Henry Hudson Park
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Henry Hudson Park is a small park in the Spuyten Duyvil section of The Bronx.
The park is named after famed English explorer Henry Hudson, who is also the namesake of the nearby Hudson River and Henry Hudson Parkway. In 1906 it was decided to dedicate a monument celebrating the 300th anniversary of Hudson's arrival in what later became Lower New York Bay. The project encountered multiple delays, but in 1912 a large Doric column was set in place. Shortly afterwards, however, funds for the project ran out.
The project was revived by Robert Moses in the late 1930s. By 1938, the area around the monument had been designated as a park and a statue of Henry Hudson had been placed atop the column. The park was once again renovated in 1989.
