Stephanie P.
Yelp
This is such a gorgeous park with outstanding views overlooking the Hudson River and the Bronx. As per the interwebs (and the MTA, lol) - Fort Tryon Park is a public park located in the Hudson Heights, Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
I've been here a few times in my life and definitely more times than my Yelp check-in count would suggest. Most recently I was here with my sweetieface on Sunday to take in the sights and sounds of New York's Biggest Medieval Festival. Faux royalty, awesome costumes, puppet shows, fortune telling, illusionists, jousting, unicorn references and being THISCLOSE to The Cloisters? YES PLEASE.
Plus anyone that knows me knows that I dork out about Medieval/Renaissance-y things...I'm also the gal who's boyfriend asked her where she'd like to go for her birthday dinner this year and enthusiastically responded with 'Medieval TImes in Lyndhurst, NJ" - lol.
After taking the event in and walking around what felt like the entire park, I became curious as to it's history...also thanks to some quick internet sleuthing, I learned that during the Revolutionary War, Fort Tryon Park was one of the battle sites along the Hudson River and home to the Battle of Fort Washington.
The British named the site after their Major General, Sir William Tryon (1729-1788), the last British Governor of colonial New York City. Back in my academic scholar days, I am positive that I knew this...but somewhere along the way I kind of forgot...very much like how I forgot how to calculate the square root of Pythagoras Theorem.*
Still, this park provides New Yorker's with some really beautiful scenery that far surpasses that of Central Park. The only downside is that commuting there can be frustrating on a weekend when the MTA decides it wants to be a jerk...I've also sustained many a mosquito bite here...but yeah...that's not relevant to this review cuz that's completely a "me" thing.
If you've never been here, then you should definitely add it to your NYC Bucket List. It's great for a romantic stroll with a date or for random hangs with friends - I mean, just imagine it when the foliage is all 50 shades of fall, it's gonna be ridiculously beautiful and New England-y.
If you're there early enough (before 5pm or so) also be sure to check out The Cloisters museum. It's definitely some awe inspiring stuff and can make for a really cool, cost-efficient and culturally stimulating afternoon.
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* LIES. I never could do that, lol. Me no good at the maths stuffs.