Aqueduct Walk
Park in The Bronx, New York City
Aqueduct Walk is a linear public park in the West Bronx in New York City, New York. Operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), the park runs on the old Croton Aqueduct route. It stretches about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) between Kingsbridge Road to the north and Tremont Avenue to the south. Aqueduct Walk is a New York City scenic landmark, and the adjacent section of the aqueduct is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark.
Aqueduct Walk includes a series of asphalt trails from Kingsbridge Road to Burnside Avenue. The trails run beside or above an earthen embankment filled with greenery, which conceals the aqueduct tunnel. The park also includes basketball courts, a restroom, playgrounds, and a plaza. Various staircases and ramps connect the park to neighboring streets.
The old Croton Aqueduct was built between 1837 and 1842 to provide freshwater from the Croton River watershed to the Bronx and Manhattan. A section of the aqueduct in the West Bronx ran through an embankment, which was used as a walkway soon after the aqueduct's completion.
The public source identifies “Aqueduct Walk” as park in The Bronx, New York City. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aqueduct, Walk and Park.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q112452643. Authority coordinates are 40.858, -73.908. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1837 and 1842.
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