(Photo credited to Roberto Clemente State Park)
Roberto Clemente State Park is the current home of the Monroe Express Baseball team and the practice facility of the Monroe Express softball and men's soccer team.
Roberto Clemente State Park is a 25-acre waterfront park located along the Harlem River in the Bronx. The facilities include a multi-purpose recreation building, an Olympic-size pool complex, ball fields, basketball courts, picnic areas, playgrounds and a waterfront promenade. The park opened in 1973 as the Harlem River Park and was renamed after Clemente, the first Latino-American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Directions to Roberto Clemente State Park:
Address: 301 West Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY 10453
By car traveling south on Major Deegan Expressway:
Exit on Interstate 87 at Fordham Road, turn left at Fordham Road and proceed to Sedgwick Avenue, turn right at Sedgwick and proceed through 2 lights before third light make a sharp right onto Cedar Avenue, proceed slowly, make first possible left over West Tremont Bridge to front of the park administration building.
By car traveling north on Major Deegan Expressway:
Exit Interstate 87 at 179th Street exit, at exit continue up hill, at light turn right on Sedgwick Avenue pass one light and before second light make a sharp right on Cedar Avenue proceed slowly make first possible left over West Tremont Bridge to front of park admin building.
Public Transit
By Train: Hudson Line Metro North commuter trains stop at Morris Heights Station. For details, call 212-532-4900 or visit
mta.info
By Bus: Bx18, Bx40, Bx42 (170
th St) to River Park Towers and Roberto Clemente State Park Bridge. Walk down the ramp to the park.
By Subway: Lexington Avenue IRT Woodlawn Road #4 to Burnside Stations. Then take BX40 bus westbound to the last stop. IND 205
th Street Concourse “D” to 170
th Street Station. Then take Route 18 bus westbound to the park.
