White Plains has at present 488 named streets, with the nomenclature as follows:
140 Avenues 71 Roads 66 Streets 65 Places 42 Drives 37 Lanes 16 Courts 16 Circles 9 Ways 8 Terraces 5 Parkways 2 Closes 1 Boulevard 1 Crescent 1 Crossing 1 Esplanade 1 Expressway 1 Old Road 1 Run 1 Square 1 Trail and 2 with no road type (Ridgeway, Broadway)
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There are a large number of streets that were built after 1911 (the years for which complete minutes are available) that are public streets according to the city's Street Index. Yet they have never been accepted by the Common Council, which is a necessary step in making a privately developed road public. Such an oversight, if indeed that's what is going on, would not be unprecedented. See my entry on William Street.
I have contacted the Commissioner of Public Works about this, and in typical fashion I have not received a reply. These streets are: Davis Avenue south of Hartsdale Avenue Sterling Avenue NW of Post Road Longview Avenue south of Prescott Avenue Stratford Avenue from Ralph Avenue to Overlook Road Bolton Avenue near Ralph Avenue Bryant Avenue from Mamaroneck Avenue to Colonial Road Ogden Avenue sout of Locust Avenue Ralph Avenue south of Prescott Avenue Viewmont Place Robinhood Road west of North Street Kirby Terrace (original section) Park Terrace Collyer Place Gedney Terrace Soundview Terrace Locust Avenue Marlette Place Thomas Place Overlook Road Pleasant Avenue Mitchie Drive Earlwoode Drive Midchester Avenue Westview Avenue Church Court Parkview Court (pre-1936 section) Reynal Road (original portion) Amy Place Gene Place Meda Place Hewitt Avenue Brentwood Avenue Helena Avenue Thelma Place Wilmont Avenue Coralyn Avenue Hazleton Drive Norma Place Seeger Drive Blackthorn Lane Cushman Road Benedict Avenue McBride Avenue Cummings Avenue Fay Place Hilton Avenue Bird Place Lark Place Partridge Road Jennings Road Woodbrook Road (original section) Kass Road Laurel Road Mansfield Road Topland Road Idlewood Road Leith Place Ritchey Place Saxon Wood Park Drive Abbey Drive Birch Street Crestview Avenue Sunset Drive (except between Crestview and Hilldale) Highview Place Hilldale Avenue Woodale Place Northview Place Dale Street Manor Place Manor Avenue Belmont Street (original section) Rose Street (original section) Carrigan Avenue Hubbard Drive Morgan Place (original section) Craven Lane County Center Road Brockway Place Windward Avenue Wardman Street Antony Road Scott Circle Northdale Road (new section) Middale Road (new section) Southdale Road Leir Court Gabriel Court Birchwood Road Maplemoor Lane (new section) ??? Homeside Lane Willows Lane Copper Beach Circle Rosewood Road extension Roger Road Stanley Road Willow Brook Road Rolling Field Road Carriage Way (original section) Roland Drive (original section) Old Farm Circle Lana Circle Barton Road from Sammis Lane to Lambert Road Darby Court Monroe Drive Briga Lane Nina Lane Ellis Drive Greene Lane McGuiness Lane Walnut Court St. Mary's Place Renaissance Square Horton's Mill Road Certain streets in White Plains have been given ceremonial names (mainly shown on blue street name signs) to honor individuals. They are as follows:
Jerome “Bump” Robinson Blvd.- Ferris Avenue from Cemetery Rd. to Hamilton Ave. Jerome Robinson was founder of a drum corps at the Slater Center. Arts Avenue- Mamaroneck Avenue from Main St. to Martine Ave. The ArtsWestchester organization is located on the corner of Mamaroneck and Martine Gilda Radner Way- Chester Avenue The cancer support organization Gilda's Club, named for Gilda Radner, is located on Maple Avenue near Chester Antonio Meucci Place- Summit Avenue Antonio Meucci was a telephone inventor- the local Sons of Italy lodge is named for him Rev. Dr. Louis H. Wade Way- Fisher Court Reverend Wade was pastor at Bethel Baptist Church from 1966 to 1991 Det. Michael Perry Way- Court Street from Main St. to Martine Avenue and Tarrytown Road south of Central Avenue (green sign) Perry was a White Plains policeman who suffered a fatal heart attack while apprehending a suspect at the corner of Court and Main in 2010 Isabel Elsa Villar Blvd.- So. Lexington Avenue from Charlotte St. to Prospect St. Isabel Villar was executive director of El Centro Hispano in White Plains on South Lexington Rev. Dr. Lester Cousin Way- Orawaupum Street from Denison St. to W. Post Rd. Lester Cousin was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on Orawaupum in White Plains from 1973 to 2011 Billy Delanoy Way- Mamaroneck Avenue from Carhart Ave. to Maple Ave. Billy Delanoy was a member of the White Plains Fire Department from 1978 until his death in 2013 A driveway separating two stores on the east side of Mamaroneck Avenue between Post Road and Mitchell Place, it was declared a public road by the Common Council in January 1966. It took until December 1968 for the council to wake up and realize it wasn't a street at all.
The following street names appear only on the official city map; they are paper streets which haven't been built. It's possible they will be one day.
WRIGHT STREET, BROOK PLACE, HILLTOP DRIVE, GENE CROSSING, NAT CROSSING, FOREST DRIVE, HAMPSHIRE COURT, PALMER AVENUE, PARK WAY, SOUTH WAY, LEEWARD AVENUE, BERNARD PLACE, FRANCIS PLACE, BARBARA LANE, FLORENCE PLACE, PARKVIEW AVENUE, PARKWAY EAST, EASTSHORE DRIVE Other streets have a paper component, meaning part of the planned street hasn't been built: Beech Street Greenacres Way Abbey Drive Crestview Drive Sunset Drive Hilldale Avenue St. Mary's Place |
AuthorMy name is Cliff Blau. I was born and raised in White Plains, NY, and in 2015 became interested in learning more about the history of this fair city. The pathway I took into White Plains history was to discover the reason for the names of each of the streets. See https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WvlOinVQnWh4KGDmEN7YPFfg4II for an annotated map of White Plains. Archives
March 2024
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