 Other attractions include bocce courts, fourteen tennis courts, two playgrounds, a skatepark, basketball courts, and one track for running.One of the playgrounds, Charybdis Playground, is across the Hell Gate from Scylla Point on Wards Island.In 2001, the two features were named after Scylla and Charybdis, two water hazards described in Homer's "Odyssey", after Henry Stern petitioned the federal government to rename what was then known as "Negro Point".