The Bronx · Bronx County
Mill Brook Park
NYC Parks
- Location
- St. Ann's Avenue and East 136th Street, Mott Haven
- Size
- 3 acres
- Hours
- 6 AM - 1 AM daily
- Type
- NYC Parks
Mill Brook Park is a neighborhood park in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, providing green space in one of the most rapidly changing neighborhoods in the borough.
Mott Haven has become one of the hottest real estate markets in the Bronx, with new residential development, restaurants, and cultural venues transforming a neighborhood that was long associated with poverty and disinvestment.
The neighborhood takes its name from Jordan Mott, a 19th-century industrialist who built an iron works along the Harlem River. The area's industrial heritage is being transformed into residential and recreational use.
The South Bronx's revitalization, after decades of devastation from arson, abandonment, and disinvestment in the 1970s and 1980s, is one of the most remarkable urban recovery stories in American history.
Mill Brook Park serves the Mott Haven community as the neighborhood evolves from a symbol of urban decline into one of the most dynamic areas of the Bronx.