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Bookmark or Share- East Side Coastal Resiliency — Friends of Corlears Hook ParkUpdate #1 (Jan 2020): For years, Friends of Corlears Hook Park (FoCHP) knew that Corlears Hook Park would be affected by the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project and thanks to January 14, 2020 meeting with the Department of Design and Construction (DDC), we now know the extent of the changes to the park.
- Park History - Friends of Corlears Hook ParkCorlears Hook Park, located at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is named after 17th century Dutch landowners, the Van Corlear family, and the geographic bend in the shoreline that had the shape of a hook.
- Corlears Hook Park Highlights - NYC ParksIn the fall, the Hawkwatch in Central Park has tallied over 8,000 migrating hawks, and on a single day, 48 bald eagles appeared at Belvedere Castle. On a single day in the Bronx, 1,000 broad-winged hawks were once spotted crossing the Hudson River into New Jersey.
- Corlears Hook Park Highlights : NYC ParksThis spacious park, located at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets along the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is named after 17th century Dutch landowners, the Van Corlear family, and the geographic bend in the shoreline that had the shape of a hook.
- Corlears Hook: Birthplace of the Hooker | Infamous New YorkNamed for the hump of land that protrudes into the East River, Corlears hook is no longer a neighborhood and only a small park designates its existence at all. However in the 1820s, The Hook, as it was known to sailors the world over, was a wild place indeed.
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