novella Booby Trap takes place. The guilty Congressman Shattuck kills himself with a hand grenade after Nero Wolfe convinces him there is no chance of escaping justice. In Sol Yurick's 1965 novel The Warriors, the meeting between New York street gangs called by Ismael Rivera, leader of the Delancey Thrones, takes place in Van Cortlandt Park. In the 1979 film adaptation of Yurick's novel, one of the gangs is called "The Van Cortlandt Rangers." The park is also the place of many happy memories of Horse Badorties, protagonist of William Kotzwinkle's 1974 book The Fan Man. In Philip Kaufman's 1979 film The Wanderers, a football game between The Wanderers and rivals the Del Bombers occurs at Van Cortlandt Park. However, none of the scenes were filmed in the Bronx. Van Cortlandt Park was referenced in José Rivera's play Marisol as a place where neo-Nazis burn homeless people alive in the apocalyptic world of the play. See also List of NCAA Division I baseball venues Delaware Tribe of Indians Notes and references Notes References Sources Further reading External links Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy 1888 establishments in New York (state) Van Cortlandt family Norwood, Bronx Riverdale, Bronx Broadway (Manhattan) Nature centers in New York City Parks in the Bronx Urban public parks American football venues in New York City Athletics (track and field) venues in New York City Baseball venues in New York City Basketball venues in New York City Canadian Football League venues College cross country courses in the United States Cross country running courses in New York (state) Cricket grounds in New York City Curling venues in the United States College baseball venues in the United States Equestrian venues in the United States Golf clubs and courses in New York (state) Golf clubs and courses designed by Tom Bendelow Lacrosse venues in New York City Manhattan Jaspers baseball Rugby union stadiums in New York City Soccer venues in New York City Softball venues in New York City Swimming venues in New York City Tennis venues in New York City Canadian football venues in the United States Kingsbridge, Bronx