The current entity known as the Sgt. Anthony Park Association is a non-profit neighborhood association formed in 1994 by a group of residents interested in the safety, beauty, and stability of the area around Sgt. Anthony Park at 90 Palisade Ave.  The initiating circumstances were the city's proposed renovation plan for the Park, which at that time was a hard-scrabble lot with few amenities.  The imminent expansion of the parking facilities for Christ Hospital was also feared by some residents as part of a trend to diminish the residential character of the neighborhood.

The first meeting was held in the home of Robin Petrick at 85 Palisade Ave., directly across from the Park.  A constitution was eventually drawn up, modeled after that of the Riverview Neighborhood Association, a group just to the north of Sgt. Anthony.  The residents contributed suggestions toward the renovation of the Park, which opened in its renewed form in 1995.  Plans for the erection of a 600-car garage for Christ Hospital were eventually defeated by the opposition of the neighborhood.

Boundaries of the Association as set in its constitution are:  North: Waverly St, South: State Highway, East: Hoboken Ave., West: Baldwin Ave.