The federal government and New York City have inked a court-approved deal that will finally make the Van Cortlandt House ...

1 at Van Cortlandt Park-242nd St. Big, broad and inspiring, Van Cortlandt Park is New York City's fourth largest park. Named after Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York from 1710-1719 and owner of ...

A mock battle staged in the Parade Ground in Van Cortlandt Park held by the National Guard in 1902. Image source: Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and the George Stonebridge Family The Stockbridge ...

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The landscaping work is in the water at Van Cortlandt Park in the northwest Bronx. On Wednesdays in the summer, volunteers work with staff members of the Van Cortlandt Park ...

Our very own history editor, Benjamin Waldman, happened across these mysterious vaults in Van Cortlandt Park dating from New York City’s colonial era. While researching the history of the Bronx, he ...

The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance in the Bronx is leading a project to honor the Enslaved African Burial Ground in the park. The burial ground, used during the colonial era, has remained largely ...

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

A balloon arch, too many bottle caps to count and piles of confetti are just some of the messes being cleaned up at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Volunteers with the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The landscaping ...