1 8 The Story of The Bronx 



can believe the engineers have a problem to solve much more 

 difficult than that of the Mill Brook and other smaller streams. 

 The Legislature of 1907 directed the Governor to appoint a 

 commission to lay out a parkway along the entire length of 

 the river from Kensico to West Farms and to condemn land 

 for the same. The commission was appointed in July, 1907. 

 If the proposed plans are* carried out, about 125 acres will be 

 taken in the Borough and about 900 in Westchester County, 

 and a reservation will be formed varying from 300 to 1000 

 feet on both sides of the stream. This will be made into a 

 public park and drive. The primary object of the park is 

 to prevent further pollution of the river. A series of dams 

 will also be constructed, with the purpose of making the stream 

 navigable for small boats of all kinds throughout its whole 

 length. 



The land near the mouth of the Bronx and beyond is low, 

 salt meadow, interspersed by small tidal streams. The most 

 important of these is Wilkins's, or Pugsley's, Creek, which 

 forms the landward boundary of Cornell's Neck. Between 

 this creek and Westchester Creek is Castle Hill Neck, so called 

 because the Weckquaesgeek Indians had a large castle, or 

 stockade, on the high land between the creeks. On the south 

 side of Throgg's Neck is Baxter's Creek, and on the north 

 side, Weir Creek. Throgg's Neck on the Borough side, and 

 Willett's Point on the Long Island, or Queen's Borough, 

 side are the separating points between the East River and 

 the Sound. 



Eastchester Bay is an estuary between Throgg's Neck on 

 the south and City Island and Rodman's Neck on the north. 

 At its head, Eastchester Creek, or Hutchinson's River, 

 empties after its course of eight miles from Scarsdale. The 

 Indian name of the stream was Aqueannoncke, or Aque- 



