, an amphitheater, an athletic center, a skating rink, a restaurant and sports fields -- and, of the two New York State park facilities in the City, the only one built on top of a water pollution control plant.

A Cleaner and Even Swimmable Hudson River by Steve Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute / The New York Observer

The event kicks off on August 11 and runs through August 14 at Riverbank State Park on 145th Street and Riverside Drive in Harlem, New York.

Jae Millz Steps Onto the Court by Alyssa Rashbaum / Vibe.com

Wheels were spinning ever so fast at the daylong track events at Riverbank State Park, but the atmosphere was a bit more festive on Randall's Island, where larger crowds assembled for the field events, exciting wheelchair softball, and a new celebration at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games--its first ever Kids Day.

Wheelchair-using vets go for gold in the Big Apple by Moakley, Terry; Wheaton, Michael / Palaestra

River Register of the RSFSR

River Rise Preserve State Park

River Road Scenic Byway

River to Reef Festival