Riverbank Park

	Riverbank Park
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
	File:Soccer Ground.jpg
	A soccer field in Riverbank Park
Nearest city	Newark, New Jersey
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Area	10.8 acres (4.4 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	Olmsted Brothers
Architectural style	Urban Park
NRHP Reference #	98000351
NJRHP #	60
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1998
Designated NJRHP	October 29, 1999

Riverbank Park, is in the Ironbound section of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The park was opened in 1907 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1998. The baseball fields are on the former location of the Balbach Smelting & Refining Company, one of the largest metal processing companies in the country, which closed in the 1920s.^[3] It is the smallest and one of the most heavily used parks in the Essex County Park System. In August 2011, plans were announced to expand the park along the Passaic River^[4]^[5]^[6] which opened in August 2012.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

v t e Essex County Park System
Parks	Anderson Park Becker Park Belleville Park Branch Brook Park Brookdale Park Glenfield Park Grover Cleveland Park Independence Park lrvington Park lvy Hill Park Kip's Castle Park Orange Park Riverbank Park Vailsburg Park Verona Park Watsessing Park Weequahic Park West Side Park Yanticaw Park
Reservations	Eagle Rock Reservation Hilltop Reservation Mills Reservation South Mountain Reservation West Essex Park
Other facilities	Francis A. Byrne Golf Course Hendricks Field Golf Course Riker Hill Complex South Mountain Recreation Complex Weequahic Golf Course West Essex Trail

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