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Beechmont Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Beechmont Lake, 7.5 acres in size, offering benches, fishing, and seasonal ice skating, is located at Beechmont Drive and Pinebrook Blvd., New Rochelle, NY 10804 in Westchester County.
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D’Onofrio Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D’Onofrio Park, 22-acres in size, offering, large playground, and a pavilion with picnic tables is located at Morgan Street and Emmett Terrace, in the South End of New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County.
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Davenport Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Davenport Park, 20-acres in size, is located on Davenport Ave. in New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. This park offers a passive recreation area overlooking Long Island Sound. The park is ideal for sunbathing, walking, sitting or reading a book. Contains a Shakespeare Garden. Valid omnicards are required year round.
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Eddie Foy Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Eddie Foy Park is located on Pelham Road and Weyman Ave., New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Eddie Foy Park offers a playground for children, a sandbox, and park benches.
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Feeney Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feeney Park is located at 7th Street and Washington Ave., New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Feeney Park offers a playground for children, walking path, flower garden and benches.
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Five Islands Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five Islands Park, 15-acres in size, is located off LeFevre Lane, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County.
Five Islands Park offers a large grassy area, sunbather's beach, picnic areas, pavilion, large playground for children, outdoor amphitheater, also ideal for nature walks. A pedestrian bridge links Big and Little Harrison Island to the main Oakwood Island. This beautiful park has barbeque pits, picnic tables, benches and open air pavilions for rent and a dock for fishing. website and more . . .
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Flowers (City) Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flowers (City) Park, 20-acres in size, is located at Fifth Ave. and Potter Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801, Westchester County.
Flowers Park houses 3 ball fields, a basketball court, playground, picnic area for rent, Sidney E. Frank Skate Park, Fosina Stadium natural turf field and the artificial turf Skidelsky Field Complex. website and more . . .
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FunFuzion @ New Rock City "Bowling" | 914-637-7575 | |||||||||||||||||
Go bowling at FUNFUZION at New Roc City includes New Roc’n Bowl, a bowling center offering 17-AMF Glow-in-the-Dark lanes, located at 33 Lecount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County. "New Roc’n Bowl offers a glow-in-the-dark bowling experience with music pumping and lights flashing."
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FunFuzion @ New Rock City "Mini Golf" | 914-637-7575 | |||||||||||||||||
FUNFUZION at New Roc City, offering an 18-hole GLOW miniature golf course, is located at 33 Lecount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County.
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Glen Island Park and Glen Island Beach | 914-813-6720 | |
Glen Island Park and Beach, 105-acres in size, is located in New Rochelle NY 10805 in Westchester County. Glen Island is an island property connected to New Rochelle by a drawbridge built in the 1920s. After Playland, Glen Island is the second most widely used park in the County Parks system.
From Westchestergov.com "This 105-acre island property is connected to New Rochelle by a drawbridge built in the 1920s. After Playland, Glen Island is the second most widely used park in the County Parks system. One of Westchester’s unique jewels, it was initially developed as a summer resort by John H. Starin. The original design exhibited the five cultures of the western world on individual islands linked together with piers and causeways. Today the islands have been merged with substantial fill areas totaling 130 acres and providing a beautiful crescent shaped beach with access to the Long Island Sound. website and more . . .
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Hartley Field | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||
Hartley Field is located at Brook Street and Lincoln Ave., New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Hartley Field is a neighborhood park used for informal ball playing.
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Hudson Park and Beach | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hudson Park and Beach are located at the south end on Hudson Park Road, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County. Hudson Park features a grassy recreation area with a cameo playground for children, a music bandshell, seating area, bathing beaches and parking.
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Huguenot Park - Handicapped Accessible Playground | 914-235-4565 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Huguenot Park / Twin Lakes, a handicap accessible park, is located at North Ave. & Eastchester Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804 in Westchester County.
