Orchard Beach (Bronx)
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🏖️ Beach · Bronx
3 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 60 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 6 to Pelham Bay Park and transfer to the Bx12 bus; paid lot in summer if you drive
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Summer
The only beach in the Bronx, a 1-mile crescent of man-made sand from the Robert Moses era, with shallow water and small waves, a wide promenade and playground behind it, and salt marsh and woodland trails in Pelham Bay Park next door.
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Bronx, New York
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