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The Berrien family was laid to rest in the Kingsbridge Burial Grounds in Van Cortlandt Park. Nearby were burials for enslaved Africans on land that will finally be consecrated June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

Enslaved African burial ground finally consecrated

It’s no secret the United States was one of many countries practicing slavery centuries ago — and not just in the south. more

By BRENDAN O’SULLIVAN | 6/20/21

Vannie Alliance welcomes Ehrlich

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance — the civic group formed from the merger of the Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy and the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park — has found its first executive director. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 4/26/20

Fencing surrounds the southern third of the Van Cortlandt Park Parade Grounds, which will be the site of a 200-bed COVID-19 field hospital, intended to relieve already at-capacity city hospitals.

COVID-19 field hospital coming to Vannie

Van Cortlandt Park is one of the largest parks in New York City, a center for sports and recreation in the Bronx. But now, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the park is about to become something entirely new: A field hospital. more

By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN | 4/12/20

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