Editing Edgewater, New Jersey (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Edgewater Palisades Cliff.JPG|thumb|Community Center with Little League field and track in foreground. Palisades Cliff in background.]]
{{convert|22|acre|m2|adj=on}} Veterans' Field<ref name=Thinking2003>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-edgewater-a-former-factory-town-transformed.html "If You're Thinking of Living in/Edgewater; A Former Factory Town, Transformed"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 12, 2003. Accessed December 4, 2013.</ref> offers residents recreational opportunities and provides space for a Community Center and American Legion Post 116. Veterans' Field is located on River Road ([[County Route 505 (New Jersey)|County Route 505]]) in the north section of Edgewater, lying along the Hudson River. It has indoor and outdoor basketball courts, three softball fields, a 1/3 mile-long track which accommodates runners, walkers and skaters; tennis courts, a Little League field and a playground. It is also the site of a large American flag which can easily be seen from across the river in Manhattan. A plaque commemorating the [[New Netherland]] plantation of [[David Pietersen de Vries]], [[Vriessendael]], is located at the entrance to the field on the west. Although the field extends well to the east, it did not exist in de Vries's day. In 1922, landfill was dumped into the Hudson River from the construction site of [[Yankee Stadium]] in the Bronx, which gives Veteran's Field its current dimensions.<ref name=Thinking2003/> In September 2011, Veteran's Field was closed due to soil contamination in the fill brought to the site.<ref>Almenas, Maxim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191925/http://www.northjersey.com/news/contaminants-close-veterans-park-1.199171 "Edgewater's Veterans Park closed for contaminants"], ''Edgewater View'', September 22, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 12, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Borough officials closed off Veterans Field Park indefinitely on Sept. 16 due to contaminants found at the 27.5 acre site."</ref>