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Important dates in Mt Vernon history

The following are some import events in the history of Mount Vernon. I cannot definitively reference them yet so they may not be entirely accurate.

c. 1842-4 - New York and Harlem Railroad ("NY&HRR") constructed from Williamsbridge to White Plains passing along western edge of current City of Mount Vernon.

a. 1850 - Purchase of farms covering the area that constitutes Mount Vernon by a group under leadership of John Stevens.

c. 1850 - Establishment of the Industrial Home Association #1 ("IHA") to encourage owner-occupancy in southern/eastern Mount Vernon.

1851 - Establishment of the Teutonic Homestead Association, similar to the IHA, focused on western Mount Vernon (West Mount Vernon)

c. 1851 - rejection of the proposed name "Monticello" by the Postal Service and acceptance of "Mount Vernon".

1853 - Incorporation of the Village of Mount Vernon, within the Town of Eastchester.

1869 - West Mount Vernon annexed to the Village of Mount Vernon,

1892 - Successful vote for the Village to become a City (and therefore independent of Eastchester), thus splitting Eastchester into two parts, a northern part, the same as its current area, and a southern part including a portion of what is now in the eastern part of the Bronx (eg, Eastchester Ave.)

1894 - Vote to reject annexation by the City of New York.

In earlier history, Thomas Pell, then of Connecticut, purchased portions of eastern Bronx and eastern Westchester, mostly east of current Mount Vernon, from the Siwanoy tribe in 1654. After the English established control of New York in 1664, Pell established the Village of Eastchester (1667). In 1788 NY State made the Village of Eastchester (along with other places in Bronx and Westchester) a town.

Also see New York, Westchester and Boston Railway.

One source for the early history would be:

• William S. Coffey, "East Chester," pp. 720-764 of vol. ii. of T. Scharf's History of Westchester County, N. Y. (2 vols., Philaelphia, 1886), referenced in the Encyclopedia Brittanica (1911). DCDuring (talk) 00:36, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Other dates worth determining are when the current area of Mount Vernon became part of Eastchester if before 1853 and when the stations of the New Haven ("NYNH&HRR") and the NY&HRR in Mount Vernon first received service. If Mount Vernon was not an unincorporated part of Eastchester before 1853, what was it a part of, if anything? When was the name Mount Vernon first used of this area. DCDuring (talk) 00:23, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

A station at "Hunt's Bridge" (over the Bronx River), destroyed by the railroad in 1911 as part of an improvement program, linking Oak Street in Mount Vernon and Hunt's Bridge Road, just north of Mount Vernon West, appeared on maps in 1856. The Mount Vernon West Station was completed in 1914. DCDuring (talk) 01:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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Description

1. Use of the terms "Northside Mount Vernon" and "Southside Mount Vernon". I live there and never heard of these.
2. Reference 5 (NYT article about Wakefield neighborhood in Bronx) doesn't support any part of the description.

Parks and recreation

The city limits contain a number of city parks large and small,[citation needed] and Willson's Woods Park, a 23-acre (93,000 m2) county-owned park. One of the oldest parks in the county system, Willson's Woods offers a wave pool, water slides, and a spray deck and water playground, against the backdrop of an English Tudor style bathhouse. The park also has areas for picnicking and fishing.[Reference [14] moved from previous location and citation needed template moved to unsourced statement above]

Straddling the Fleetwood-Chester Heights border [There is no "border" between neighborhoods. Without a reference or a map it is hard to tell what is being discussed.] is Hunt's Woods [Hunt's Woods, the neighborhood, might be said to lie between Fleetwood and Chester Heights, but Hunt's Wood, the park, lies between what might be called Fleetwood and Hunt's Wood, the neighborhood], a county preserve [purchased for $1] taken over by the city in 1967. It is a small stretch of open woods with hiking and nature trails.[citation needed]

The grounds of Hutchinson Field, on the southbound side of the Hutchinson River Parkway, include many outdoor minor-league fields and a batting cage, as well as the Ice Hutch, a domed sports complex where ice hockey is played indoors during the winter and indoor golf and tennis are available year-round.

Adjacent to Hutchinson Field is the stadium-like Memorial Field, which contains a track for running, a soccer/football field, and a tennis court.

Geography

Elevation

Elevation in text seems wrong; and it differs from that in infobox.

Neighborhoods

DCDuring (talk) 19:56, 2 October 2017 (UTC)