Stevenson Brook

Stevenson Brook, located in Hawthorne, New Jersey, is a tiny tributary stream of the Passaic River. The half mile long brook once flowed unobstructed from the Diamond Bridge Ave area of Hawthorne south to the Passaic River, but a significant portion of the brook was built over sometime after the turn of the century. Two portions of the brook now remain intact at the surface, running from Diamond Bridge Ave to Royal Ave and from Wagaraw Road to the Passaic River. The section south of Wagaraw Road is crossed by a pedestrian bridge linking a parking lot to a local sports complex.

Interesting to note is a residential development along Stevenson Brook called Diamond Brook Hollow. The name of the development seems to be derived from a local tendency to refer to Stevenson Brook as ‘Diamond Brook’, because it is crossed by Diamond Bridge Ave. However, the real Diamond Brook lies about a half mile to the east in the towns of Glen Rock and Fair Lawn.

A small stream that once flowed parallel to the Passaic River known as De Gray Brook connected into Stevenson Brook just north of its junction with the Passaic River. De Gray Brook was completely filled in with the construction of the Wagaraw Sports Complex.

ee also

*List of New Jersey rivers