Just across from the River Tides apartment building at 1133 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers is the new Martin Ginsburg Park, an addition to the city’s park system that was named in honor of the developer who has made the creation of parks and green space an important part of his company’s activities.
The new park in the Greystone neighborhood links Warburton Avenue to the Old Croton Aqueduct State Trail. It was created from what basically was an eyesore hillside and now features a stairway, paths, benches, gardens and sculptures.
Ginsburg and Ginsburg Development Companies, working with the city’s parks department, created and funded the park. A ceremony dedicating the park and unveiling new signage was attended by Martin Ginsburg and his wife Irene, Mayor Mike Spano, Steve Sansone, commissioner of the parks department, City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, Council Majority Leader Tasha Diaz, Council Minority Leader Mike Breen, Council Member Shanae Williams and Deputy Mayor Anthony Landi among others.
“This land was once a hill in distress, weeds and inaccessible,” Sansone said. “This park is an addition that will bring our count to 81 parks in the third-largest city in New York state.”
Ginsburg is no stranger to the Greystone neighborhood in Yonkers. His first project there was The Esplande in 1969 followed by Riverhill Tower, Riverhill Condo, Riveredge Apartments, and most recently Rivers Tides at Greystone, 1177@Greystone and Stratus on Hudson.
Ginsburg described the new park as an example of a successful public-private partnership.
“It”™s a win/win for the city and the residents of the Greystone neighborhood who now have direct access to the Old Croton Aqueduct State Trail,” Ginsburg said. “Creating public greenspace is vitally important for enhancing the quality of life in our communities.”
Ginsburg said that he wants to work with the city as it develops a new three-acre waterfront park fronting on the Hudson River in the Ludlow section.
“Martin Ginsburg has been a visionary, someone who has believed in Yonkers because he was willing to make investments here,” Spano said. “This is what you call reimagining our city, reimagining our parks … and making sure that we are doing the right thing for all, and our environment.”
