On this side there is a road entrance, the Rose Garden, the Tennis Courts, and the Dog Park.

Before Brookdale was a park, the area was used by the First Nations Lenape Native Americans, later known as the Delaware, as a planting/gathering ground.

This firm is well known for designing much of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and Central Park in New York City.

As coal was replaced by oil and then gas as a heating fuel, the dump became part of the future Essex County park site.

[citation needed] On January 15, 2023 at 11:30 pm, a fatal one-car crash occurred on the downhill left bend of West Circuit Drive.

An SUV left the roadway striking a lamp post, an exercise beam and a tree at high speed.