Delafield
Property,
Lyndhurst
-
Passaic
River
Greenway
Applicant:
Passaic
River
Coalition
Trust
Fund
Award
(1999):
$135,000
Total
Acquisition
Cost:
$375,000
In
the
1999
funding
round
of
the
Bergen
County
Open
Space,
Recreation,
Farmland
and
Historic
Preservation
Trust
Fund,
the
Passaic
River
Coalition
received
an
award
of
$135,000
to
help
acquire
a
1.19-acre
vacant
parking
lot
located
along
the
Passaic
River
in
the
Township
of
Lyndhurst.
The
property,
located
at
229
Riverside
Avenue,
will
be
redeveloped
into
a
greenway
corridor
park
with
a
pedestrian/bicycle
pathway
and
sculpture
garden.
This
proposed
park
will
offer
necessary
new
open
space
adjacent
to
existing
large
tracts
of
active
and
passive
parkland
and
will
provide
much
needed
access
to
the
area’s
most
dynamic
resource
–
the
Passaic
River.
