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| Municipality: | Mount Vernon |
| Location: | Hunt Woods Park |
| Size: | 100+ acres |
Open Space Criteria:
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Provides a physical buffer and visual relief to developed areas |
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Preserves unique physical/environmental characteristics |
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Protects unique scenic views of countryside and/or waterfront |
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Suitable for active recreation |
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Suitable for passive recreation |
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Connects village, town and city centers or other population centers |
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Connects major employment centers, e.g. office parks, institutions, etc. |
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Connects major open space areas, e.g. parks, preserves and trailways |
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Provides access to Hudson River, Long Island Sound or other major waterbody |
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Helps clean-up deteriorated areas |
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Protects unique waterfront recreational or environmental resourcest |
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Contributes to economic revitalization of area |
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Protects and/or enhances water supply and water quality |
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Protects significant streams, wetlands, vegetation or other fragile resources |
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Helps restore natural resources that have been altered or damaged |
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Protects and/or enhances significant fish/wildlife habitats |
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Protects sites listed on New York State or National Register of Historic Places |
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Protects a unique and valuable regional historic or cultural resource |
| Comment: | A document that records the transfer of Hunt Woods Park lands from the County to the City, dated 8 December, 1967 provides that the property may be used "solely and exclusively for park and recreation purposes". |
| Date: | 12/7/2001 11:21:00 AM |
| Comment: | I believe that these propoerties were formerly owned by the County, transferred to Mt Vernon in 1968. This property stretches from the Cross-County Pkwy just west of the eastbound Rt 22 exit to Gramatan Av, just south of Pondfield Road, broken only by E Devonia Av & Central Parkway. It is centered on Laurel Brook, which feeds into the Bronx River. |
| Date: | 11/8/2001 3:44:00 AM |
| Comment: | A group of residents in the area is in the process of forming to protect and, possibly, enhance Hunt Woods. 2nd meeting: 10am Sat. 10 Nov., 2001 @ 64 Vernon Parkway, Mount Vernon. E-mail: dennis_c_during@hotmail.com |
| Date: | 11/8/2001 3:26:00 AM |
| Comment: | I understood that it was owned by Mount Vernon municipality, not by the County. |
| Date: | 10/16/2001 2:24:00 PM |
| Comment: | If Hunts Woods is already owned by the County, as the anonymous comment states, than it must be protected more diligently. New houses recently constructed in the area have landscaped their properties awfully close to the Bronx River. The county needs to make sure encroachment did not occur, nor bank erosion. |
| Date: | 7/3/2001 9:40:00 PM |
| Comment: | I believe this is already owned by Westchester County (?). |
| Date: | 5/25/2001 10:43:00 AM |
| Comment: | Located between Bronxville and Mt. Vernon along Laurel Brook which feeds into the Bronx River. Narrow Wooded strip of land along small brook. Contains large varity of bird life, including Great Horned Owls. |
| Date: | 7/6/2000 10:39:00 PM |
