Jerome Park, Bronx

Opening day at Jerome Park, Bronx. Arts supplement to Appleton's Journal, copyright 1869. Artist: Thomas Hogan. Engraver: John Filmer. Source: Popular and applied graphic art print filing series, Library of Congress.

The racetrack in Jerome Park opened in 1866 and closed in 1894. It was located in Westchester County, N.Y. which was annexed into the Bronx in 1874. Now, Jerome Park is a municipal park and a neighborhood in Bronx, New York City..