Westchester Creek

The creek formerly traveled further inland, to what is now Pelham Parkway, extending almost to Eastchester Bay and making Throggs Neck into an island during heavy storms.

[1] However, much of the route has been filled in, replaced by such structures as the New York City Subway's Westchester Yard and the Hutchinson Metro Center.

Westchester Creek's present-day head is at Herbert H. Lehman High School; the remaining portion is largely inaccessible and surrounded by industrial enterprises or empty lots.

[4] Most of the former creekbed has been developed, though a single block of Bolton Avenue on the creek's path remains undeveloped.

[2] However, in 2014, the Friends of Ferry Point Park advocated for the plans to restore Westchester and Pugsley Creeks for $100 million.