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West Side Park, in Jersey City, is the most centrally located and has a frontage on the Hudson County Boulevard. It extends westerly to the Hackensack River. This park is the eastern gate-way to the Lincoln Highway. An Archery Club of 400 members holds weekly tournaments on its fairway.
North Hudson Park at 35th Street, Wood-cliff, overlooks the Hudson River and has a view up and down the river and across to Riverside Drive in New York City. Washington Park, formerly the Suckley estate, situated partly in Jersey City and partly in West Hobo-ken, is surrounded by built-up residential sections. Hoboken Park was formerly the site of the St. George cricket grounds. It has been developed for athletic and playground activities. Bayonne Park extends from Avenue C on the east to Newark Bay on the west and is crossed by the Boulevard.
West Hudson Park is in Harrison and Kearny. There is a driveway throughout its length and open rolling lawns and wooded hills with water features and playground facilities.
The six parks are all in centres of dense population. Hence, they are used by large numbers of people. They have been placed so that they benefit all parts of the county and they abound in recreational facilities such as ball fields, swimming pools, driveways, paths, promenades, lawns and some wooded tracts. There are 60 clay tennis courts. Structures for shelter are well located. Flower gardens are numerous and beautiful. Most of the parks are on the County Boulevard, and this makes them quickly accessible to those who live at a distance.
These, and the comparatively near-by parks of the larger county systems of Essex and Union, exert a wholesome influence on an immense population, for they attract thousands from New York as well as from New Jersey, and make for the greater health and happiness of countless people.
