The land on which the park sits was once part of the Morris family estate and was the site of the Zborowski Mansion.

[2]: 289 [3] The park includes handball and basketball courts, baseball fields, playgrounds, and barbecue areas.

[8] In the ensuing years, additional parts of the Zborowski[note 1] estate in the vicinity of Claremont Park continued to be sold.

The alternative locations in New York were Inwood, Oak Point-Barretto Point, Port Morris, Cedar Park, and Morningside Park-Riverside Park-Bloomingdale Asylum.

The writer also complained about excessive noise from the park due to sporting events and Sunday concerts.

[18] A geological oddity of Claremont Park was a small but deep lake known as the "Black Swamp", which had a reputation for swallowing up livestock.

[19]: 95 [20] In 1904, a project to extend Morris Avenue past Claremont Park ran into problems when a horse and cart carrying fill intended to be dumped into the lake sank into the water.