Orchard Beach, Bronx is located in Pelham Bay Park, on the western end of Long Island Sound in the Bronx borough of New York City. The only beach in the Bronx, it is also known as "the Riviera of New York City" thanks to a promenade and a pavilion filled with shops and restaurants, as well as playgrounds, picnic areas, and courts for basketball, volleyball and handball. The mile-long beach is
. manmade, created in the 1930s by filling in part of Pelham Bay with landfill and bringing in sand from several areas. The beach is under the supervision of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. You can find more information here: http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/orchardbeach
