[5]: 307  The snuff mill, a National Historic Landmark, still remains and is the oldest existing tobacco manufacturing building in the United States.

[12] However, another measurement in the Encyclopedia of New York City places the park as only being 662 acres (268 ha) in area.

[1]: 147  Much of this is the former grounds of the Lorillard estate,[1]: 147 [17] although the garden also includes a parcel that was formerly the easternmost portion of the campus of St. John's College (now Fordham University).

[1]: 147  The Botanical Garden contains more than a million living plants on its grounds, as well as the LuEsther T. Mertz Library and the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

[24] The eastern section of Bronx Park contains several recreational facilities that mainly serve the neighborhoods to its east.

There are also hiking trails, kayaking sites, playgrounds, a skate park, and spray showers.

[28] The preserve is mainly composed of a floodplain forest with eastern hemlock and hardwoods, through which several walking trails run.

The ballfields are named after Daniel Allerton, an early Bronx settler, and consist of three baseball fields and a comfort station.

The current brick buildings that comprise Ranaqua were built in the 1930s as part of a Works Progress Administration project.

The river hosts a diverse ecosystem with a hardwood swamp and floodplain forest composed of red maple trees.

[2] A number of tributaries run into the river from both the New York Botanical Garden[36] and the Bronx Zoo.

[38] To the south is a waterfall of pink granite, about 12 feet (3.7 m) high, located slightly upstream of the Boston Road entrance to the zoo.

It was formerly used by the DeLancey family, which operated a farm in what is now the Wild Asia section of the Bronx Zoo, but now consists of a Fordham gneiss dam with a fish ladder.

[49] Another pond, Twin Lake, is located at the northern portion of Bronx Park, next to the Pfizer Lab in the New York Botanical Garden.

[50] The scenic ponds were formerly a public area, but were confiscated by the botanical garden, causing an uproar on the part of the local community.

The lakes had previously been a very popular winter ice skating venue, with free access.