INDEX OF OUR BUTTONS

"Home/Blog" is a blog for anyone to comment on anything at this time is used by Dotti to keep notes for us to review.

"Community"  a separate website of our civic group that works along side the "Friends" group(Ferry Point Community Advocates) and  shares some of our Executive Board members that and advocates for the Industrial and Residential section of Ferry Point that abuts the Park. There is also another Coalition of Community Associations happening that we participate in.

"About Us" is about us! There is an explanation as to how we got involved in this Park and why we stay involved. A description of the main Executive board.

"Current" is an attempt to direct you to the most current activities with "Save the Date" info. and articles that describe the event and then after the event is marked Done and serves as a journal for our reference and others.

"W. Hindu" is the presentation of the activities of the Hindu Population that celebrate and or worship different holidays and or religious worship to certain Gods at the waterfront of our Park. These activities which are benign in nature and are pleasant family gatherings, unfortunately leave tons of damaging trash in our Salt Water Marsh and Littoral Zone each year. The Parks Dept. does not do underwater or wet low tide cleanups. Therefore we try to communicate the need for reform of the actions and keep us with this debris.

"East Parks" is an attempt at following the plans for the "East Side Balcolm Ave. Community Park" and the East Side Crescent Waterfront Park " that is planned to be completed by Parks Dept. with Mayoral Funds. The Golf project is under the E. Golf button.

"ALBUMS" is a link to a group of albums that you can access to take tours or witness our volunteer work in full glory. Participants have permission to use the photos any others must note the credit to "Friends of Ferry Point". Enjoy the photos and if you want to add any to the site please email to friends@ferrypointpark.org with a credit and approx. date of photo if possible.

"History" is The History of Ferry Point Community, Ferry Point Park, Whitestone Bridge, Battle of Westchester Creek, and someday there will be archive photos of the development of the area.

"W. Events" we place photos and try to acknowledge our volunteers and supporters on this button. We are sorry to be a little conservative in our acclaims to these people but we have a group of people that try to sabotage our wonderful attempts to do good in this neighborhood and we do not want this negative energy to spread to our positive helpful generous donors and friends of the park. We can send you anything you may want for your office (a plaque, a certificate, a letter of thanks...just tell us what would fit in your world).

"Kids Korner" we have tried to keep a record of the work our Fur, Fins & Feathers committee of FFP. This is the basics of what they have been doing over the last 3 years. We offer links for children to learn more about wild life and pets.

"Stories" This button is a group of stories that we hope to build on from our "Honorary Members”. These stories are about or written by people that spent their lives here in the past. We are their memories for those years.

"Archives" This is where we move the current stuff after is over.

"Future" a glimpse at what this Park "should" become. We will be adding some links to see what has been done in other parks while ours still is abused by 7 Adult Soccer leagues due to no maintenance of the fields.

"Out Reach" These are copies of our Flyers, emails and articles that have invited the entire community to join us in our work at Ferry Point Park.

"Grove" The Hilltop Memorial Viewshed Grove a serene place to remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001

"Forest" Is where we explain the Sept. 11 Living Memorial Forest Donated by the Prince of Monaco to the City Of NY to commemorate each life lost on Sept. 11 (300 trees were planted in 2007 by our volunteers along side the NYC Parks Forestry Dept. for which we received Honors).

"E. Golf" is a group of links to interesting articles and opinions (based on research) describing the messy attempt so far to build a golf course on the East side of FP Park. As of June 16th 2008 there has been a new developer chosen (check out the recent articles) 

"Water" is information about the water that surrounds this Park. We try to include Westchester Creek (and it's wetlands and salt water marshes), East River, Fresh Water Under ground Baxter Creek, Non Specific Runoff Pollution.

"Sports" are photos and future descriptions of the sport groups that use this park and wish it to be improved and protected. We are adding links to these sports whenever possible for you to contact if you wish. 

"Greenway" Descriptive photos of the small Greenway connection to The Hutch. Greenway and the Soundview Greenway. "Bicycle path is now marked to bring visitors more safely to and from the park. We are looking forward to Phase 1 and 2 of the Reconstruction of the park to include  extended Greenways.

2008 Friends of Ferry Point Park (Parks Group)

 along side the Ferry Point Community Advocates (Our local supporting Civic Group)

 will continue to work with the network of Schools, NYC Parks Departments, Community Groups, Parks Groups and anyone showing genuine interest in supporting the original Master Plan developed by our members led by Dorothea Poggi. This plan also allows for the flexibility needed to enable compromise for the future benefit of the Park and it's visitors. 

The Originally designed and presented Master Plan has be accepted and supported by the F.P. Park West Coalition Committee of the "Friends Group". The Parks Department has referred to this plan during their development of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of their Master Plan (future button) and found it helpful to get an idea of our goals.

We hope you stopped by to see the updated version of "Our Master Plan" at the Bronx Park Speak up this year, along with our display of waterless toilet technology.

Our outreach committee will continue to gather insight from the Park visitors, add them to the plan, and do our best to achieve these goals one by one.

We look forward to the construction of the Comfort station and paving of some of the paths, and the development of the Waterfront Promenade on the East Side of the Park that will fall between the East River and the Landfill that will Someday be a Golf Course? (link to designs on future button)

As you check out our site remember...we are serious...this beautiful piece of City Property was originally a well used Diversified Park and we would like to see that status returned. 

Changes in Transportation and neighborhoods, Industrial Buildings, Highways etc., have made access to this Park difficult. The increase of highways without bicycle paths, have cut off access by the surrounding communities to this once well used park. (2007, we now have bicycle paths connecting Soundview Park to Ferry Point Park through Brush Avenue.

Thousands of visitors associated with the Soccer and Cricket leagues, enjoy their weekends here during 7 months of the sports season...it is pretty quiet the rest of the year. Many Fishermen, practicing golfers, dog walkers, joggers, etc. use the more Southern end of the Park. 

In the past, Children of Parkchester, Westchester Square, Castle Hill, and Throggs Neck enjoyed the bike ride which had been cut off by industry for many years before the new Greenway was installed. (We have succeeded in reducing the illegal Truck parking on Brush Ave. to open the way for more Bicycles and or vehicles as well).

Ferry Point was once a waterfront community, swimming, boating, fishing, crabbing, were all pass times for the young and old alike. There was no noise, children’s obesity, asthma, or boredom. Now it is one line of dangerous truck traffic. We need a more aggressive greenway connection to this park. Brush Avenue should have proper delineation of their sidewalks and proper drainage in order to allow safe bicycling to this park.

We want to expand the use of this beautiful park to the Bronx once again....children with asthma, obesity, and boredom, should have access to this park especially in the summer months when they are off from school. A playground / comfort station and sprinkler should be added. The pathway around the perimeter re-paved. If you speak to anyone that was raised in the Bronx that is approximately 50 years old, they all have memories of Church or Family Picnics at this park. Their Uncle or Grandfather used to take them to the park to bond and give Mom a break. Many children remember riding their bikes to practice throwing a football or baseball for hours.

This is a safe place to visit, with a cool breeze and a powerful view with no residential zoning close by to be bothered with the noise of yelling and laughter. During the week all year this is a peaceful place to visit...b-b-q or bring lunch....If you are a member of the Friends of Ferry Point park Group, you will be notified as to  where members have access to restrooms in the area.