... Road l eading from Bartow Station to City Island; and (2) Pelhamdale Avenue that crossed the settlement of Pelham Manor and across a cor ner of what came to be know n as Pelham Heights. Wooden sidewalks were built. While logic dictates the money ra ...
On Monday evening, Board of Legislators Vice Chairman Jim Maisano New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor was joined by 14 of his fellow Legislators in passing a $9.54 million Bond Act to completely rehabilitate the pool at Playland Amusement Park. As a youth, Legislator Maisano competed in the Westchester County swimming championships at Playland and fondly remembered going on the Dragon Coaster and other rides with other swimmers following their competition.
The Beecroft Brothers, sons of John R. Beecroft who died in 1901, were a Pelham Manor institution in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. James, Chester, and Fred Beecroft grew up in Pelham Manor, roaming its rural countryside, swimming and fishing in its local waters, and playing baseball and other sports on its open fields.