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One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bronx River Parkway Reservation
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
The listing
- Address. Bronx River Pkwy. from jct. with Sprain Brook Rd. to and including Kensico Dam Plaza, Bronxville, 10530
- When was it listed? January 1991
- Category. district
- Town. Greenburgh town
- National Register reference number. 90002143 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
890 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 890 fires within 5 miles of Bronx River Parkway Reservation between 2000 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 88 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 510 |
| Smoking | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 67 |
| Natural | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bronx River Parkway Reservation: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery | Silver | Plant | ||
| Dobbs Ferry Plant | Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum | Producer |
Storms near this property
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronxville, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $15,000 | A microburst impacted the city of Mount Vernon, bringing down large trees, with the most significant damage on Packman Avenue. Based upon the survey, winds with the microburst were estimated from 65 to 75 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronxville | $3,000 | A few trees were reported down in Bronxville. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The northbound Sprain Brook Parkway was closed due to flooding in Yonkers. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed at Exit 1 in Bronxville due to flooding. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed due to flooding from the Sprain Brook Parkway to the County Center in White Plains. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Bronx River Pkwy. was closed between exit 21 and the Sprain Brook Pkwy. in Scarsdale due to flooding. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Pkwy was closed in both directions between the Cross County Pkwy in Pelham and the Bronx-Westchester County border. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Several entrance ramps were closed on the Hutchinson River Pkwy. and the Cross County Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Sprain Brook Pkwy (southbound) was closed where it merges with the Bronx River Pkwy. in Mount Vernon due to flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | The Hutchinson River Parkway was closed at Cross County Parkway in New Rochelle due to flooding. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Bronxville | - | Bronx River Parkway closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2003 | Heavy Rain | Bronxville | - | Periods of heavy rain resulted in small rivers overflowing their banks onto adjacent roads, which resulted in road closures.In Westchester County, the Bronx River overflowed its' banks onto sections of the Bronx River Parkway. A section of the parkway that runs under Palmer Road on the Yonkers Bronxville Border was submerged to the roadway guard rail. Westchester County police reported that sections of the Bronx River Parkway, including the Main Street Exit in White Plains (both north and south bound) were closed. Flooding also occurred near Palmer Road and the Scout Field Area near Midland Ave. The Saw Mill River Parkway at Manville Road in Pleasantville was also closed. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Bronxville | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
15 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hartsdale Railroad Station | 0.3 miles | 2011 |
 | Hartsdale Pet Cemetery | 0.9 miles | 2012 |
 | Evangeline Booth House | 1.0 miles | 2011 |
 | Odell House | 1.1 miles | 1973 |
 | Wayside Cottage | 1.3 miles | 1981 |
 | Scarsdale Woman's Club | 1.5 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90002143 in Record Group 79. |
| Westchester County | All 250 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.