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Eastchester
New York (NY), 10709
Marble Schoolhouse Interlaken Lake Town Hall
  
Real Estate Listings for Eastchester, NY:
Local Area Information:
Neighborhoods and Villages in the Town of Eastchester
- North End - (less commonly North Eastchester): Roughly equivalent to the portion of unincorporated Eastchester in the 10583 (Scarsdale) ZIP code.
- Green Knolls
- Greenvale
- Garth Road: Bounded by the Village of Scarsdale to the North it is one of the most populated streets in Westchester County with nearly 5000 residents living along in a 3/4 of mile strip of immaculately maintained co-op apartments. The street's proximity to Scarsdale and the Metro North rail station have made it home historically to many famous residents including Vivian Vance, Max Factor, Tommy Tune, Debbie Harry, Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola, Joe McCarthy, Ron Duguay, Roy White, Ed Kranepool, Freeman McNeal, Howard Stern and hosts of television and soap opera actors since the 1950s including Susan Lucci, Edie Falco.
- Chester Heights: Bounded on the north by the Siwanoy Country Club, on the east by the city of New Rochelle, on the south by the city of Mount Vernon, and on the west by the Village of Bronxville. This neighborhood covers most of the part of unincorporated Eastchester that is in the 10708 (Bronxville) ZIP code.
- California Ridge
- Lake Isle
- Leewood
- Waverly
- "Bronxville Manor"
About Eastchester, NY:
The town that is now called Eastchester began settlement in 1664 when ten families migrated from Fairfield, Connecticut. Thomas Pell, who at that time also owned the territory that is now New Rochelle and Pelham granted a deed to the group to "settle down at Hutchinsons'", where the home of Ann Hutchinson had stood some twenty years before. The ten original families were shortly joined by another twenty-six.
Laws for the region were established the following year, in 1665, under an agreement called the "Eastchester Covenant". The covenant was a rare document for this period. It contained 26 provisions such items as: education of children, disposition and upkeep of property, support of a minister, etc.
Confirmation of their 1664 patent was granted by Governor Richard Nicolls in 1666 after the occupation of the area by the English. A controversy arose in 1700 when the settlers signed a deed with the Indians. The tract of land involved was known as "Long Reach" because of its odd geographical makeup. The sites included are the present Bronxville, Tuckahoe, and a section of northwest Mt. Vernon. The dispute over the ownership of the land involved the towns of New Rochelle, Westchester and the Pell Family. When a decision was reached in favor of Eastchester, England's Queen Anne granted a second patent in the year 1708.
Eastchester was a farming community at the outbreak of the Revolution. Although no major battles were fought here, as the heart of the Neutral Ground it saw sporadic fighting for over 13 years between "cowboys and skinners" as the guerillas of the different sides were called. When not fighting each other they robbed and harassed the civil population.
Eastchester's rural makeup began to change with the coming of the railroad in the 1840s. Three hundred-seventy acres of land were incorporated at the village of Mt. Vernon in 1853 by a group of New York businessmen; the village of Bronxville was incorporated in 1898; and the village of Tuckahoe in 1903. Today, Eastchester is bound by Scarsdale on the north, New Rochelle on the east, Yonkers on the west, and Mt. Vernon on the south, The town covers approximately five square miles (13 kmē), including Bronxville and Tuckahoe.
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