| State: | New York |
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| Address: | 246th Street and, Broadway, Bronx, NY 10471, USA |
| Postal code: | 10471 |
| Phone: | (718) 548-0912 |
| Website: | http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/VanCortlandtPark/facilities/naturecenters |
| Monday: | Closed |
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| Tuesday: | Closed |
| Wednesday: | Closed |
| Thursday: | Closed |
| Friday: | Closed |
| Saturday: | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 – 3:00 PM |
| Sunday: | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:00 – 3:00 PM |
Did the Urban Park Rangers night walk for wildlife and that was fun and quite interesting. I would recommend any of their activities for an educational experience to learn about nature and wildlife in the city. Cost was free.
My girlfriend and I were exploring the neighborhood and park today on our way to Lloyd’s Carrot Cake when we needed a bathroom break. After, we decided to stop inside the building to check it out, and I’m glad we did! The Park Ranger (I unfortunately forget his name) was very welcoming and knowledgeable. He provided us with some great information on ways to explore the nature of our city (for free!). We look forward to seal watching in Orchard Beach.
Talk about an excellent return on investment (Tax dollars DUH!). This station has some of the best Rangers NYC ever paid Bi-Weekly! ( I don't really know their pay schedule).
The nature center is small but mighty, filled with knowledge about the park—oh, and don’t forget to say hello to the turtles!
P.S. There are stick insects, ask the Urban Park Ranger if you can touch one!
Took a wonderful New Years Day NYC Park Ranger led hike that began and ended here. Extremely knowledgeable park rangers (as usual). Had never been in this part of the park before. Learned that rangers patrol on horses here who also wear badges, many of the paths are of permeable gravel unlike in very similar Inwood Hill Park where they are paved, protruding rocks on the cross country trail are painted white or orange for visibility, the Van Cortlandt family used to be buried here at the Vault, a road was planned north of the Henry Hudson and infrastructure such as fire hydrants were installed to support it but it never came to be done, areas are being restored but invasive garlic mustard is ready to erupt.