New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle, New York Official seal of New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle /r l/ is a town/city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.
In 2007, the town/city had a populace of 73,260, making it the seventh-largest in the state of New York. As of the 2010 Census, the city's populace had increased to 77,062.
In November 2008 Business Week periodical listed New Rochelle as the best town/city in New York State, and one of the best places nationally, to raise children. In 2014, New Rochelle was voted the 13th best town/city to live in, out of 550 cities, and was the only town/city in Westchester County on the list. Main article: History of New Rochelle, New York Many of the pioneer were artisans and craftsmen from the town/city of La Rochelle, France, thus western the choice of the name of "New Rochelle".
In 1689 Pell officially deeded 6,100 acres (25 km2) for the establishment of a Huguenot community. Jacob Leisler is an meaningful figure in the early histories of both New Rochelle and the nation.
The choice of name for the town/city reflected the importance of the town/city of La Rochelle and of the new settlement in Huguenot history and distinct ly French character of the community.
In 1775, General George Washington stopped in New Rochelle on his way to assume command of the Army of the United Colonies in Massachusetts. The British Army briefly occupied sections of New Rochelle and Larchmont in 1776.
Following British victory in the Battle of White Plains, New Rochelle became part of a "Neutral Ground" for General Washington to regroup his troops. After the Revolutionary War ended in 1784, patriot Thomas Paine was given a farm in New Rochelle for his service to the cause of independence.
The first nationwide census of 1790 shows New Rochelle with 692 residents.
Through the 18th century, New Rochelle had remained a modest village that retained an abundance of agricultural land.
During the 19th century, however, New York City was a destination from the mid-century on by waves of immigration, principally from Ireland and Germany.
More established American families left New York City and moved into this area.
The 1820 Enumeration showed 150 African-Americans residing in New Rochelle, six of whom were still slaves.
In 1857 the Village of New Rochelle was established inside the borders of the Town of New Rochelle.
In 1899, a bill creating the New Rochelle City Charter was signed by Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
By 1900 New Rochelle had a populace of 14,720.
Throughout the city, farms, estates, and wooded homesteads were bought up by realty and evolution companies. Planned residentiary neighborhoods such as Rochelle Park, one of the first prepared communities in the country, soon spread athwart the city, earning New Rochelle the sobriquet "City of Homes". In 1909, Edwin Thanhouser established Thanhouser Film Corporation.
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Mystery was one of the first serial motion pictures. In 1923, New Rochelle resident Anna Jones became the first black woman to be admitted to the New York State Bar. Montague captured the image of New Rochelle in his 1926 poem "Queen City of the Sound".: In 1930, New Rochelle recorded a populace of 54,000, up from 36,213 only ten years earlier.
During the 1930s, New Rochelle was the wealthiest town/city per capita in New York state and the third wealthiest in the country. In 2014, New Rochelle's planning board allowed $149 million in developments to three primary sections of the city.
New Rochelle is positioned at the southeastern point of continental New York State.
The town/city lies 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the New York City border (Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx).
As calculated by the census of 2000, New Rochelle had a populace of 72,182 citizens , 24,275 occupied homeholds, and 17,546 families residing in the city.
19,312 inhabitants of New Rochelle were enrolled in school, with 2,743 in pre-school or kindergarten, 8,105 in elementary school, 3,704 in high school and 5,030 in college or graduate school.
New Rochelle is generally referred to as the Home Town because of the momentous amount of single-family, residentiary evolution that exists throughout most of the city.
With a populace approaching 80,000 residents, New York State law dictates that the town/city provide an adequate amount of affordable housing units.
New Rochelle has historically met and surpassed state requirements.
By embracing the needs of the poor, New Rochelle sets a rock for other suburban communities to follow.
Considering the large number of working-class and affordable housing units found 'Downtown', the high property values prevalent throughout most of the town/city reflects the true economic range of New Rochelle.
One of 'the wealthiest citizens in the United States,' as stated to Forbes magazine, was longtime New Rochelle resident and businessman Sidney Frank.
New Rochelle City Hall According to the New Rochelle Police Department, New Rochelle is the safest town/city of its size in New York State and the fifth-safest town/city of its size in the United States. The majority of crimes committed inside New Rochelle are non-violent property crimes, including burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
The New Rochelle Fire Department (NRFD) provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the town/city of New Rochelle. The New Rochelle Fire Department responds to approximately 8,000 emergency calls annually.
Two ambulances from Transcare EMS are stationed at two New Rochelle Fire Department firehouses in the southern and northern sections of the city. The New Rochelle Fire Department is sub-divided into two chief divisions of operation: Fire and Emergency Operations and Support Services.
The New Rochelle Fire Department also operates and maintains a fire apparatus fleet of 5 Engines, 3 Ladders, 1 Rescue, and various Special, Support, and Reserve Units. In addition to the 5 Fire Stations, the NRFD also operates a Fire Headquarters administrative building. The Town of New Rochelle formed its first experienced police department in 1885, 14 years before the town/city incorporated in 1899.
