Morningside Park (New York City) on September 16, 1776. Year later, during the War of 1812 three blockhouse fortifications were built on the land. The park was first proposed by the Central Park Commissioners in 1867, after Andrew Haswell Green, Commissioner and Comptroller of Central Park, proposed that a park be built in Morningside Heights to avoid the expense of expanding the Manhattan street grid across difficult terrain. In 1870, the City of New York obtained jurisdiction of the property. The original design for the park, submitted by Parks Engineer-in-Chief M.A. Kellogg in 1871, was rejected by the Board of Commissioners for Public Parks. In
Claremont Park station (New York Central Railroad) and the 183rd Street station. The Central wanted to close the station to cut travel times on trains to Westchester. Claremont Park station was closed in 1960. As a result of the closure, commuters were forced to take either Morrisania station, Tremont station, or the nearby Claremont Parkway elevated station. Of the three mentioned, only Tremont station survives today. Claremont Park station (New York Central Railroad) The Claremont Park station was a station on the New York Central Railroad's Harlem Line in the East Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad