The most prominent feature of the park is a collection of gantries with car float transfer bridges, which in turn were served by barges that carried freight railcars between Queens and Manhattan.

The southern portion of the park is a former dock facility and includes restored "contained apron" transfer bridges of the James B. French patent.

[6] The park contains a 120-foot-long (37 m), 60-foot-high (18 m) cursive, ruby-colored, neon-on-metal Pepsi-Cola sign, manufactured by the General Outdoor Advertising Company in 1939 and rebuilt by Artkraft Strauss in 1993.

[12] The park offers picnic tables, a playground, playing fields, and a waterfront promenade facing the headquarters of the United Nations and the Midtown Manhattan skyline.

Fishing and crabbing is permitted at pier #4, subject to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.