- Rodman's Neck
Rodman's Neck refers to a peninsula of land in
the Bronx ,New York jutting out intoLong Island Sound .The southern third of the 'neck' is used as a firing range by the
New York Police Department ; the remaining wooded section is part ofPelham Bay Park . The north side is joined to what used to be Hunters Island and Twin Island to form Orchard Beach and a parking lot.A small bridge between Rodman's Neck and City Island is City Island's only connecting point to the mainland.
Rodman's Neck has four meadows, of which two are natural salt water meadows, one is a natural freshwater meadow, and the other is a manmade freshwater meadow created by
Robert Moses . There is also The City Island Traffic Circle and several small ballfields. Every original building has been razed. A landfill area for City Island Road crosses Turtle Cove Saltwater Marsh with a drain made of concrete pipes connecting it toEastchester Bay .History
Rodman's Neck is named after a local man,
Samuel Rodman . It was originally named Anne's Hoeck afterAnne Hutchinson , who was killed in a Native American massacre at nearby Split Rock. The southern tip, known as Pell's Point, is where the British landed during theRevolutionary War Battle of Pell's Point .Controversy
Many residents of
City Island have been complaining for years about the noise that comes from the gun firing, and detonation of weapons at Rodman's Neck, as they have a tendency to shake City Island and the houses on it. This issue has been addressed many times, most notably at a town hall meeting hosted by MayorRudolph Giuliani at Public School 175 in March of 1998, where it was determined by city officials that there was no solution to the noise problem, as there would be no other practical venue for the NYPD range to be.External links
* [http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12115 Rodman's Neck History]
* [http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_pelham_bay_park/vt_pelham_09.html Robert Moses Meadow]
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