Sound Shore Medical Center, also known as Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, is a not-for-profit community care organization positioned in New Rochelle that treats over 85,000 patients annually and operates the only New York State Area Trauma Center in southern Westchester County.
Huckleberry Island a 10-acre (40,000 m2) island owned by the Huckleberry Indians, Inc., a club inside the New York Athletic Club.
Leland Castle a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle assembled as the summer residence of Simeon Leland, a wealthy New York City hotel entrepreneur.
Islands along New Rochelle's waterfront Bayside, New Rochelle, New York, by David Johnson, 1886 The shoreline inside the City of New Rochelle measures 2.7 miles (4.3 km), but due to many irregularities and off-shore islands, the actual length of the waterfront is 9.3 miles (15.0 km).[clarification needed] The unusual coastal features have over the years earned it the nickname, "the Queen City of the Sound." The New York Athletic Club sits on Travers Island, positioned on the border of New Rochelle and Pelham Manor.
New York Sailing School and New Rochelle Rowing Club each have histories dating back over 100 years.
The Leatherstocking Trail is a 2-mile (3.2 km) long, inter-municipal hiking trail situated between New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, eventually linking into Saxon Woods County Park.
Twin Lakes Park, combined with the adjoining Nature Study Woods comprise 220 acres (0.89 km2) of woods, marsh, lakes, ponds and some fields along the Hutchinson River in New Rochelle's Northend.
Wykagyl Country Club is positioned in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle on North Avenue just south of Quaker Ridge Road.
Pelham Country Club, straddles the border of New Rochelle and Pelham Manor.
New Rochelle Tennis Club positioned in Wykagyl is one of the earliest lawn-tennis organizations in the country.
The town/city is served by the City School District of New Rochelle, which operates a enhance high school, two junior high schools and ten elementary schools.
New Rochelle High School is one of the most diverse high schools in the country; the student body represents over 60 different countries from around the world.
Libraries are directed by the New Rochelle Public Library System which is part of the county-wide Westchester Library System.
The school bordered New Rochelle Academy, a prep school (N-12) that closed down in 1987.
The College of New Rochelle The biggest women's Catholic college in the United States, established by the sisters of the Ursuline Order.
The Japanese Weekend School of New York, a Japanese weekend school, has its offices in New Roc City in New Rochelle. As of 2006 the school had about 800 students, including Japanese people, and Japanese Americans, at locations in Westchester County and Long Island. Interstate 95 serves as the chief route through New Rochelle with four exits directly serving the city.
See also: History of New Rochelle, New York Railroad history By 1848, the New York & New Haven opened their line along Long Island Sound.
After the Civil War, proposals for new barns s reached new levels.
Banking that the town/city would continue to expanded northward, the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company was established to serve the large populations moving to the suburbs.
New Rochelle has been home to a range of industries over the years, including: Thanhouser Film Studios, Terrytoons Studios, P.J.
New Rochelle remains a center of business, home to the corporate command posts of Sidney Frank Importing, Blimpies, East River Savings Bank, and Somnia Anesthesia Services.
In the early 20th century New Rochelle was home to one of the first movie studios in the country, Edwin Thanhouser's Thanhouser Film Corporation.
Terrytoons animation studio was positioned in New Rochelle from 1928 to 1968.
Whiteman made his home in New Rochelle for many years.
Cohan's song "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" is about New Rochelle in the late 1890s. It still takes about forty-five minutes to travel to Broadway by train and foot from New Rochelle.
In the Warner Brothers musical film Footlight Parade (1933), Ruby Keeler references New Rochelle in the line "Gee I'm sorry that I ever, ever, Left my little home in New Rochelle".
Ragtime, a novel written by New Rochelle resident E.
Robert Allen composed "Home For The Holidays" and the Johnny Mathis hit "Chances Are" in New Rochelle.
Jerry Bock was a resident of New Rochelle when he wrote the musical Fiddler On The Roof.
New Rochelle resident J.
The classic 1970s song "American Pie" was written by New Rochelle resident Don Mc - Lean.
The film Catch Me If You Can is loosely based on the story Frank Abagnale, who interval up in New Rochelle in the 1960s. The 1991 film Soap Dish, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kevin Kline, Whoopie Goldberg, Gary Marshall and Sally Field, a several references are made to the New Rochelle Tennis Club.
When the show has a reversal of fortune and the ratings soar, the shows producer invites the young director to "come play tennis with me up at my club in New Rochelle.
In the 1994 film City Slickers II, the chief character Mitch Robbins and his wife Barbara live in New Rochelle, having moved there from Manhattan where they lived in the initial film, City Slickers The 2005 novel The Midnight Oil, by Ken Knight, features New Rochelle as the home of the chief character "Jonny Faster" who runs a porn film manufacturing company in the story. Main article: People from New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle's 'sister city' is La Rochelle, France, a town/city and commune of France with a (population 78,000 in 2004).
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Rochelle, New York Historical Landmarks of New Rochelle, Morgan Seacord 1938 pg.6 New York A Guide to The Empire State, Work Projects Administration of New York pg.245 History of Westchester County, New York, J.
Historical Landmarks of New Rochelle, Morgan H.
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