Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park natural area

Palisade Av, Johnson Av, Edsall Ave

Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park is a 6.6-acre park located beneath the Henry Hudson Bridge on the Harlem River waterfront. It consists of woodland forest, trails, and a small pond fed by stormwater and possibly a natural spring. The trails of Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park weave through a small but beautiful forest across the Harlem River from the larger nearby Inwood Hill Park.

In 1987, NYC Parks began rehabilitating the neglected area in compliance with the 1986 Environmental Quality Bond Act Project, adding gravel paths and other features that allow patrons to visit the natural spring and pond, which feed into the Harlem River. The renovations were completed in 1994, and today the park is enjoyed by wildlife as well as human patrons.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) have been seen in the park, as well as snowy egrets (Egretta thula), green herons (Butorides virescens), black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax), ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), and spotted (Actitis macularius) and solitary sandpipers (Tringa solitaria).