Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===Highbridge Park===
[[File:Fort George Amusement Park.jpg|thumb|A 1905 postcard of [[Fort George Amusement Park]], as seen from the [[Harlem River]]]]
[[Highbridge Park]], a 160-acre park with heavily wooded areas and views of the [[Harlem River]], lies on Washington Heights' western cliffside from 155th Street to Dyckman Street, cut off from the waterfront by the [[Harlem River Drive]].<ref name=highbridgepark>[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/highbridge-park Highbridge Park], [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Retrieved April 28, 2016.</ref> Unlike Washington Heights' other major parks, Highbridge had no prior design but was assembled piecemeal by the city through condemnation, the majority being acquired from 1895 to 1901.<ref name=highbridgeplaycenter>{{cite book|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2237.pdf|title=Highbridge Play Center|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|date=August 14, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> In the park's southern extreme lies [[Coogan's Bluff]], which, during the time of the [[Polo Grounds]], offered a vantage point for watching baseball games without paying for tickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/a-stairway-to-sports-history-from-the-polo-grounds/|access-date=March 28, 2021|date=February 19, 2008|title=A Stairway to Sports History From the Polo Grounds|first=Timothy|last=Williams|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The park's northernmost Fort George Hill section was gained through the condemnation of [[Fort George Amusement Park]], a [[trolley park]] built in 1895 that was burned twice by 1913.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martens|first=Victoria|title=Fort George Amusement Park|publisher=[[Museum of the City of New York]]|date=August 1, 2019|url=https://www.mcny.org/story/fort-george-amusement-park|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> In 2007, the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|Parks Department]] collaborated with the New York City Mountain Bike Association to open a network of mountain bike trails in this section of the park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Highbridge Trails, NYC's First Mountain Bike Trail|first=Jen|last=Chung|url=http://gothamist.com/2007/05/15/map_of_the_day_113.php|work=[[Gothamist]]|date=May 15, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065345/http://gothamist.com/2007/05/15/map_of_the_day_113.php|archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Mountain Bike Trail In NYC Opens At Highbridge Park|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks & Recreation]]|access-date=March 28, 2021|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/news/daily-plant?id=20111|date=May 24, 2007}}</ref>

Highbridge Park is home to three New York City landmarks: its namesake the [[High Bridge (New York City)|High Bridge]], the High Bridge Water Tower, and the Highbridge Play Center.<ref name=highbridgeplaycenter/><ref name=highbridgewatertower>{{cite book|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0319.pdf|title=High Bridge Water Tower|access-date=March 28, 2021|date=July 12, 1967|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0639.pdf|title=High Bridge, Aqueduct and Pedestrian Walk|access-date=March 28, 2021|date=November 10, 1970|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]}}</ref> The High Bridge, New York City's oldest remaining bridge, was built in 1848 as part of the [[Croton Aqueduct]] system connecting the Bronx to Manhattan at 174th Street and, since 2015, has been active as a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists.<ref name="Parks Highbridge"/> The bridge's accompanying water tower was also an integral part of New York City's water system until 1949.<ref name=highbridgewatertower/>
Built on a former reservoir in front of the High Bridge Water Tower, the Highbridge Play Center is best known for its swimming pool, one of many [[Works Progress Administration]]-funded outdoor pools opened in the summer of 1936.<ref name=highbridgeplaycenter/>