Westchester Creek

Westchester Creek is a tidal inlet of the East River located in the south eastern portion of the Bronx in New York City. It is 2.1 miles in length. The creek formerly traveled further inland, to what is now Pelham Parkway, extending almost to Eastchester Bay and making Throggs Neck into an island during heavy storms.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitestone Bridge and Woodrow Wilson Triangle.

Whitestone Bridge

Bridge

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The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East River. The bridge connects Throggs Neck and Ferry Point Park in the Bronx, on the East River's northern shore, with the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens on the southern shore.

Woodrow Wilson Triangle

Park

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Woodrow Wilson Triangle is a park.

Randall Playground

Park

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Randall Playground is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Hill and Clason Point.

Castle Hill

Neighborhood

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Castle Hill is a neighborhood located in the southeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries are Waterbury Avenue and Westchester Avenue to the north, Westchester Creek to the east, the East River to the south, and White Plains Road to the west.

Clason Point

Neighborhood

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Clason Point is a peninsula and a neighborhood in the East Bronx, New York City. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview.

College Point

Neighborhood

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College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Whitestone Expressway and Flushing; to the east by 138th Street and Malba/Whitestone; to the north by the East River; and to the west by Flushing Bay.

Westchester Creek

Type: Stream
Description: river in the Bronx, New York City, United States
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.80593° or 40° 48′ 21″ north

Longitude

-73.84152° or 73° 50′ 30″ west

Open location code

87G8R545+99

GeoNames ID

5144053

Wikidata ID

Q7987243

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Satellite Map

Discover Westchester Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Westchester Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Westchester Creek”
Cebuano: “Westchester Creek”
Hebrew: “וסטצ’סטר קריק”
Japanese: “ウェストチェスター川”
Japanese: “ウエストチェスター川”
Venetian: “Westchester”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Malba and Throgs Neck Houses.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clason Point and Castle Hill Point.

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