Kearny Riverbank Park is a municipal linear park along the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey. It is located in the Kearny Uplands north of Bergen Avenue and was extended to Belleville Turnpike in 2011 with brownfield reclamation projects. Improvements to the park's greenway are being funded with a $1.8 million appropriation from the state.The reaches of the Passaic along the park have long been popular with rowing teams The park is home to the boathouse used Kearny, Belleville, and Nutley high school oarsmen.DedicationsVarious sections of park are dedicated to historical figures and events. In some cases they are named for local dignitaries, such as Norman A. Doyle, Henry J. Hill, Daniel T. Sansone, and Joseph M. Healey, all of whom served as councilmen and as Mayor of Kearny. Keating Cove is dedicated to Bernard J. Keating and Wallace Glen is dedicated to both Sir William Wallace and Councilman David A. Wallace. Irish Heritage Park is dedicated to Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Carroll. Other sections included the Centential Orchard and one dedicated to Christopher Columbus. Another part is named in memory of the Battle of Chantilly, where the town's namesake, Philip Kearny, lost his life in 1862. In 2006, many signboards demarcating the sections were replaced in a sponsorship campaign to re-new them.
