Essex County Riverfront Park

There's a building that's located near the Brill Street entrance on Raymond Blvd that is where the restrooms are. The park staff ladies that are in charge of maintaining the restrooms ALWAYS make sure it's cleaned to where it's actually Immaculate. The ladies that are in charge of maintaining the cleanliness of the restrooms go WAY over and BEYOND their required duties!!! The restrooms are always clean and you WILL NOT even see it with even a small piece of tissue paper on the floor!!

Now the Porta potties are a different story lol

Nice park along the Passaic River. Awesome views of the bridges along the river and the Newark and New York skylines. Great for biking and walking. The park was initially known as Mayfair Park and was redesigned recently by Damon Rich of Hector, formerly in his role as Planning Director and Chief Urban Designer for the city of Newark.

Nice location. We were there for a soccer match. Nice field area was clean. Parking was a bit confusing. Playground was nice. The only thing that it was missing was a sun shade type. 95deg and it was hot. the kids could not enjoy the playground.

The Riverfront has Underwent lots of changes over the past 10 years. This park was an amazing addition to this once blighted area which was riddled with environmental issues. The park gas brought so many different faces into the community and not just to drive through it but to come hang and spend time here. The events are often fun and full of good energy, food & music. Lots of people use the park daily for their daily workouts. The park features some interesting things from soccer & baseball field to stationary workout equipment plus seating in areas where you feel tucked away & get to enjoy a view of the water. There are some disappointing things here like repairs that need to be made, some more management around landscaping would be great here. Also an upgrade needs to happen at the parks centerpiece which is an art sculpture that is called the Orange sticks. It may be an artistic analogy for the orange walking path that leads in the direction of Newarks famous barely spoken about Superfund site. Where in the 1970s a manufacturing company known as Diamomd Alkali - Diamond Shamrock, use to make a poisonous Chemical known as Agent Orange. The byproduct of This chemical is known as Dioxin and it has seeped into the soil which will be in the ground for decades to come. The location is known as one of NJ notorious & biggest Superfund site. (Ironically Hello Fresh sits literally nextdoor)

During the war Monsanto, Dow and other companies were compelled to produce this chemical by the U.S. Government. Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides. Its It is widely known for its use by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.

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A lovely park. An 8 mile walking trail, mini gym, calm, serene atmosphere. With courts for basketball and much more.