Discovering the Other New York

The Bronx River Greenway (Bronxville to the Kenisco Dam in Valhalla) will one day stretch 23 miles along the river through New York's Westchester and Bronx counties. Currently, 18 miles of the trail are complete in disconnected segments largely paralleling the Bronx River Parkway. The pathway is part of the Bronx River Reservation, an 807-acre linear park that was established when the Bronx River Parkway was being built. The road opened in 1925.

TheKensico Dam was completed in 1917. It stands 307 feet above the lowest point of the foundation and is 1,843 feet long. Granite, the rock used for the concrete and decorative stones on the surface of the dam, was excavated from a quarry at nearby Cranberry Lake Preserve and brought to the site by rail. Construction of the dam also required an electric plant, sand pit, and stone crushing plant, as well as new housing and schools for workers and their families. More than 1,500 people, most of them Italian, worked on this project. Many of the construction families settled in the area after completion of the dam, contributing to the growth and character of Valhalla and surrounding communities.