sentences:  The Bronx Department of Parks, in its 1884 report to the state legislature, noted the land as having "indispensable requisites for a park", such as a "luxuriant growth of forest" with native oaks, elms, and magnolias, as well as proximity to railroad lines such as the Third Avenue elevated and the Harlem Line.Due to rapid urbanization, Bathgate Farm quickly became one of the few remaining greenspaces in the Bronx.When the Bronx Department of Parks acquired the parkland, it originally planned to name the now-public parkland Bathgate Park.