From Huguenot Park: "Located in front of New Rochelle High School. It contains two lakes with a walking trail, a large, fully accessible children's playground known as Jacks Friendship Garden, a children's library and benches. Accommodates fishing and seasonal ice skating." website and more . . .
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Leif Erickson Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||
Leif Erickson Park is located at Pelham & Hudson Park Roads, New Rochelle NY 10801 in Westchester County. Leif Erickson Park is at the entrance to Hudson Park and is a passive recreation park.
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Lemke Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Lemke Park is located at Lemke Place and Rockland Ave., New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Lemke Park offers a playground for children and park benches.
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Library Green | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Library Green is a downtown urban Park located adjacent to the New Rochelle Public Library bounded by Lawton Street (east) Memorial Highway (west) and Huguenot Street (north) in New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County.
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Lincoln Park & Pool | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lincoln Park and Pool, 4-acres in size, offering several activities and a pool for New Rochelle residents only, is located at Lincoln Ave. and Prince Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County.
From New Rochelle: "Located on Lincoln Ave.. It covers 4 acres and contains a large children’s play area with equipment, lighted basketball courts, a stage area, and a small youth baseball field. A small outdoor swimming pool with a water slide, wading pool and water spray. Lincoln Pool Card is required for pool access. Parking and Pool entrance is at the Remington Boys’ & Girls’ Club parking lot at Prince Street and Remington Place. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult (18+ years) for Lincoln Pool." more . . .
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Maplewood Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Maplewood Park is located at Stratton Road and Gaby Lane, New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Maplewood Park offers a playground for children, benches, and a basketball court.
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Neptune Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Neptune Park is located at Fort Slocum Road and Pelham Road, New Rochelle NY 10801 in Westchester County.
A scenic view of Glen Island Park can be seen from Neptune Park. There is a grassy area and a fishing pier and dock where the Klondike is harbored. Also in this park is Cameron Dock with bocce courts, fishing pier and parking area. Sharkey Park adjoins Cameron Dock and has horseshoe pitching facility. more . . .
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New Rochelle - Huguenot Childrens' Library | 914-632-8954 | |||||||||||||||||
The Huguenot Children’s Library, a branch of the New Rochelle Public Library, is located at 794 North Avenue, New Rochelle, New York 10804.
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New Rochelle Public Library | 914-632-7878 | |||||||||||||||||
The New Rochelle Public Library is located at One Library Plaza, New Rochelle, New York 10802.The New Rochelle Public Library offers many services including:
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New Rock City | 914-637-7575 | |||||||||||||||||
New Roc City is located at 19 LeCount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County. New Roc City, a 1.2 million square-foot retail and entertainment center in downtown New Rochelle, offers fun and excitement for the entire family.
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New York Sports Clubs - New Rochelle | 914-636-2455 | |||||||||
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Paine Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paine Lake, 2.7-acres in size, is located at Paine Ave. and Valley Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804 in Westchester County.
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Pinebrook Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Pinebrook Park, offering a playground, benches, ball field, and a basketball court is located on Pinebrook Blvd. and Tulip Lane, New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County.
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Private Golf Course - Wykagyl Country Club | 914-636-8700 | |||||||||||||
Wykagyl Country Club is located at 1195 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Wykagyl, a course of championship caliber, is par 72, and over 6600 yards. The rolling slopes, the proximity of the woods, and the hazards of the willow-bordered brooks, call for every shot in golf. The par three 16th hole of 230 yards and the tree-guarded, dogleg par four eight of 449 yards are regarded by pros and amateurs as among the most exciting and interesting holes in golf.
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Proudian Antiques Ltd. | 914-632-2900 | |||||||||||||
Proudian Antiques Ltd., specializing in fine 19th and 20th century antiques, is located at New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804 in Westchester County.
From Proudian: "For more than 40 years now, Proudian Antiques Ltd. has been dealing in the finest nineteenth and twentieth-century antiques. Their areas of expertise include fine handmade Oriental Rugs and tapestries, American and European paintings, drawings and sculpture, as well as decorative arts and furnishings, art glass, fine and antique jewelry, and quality collections or entire estates. website and more . . .
