Hyde Park (Niagara Falls, New York)

Hyde Park
Hyde Park
	Hyde Park Lake
	Location of Hyde Park within New York State
Type	Municipal park
Location	Hyde Park Boulevard,; Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates	43°06′13″N79°01′02″W / 43.10361°N 79.01722°W Coordinates: 43°06′13″N79°01′02″W / 43.10361°N 79.01722°W
Operated by	Niagara Falls Department of Public Works and Parks

Last updated July 21, 2019

Hyde Park is a municipal park in Niagara Falls, New York.^[1] It is the largest city park in New York outside of Manhattan,^{[ citation needed ]} and is located along Hyde Park Boulevard (NY 61).

Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 50,193, down from the 55,593 recorded in the 2000 census. It is adjacent to the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. The city is within the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Western New York region.

New York is a state in the Northeastern United States. New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.54 million residents in 2018, it is the fourth most populous state. In order to distinguish the state from the city with the same name, it is sometimes referred to as New York State.

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Park facilities

The park contains a golf course, bocce, lawn bowling, tennis and baseball. The largest structure in the park is Sal Maglie Stadium, named for Niagara Falls native and professional baseball player Sal Maglie. The park also features picnic pavilions, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a rose garden, Hyde Park Lake (which is annually stocked with trout), and the Hyde Park Ice Pavilion. It is located in the geographic center of Niagara Falls.

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Bocce, sometimes anglicized as bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is played around Europe and also in other areas with Italian migrants, including Australia, North America, and South America. Initially played only by the Italian migrants, the game has slowly become more popular with their descendants and the wider community.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

History

Hyde Park was the brainchild of Charles B. Hyde, the owner of a paper company at the corner of Hyde Park Boulevard (then known as Sugar Street) and Pine Avenue. When he sold the paper company and retired, he bought a large tract of land on what was then the outskirts of the city. In 1921, he suffered a stroke and died. By that time, he had willed the land to the city for use as a park. A year later, additional land was purchased, and the city began to build the park.

In the 1930s, a dam was built across Gill Creek, which flooded swampland and created Hyde Park Lake. In 1928, the Niagara Falls Power Company donated 58 acres (23 ha) to the park. The company donated additional land in 1943.

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References

↑ "Hyde Park". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 11, 2016.

External links

Hyde Park, "The Jewel of Niagara Falls"

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[GNIS-1] "Hyde Park". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 11, 2016.