Incorporating open space, recreational areas, naturalistic settings, and broad boulevards for public interaction.
[1] The architecture of the homes is equally impressive, with many fashionable Shingle Style "cottages" designed with tall towers and attic porches to take advantage of the views towards Long Island Sound located a mile away.
Rochelle Park is essentially rectangular in dimension, with the southeast corner having been clipped from it by the construction of the New York & New Haven Railroad in the 1850s.
The Boulevard was intended to continue east through a tunnel under the railroad tracks and south to Long Island Sound.
This planned connection gave the park the cachet of water access even though the development was a good distance away.