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Regal New Roc City "18 screens & IMAX" | 914-235-5106 | |||||||||||||
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Roosevelt Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Roosevelt Park is located on Disbrow Lane, off North Ave., New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Roosevelt Park offers a playground for children, benches, a basketball court and fitness court.
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Seacord Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Seacord Park, offering a playground and park benches, is located at Allard Ave. and John Street in New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County.
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Sidney E. Frank Skate Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sidney E. Frank Skate Park, a state-of-the-art facility that is open, weather permitting, April 6th through November, is located at 436 Fifth Ave. and Potter Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801 in Westchester County.
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Stephenson Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephenson Park is located on Stephenson Blvd. and Lyons Place, New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. The park offers a playground for children, basketball court, walking path, flower garden and benches.
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Sycamore Park | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
Sycamore Park is located on Kings Highway, New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. Sycamore Park offers a playground for children, a basketball court and a small baseball field.
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Symphony of Westchester | 914-654-4926 | |
The Symphony of Westchester is a professional orchestra that has gradually become known in Westchester County and its surrounding area for our first rate and inspiring performances, world class soloists, exciting and engaging programming, the commissioning and premiering of new and meaningful compositions and our exemplary outreach programs for children.
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Thomas Paine National Historical Association | 914-434-7270 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Paine National Historical Association is located at 983 North Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804. "The Thomas Paine National Historical Association, founded January 29, 1884 in New York City, is among the oldest historical associations in the United States. Our mission, to educate the world about the life, times and works of Thomas Paine, is designed to ensure Paine's rightful place in history as the preeminent founder of the United States of America. He was, in fact, the first person to coin this phrase. In the course of his lifetime, Paine was an outstanding political and social influence upon the entire world."
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Timothy Riordan, Antique Furniture Restoration | 914-235-6424 | |||||||||||||
Timothy G. Riordan, Inc. of Media Loft Arts, is located at 50 Webster Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801 in southern Westchester County.
From Timothy G. Riordan: "Timothy restores and conserves antique furniture using traditional materials and techniques. After apprenticing in San Francisco and Sotheby’s in New York he established his business in November of 1983. After setting up shop on West 55th street and East 95th street thereafter, he moved the concern to Westchester. He has been seen in Architectural Digest, House and Garden, Quest, New York and the New York Times. more . . .
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VFW Tot Lot | 914-654-2087 | |||||||||||||||||
VFW Tot Lot is located on Pelham Road and Meadow Lane in New Rochelle NY 10801, Westchester County. VFW Tot Lot offers a playground for children and park benches.
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History of New Rochelle, Published 1886
"John Pell, the successor of Thomas in the " lordship " of Pelham Manor, was born on the 3d of February, 1643. He arrived in America and entered into his proprietorship in the summer of 1670 . . . The most notable event of John Pell's administration of his manor was the conveyance by him through the celebrated Jacob Leisler of six thousand acres as a place of settlement for the Huguenots - a transaction out of which resulted the erection of the Town of New Rochelle. "The Edict of Nantes, a decree granting a measure of liberty to the Protestants of France, promulgated in 1598 by King Henry IV., was on the 22d of October, 1685, revoked by Louis XIV., and by that act of state policy the conditions of life in the French kingdom were made quite intolerable to most persons of steadfast Protestant faith. For some years previously to the revocation numerous French Protestants had begun to seek homes in foreign lauds, especially America; and after 1685 the emigration grew to large proportions. A great many of the Huguenots came to New York City. Several of the leaders of the sect abroad entered