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To offset the loss of trees during the initial stages of the project, over four hundred new trees were planted. Five hundred new shrubs and plants were also installed, including the vegetation used to restore the banks of the brook. Plantings along the stream banks include various
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As originally planned, the 103-acre (0.42 km) park consisted of wide, manicured meadows, woodlands, and a former mill pond surrounded by walking paths. Since the 1930s, playgrounds, athletic fields, and a dog run have been added. Additionally, the borough of
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Goffle Brook, and reconstruct road bridges over the brook at Warburton Avenue and Rea Avenue As of 2014, stream bank stabilization had been completed throughout the park, the Warburton Ave bridge had been rebuilt, and hundreds of
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The northern part of the park features Arnold's Pond, a former grist mill pond now used primarily for fishing. Another main feature of north end is the single, trodden footpath paralleling Goffle Brook north of
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In 2007, the southern end of Goffle Brook Park saw the emplacement of the historic Magee Road Bridge over Goffle Brook. Built in 1930, the bridge originally spanned West Brook in
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maintains a substantial recreational complex adjacent to Goffle Brook Park that includes a football stadium, running track, baseball fields, hockey rink, and tennis courts.
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Paul D. Ledvina. Olmsted Associates: A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000.
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camps existed within the boundaries of what would eventually become the park. The more significant of the two camps sat at the confluence of Goffle Brook and
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park was designed during the early stages of the creation of the Passaic County Park System by the firm of Olmsted Associates, heirs to the practice of
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and Warburton Avenue The northern part of the park also features a playground and a ball field near the corner of
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In 2012, Passaic County awarded funds to begin a multi-year project to beautify Goffle Brook Park,
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Passaic County Court House and United States Custom House and Post Office Historic District
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The area of Goffle Brook Park played a significant part in the
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Historic Bridges of the United States – Magee Road Bridge
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The historic Magee Road Bridge in Goffle Brook Park.
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Meadow in the southern section of Goffle Brook Park.
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Hawthorne
County park
Hawthorne, New Jersey
Coordinates
40°56′51″N 74°09′45″W / 40.94750°N 74.16250°W / 40.94750; -74.16250 (Goffle Brook Park)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Goffle Brook Park is located in Passaic County, New Jersey
Goffle Brook Park is located in New Jersey
Goffle Brook Park is located in the United States
40°56′51″N 74°09′45″W / 40.94750°N 74.16250°W / 40.94750; -74.16250
Olmsted Brothers
02001276
county park
Goffle Brook
Hawthorne
Passaic County
New Jersey
Bergen County
National Register of Historic Places
greenway
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Hawthorne
Hawthorne High School
stabilize
invasive
Norway Maple
Sumac

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