Dairy River | dairy river is not a dairy |
We remain in New Rochelle’s far northern end. Like Abbey Close, Abingdon Lane is also in Scarsdale Downs, but on the other side of Baruad Road. In the mid- to late- 1800s, the land between Baraud Road, Wilmot Road, and the Scarsdale line was a farm owned by George A. Robbins & family. Other than maps, I […]
Abbey Close is a street in the very northernmost reaches of New Rochelle. It is in the “Scarsdale Downs” neighborhood, which is, not surprisingly, very close to the border with Scarsdale. Let’s break up the name Abbey Close into pieces. The name Abbey — this is pure myth. An abbey is a complex of buildings used […]
Aberfoyle Road is in the Highland Park neighborhood of New Rochelle. It is named after the town of Aberfoyle, Scotland. Highland Park was developed by the Irish-born lawyer James A.S. Gregg. In 1891, Gregg acquired eighty acres of the former Badeau farm, which sat on land overlooking what is now the lake in front of […]