List of New Rochelle neighborhoods

This is a partial list of neighborhoods and communities within the city of New Rochelle, New York.

• Beechmont, a development originally planned in 1902 by Eugene Lambden and his brother John for the City Realty Company.^[1] The neighborhood is centered on Beechmont Lake, created in 1902^[2] by damming Pine Brook. Beechmont lies on the eastern side of New Rochelle, bordering the town of Mamaroneck. The Rochelle Heights is immediately to the south of Beechmont, while Forest Heights, Forest Knolls, and Paine Heights are to the north and Larchmont Woods on the northeast. North Avenue forms the extreme western boundary.^[3]
• Bonnie Crest, in the northern part of New Rochelle.^[4]
• Premium Point, in the southeastern part of town on the shores of Long Island Sound.^[4]
• Residence Park, a largely residential area of historic character,^[5] which also includes the main campus of the College of New Rochelle.
• Rochelle Park, another historic neighborhood.
• Rochelle Heights, a neighborhood established starting in 1905 on the former estate of George G. Sickles, a Wall Street financier. Plans were developed by New York City architects Mann, MacNellie and Lindeberg, including lots and homes in a wide range of sizes.^[6]

The Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District, which spans two of these neighborhoods, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[7]

The West End - A small neighborhood loosely defined on the southern border by Metro North's New Haven Line, on the west by the border with Pelham, on the north by Sickles Ave. and on the east by Memorial Highway. Most of the neighborhood sits on a hill, which in the early days of New Rochelle was known as Dutch Hill, leading to the terminology of saying someone is "from up the West End". The neighborhood is and has traditionally been home to one of the area's larger immigrant populations, with the Italian immigrants coming from 1900 through the 1950's and more recently the Hispanic immigrants coming from about 1985 through the present.

References

1. ^ "Beechmont Area History". The Beechmont Association. http://www.beechmont.us/history.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
2. ^ "A Vision for New Rochelle". Columbia University. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/bass/newrochelle/report/citypark_complete.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
3. ^ "Beechmont Maps". The Beechmont Association. http://www.beechmont.us/map.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Dave Donelson "Best Places to Live" Westchester Magazine page 53, October 2009
5. ^ The historic character of Residence Park is asserted in a 2007 presentation about the area, supporting a local historic district application to the Historic Landmarks Review Board of the city of New Rochelle. The presentation is available here.
6. ^ Westchester, The American Suburb, Roger Panetta (2006); page 186
7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

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