into correspondence with Leisler (known to them as a responsible merchant and influential citizen of New York and, moreover, a man of strong liberal principles), with a view to the purchase by him as agent of eligible laud for the establishment of a Huguenot colony. It happened that a number of the Huguenot immigrants in New York City, looking about them for suitable places of residence, had in 1686 and 1687 chosen and secured from John Pell parcels of land in that portion of Pelham Manor now occupied by the present City of New Rochelle. From this circumstance Leisler, as the constituted agent of the Huguenots, was led to locate the settlement at that place. He entered into negotiations with Pell, and on the 20th of September, 1689, "John Pell and Rachel his wife'' conveyed to him,
"This was an absolute deed of sale of the property. The sum paid for it, £1,675, was extraordinarily large, in comparison with the usual amounts given in those times for unimproved landed property, and is a demonstration of the entirely substantial character of the settlement of New Rochelle at its very foundation. In addition to the purchase money, "said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assigns," were to be held and pay "unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns, lords of the said Manor of Pelham, to the assigns of them or him, or their or either of them, as an acknowledgment to the lords of the said manor, one fat calf on every four and twentieth day of June, yearly and every year forever - if demanded." This proviso was incorporated conformably with the customs of the times, which required the vouch safing of peculiar courtesies to the lords of manors on the part of individuals upon whom they bestowed their lands. The ceremony of the presentation of the fat calf was duly observed for many years, and was always made a festival occasion. "Although the deed of sale specified the Bronx River as the westernmost boundary of the tract, its bounds as finally established stopped at Hutchinson's River or creek. The six thousand acres comprised the whole northern section of the manor, Pell retaining the southern portion, a wedge-shaped territory, about one-half less in area than the part conveyed to Leisler. "Shortly after the consummation of the purchase, Leisler began to release the lands to the Huguenots, and the place was settled with reasonable rapidity. It was called New Rochelle in honor of La Rochelle in France, a community prominently identified with the Huguenot cause in the religious wars. From the first the French refugees proved themselves most desirable additions to the population of our county, and the entire history of New Rochelle is a gratifying record of progress." Source: History of Westchester County: New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City, John Thomas Scharf, Editor John Thomas Scharf, Publisher L. E. Preston & co., 1886. History of New Rochelle, Compiled 1940
Left from New Rochelle on Echo Avenueto the junction with Pelham Road; R. on Pelham Road to State 1B (the Shore Road), which closely follows the shore of Long Island Sound to New York City. Bolton Priory (R), 2.1 m., was built in 1838 by the Reverend Robert Bolton, whose friend, Washington Irving, gave yellow bricks from the old Dutch church at Sleepy Hollow to outline the construction date on the wall above the door. A bloody battle between the Matinecocks and the Siwanoys took place on Cedar Knoll (L). The Siwanoys were routed and prisoners were decapitated. Legend has it that when the moon is full, the spirits of the headless Indians perform a war dance, holding their heads in their hands. "The New York Athletic Club (L), 2.4 m., Italian Renaissance in style, stands on deep, landscaped lawns at Travers Island. "At the New York City line, 2.5 m., State 1B becomes Pelham Parkway."
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"New York, A Guide to the Empire State"
, Compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York, 1940 Albany
About New Rochelle
Children love going to the park and New Rochelle is flush with local parks for the kids and family.Select one of the many beautiful parks in New Rochelle and enjoy watching the kids in the playground, or on a nature walk, or just relax and read a book. Hudson Park is located in the South End on Hudson Park Road and features a grassy recreation area with a cameo playground, seating areas, bathing, beaches and more. Plan a day of fun for the whole family and go ice-skating with the kids at New Roc Ice. New Rock Ice skating rinks offer The Central Park Skating Pond, with a sculptured ice surface, complete with iron rails, park benches, lampposts and a city feel. If you are looking for a good movie, visit movies in New Rochelle. For a complete day of fun for the kids and the whole family, visit New Roc City, a great destination for the New York metro area. Go shopping in New Rochelle's New Roc City before heading for home. When its time to eat, select from a wide range of New Rochelle restaurants. New Rochelle in New York has beautiful homes and beautiful areas in which to live. Learn more about buying a home in New Rochelle, NY, Westchester County. |