Bronx Park South, West Farms

This park houses the New York Botanical Garden as well as the Bronx Zoo, and to make the layout even better, a river runs through it – the Bronx River. The best thing about this park, for me anyway, are the bike paths, which really can’t be beat, not even by Central Park, where there is just too much street traffic for me. Something about parks and a great number of cars just don’t mix. In any case, this park is gorgeous, though it can be full of tourists visiting the Garden and Zoo, especially during the summer months, which may hinder your bike ride a bit.