Built circa 1987, this divided highway goes north by northwest off Bryant Avenue until it curves to the northeast and ends just shy of North Street. The reason for the name is unknown; it is one of two Closes in White Plains. It was deeded to the city in 1996.
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These private streets are all in the Peppertree Homeowners Association southeast of Topland Avenue. Built circa 1987, they are all named for trees or plants except Wood Hollow, which connects two sides of Woodbrook Rd.
This road connects Barton Road with Brook Hills Circle, thus it connects Upper and Lower Rosedale. However, there is a gate blocking access to the Brook Hills development. There was an earlier road with this name, a short dead-end road going east off Belmont Road. That is now part of Barton Road, and as a consolation to Audrey, whoever she was, the name was given to this road when it was constructed circa 1987. It was deeded to the city in 1995.
A private dead end road that goes southwest off Brook Hills Drive south of the circle, it was laid out circa 1987. The reason for the name is unknown.
To me not an attractive name, it may be derived from the Mosbacher family that once lived here. It is the only street called a Run in White Plains. This cul-de-sac that goes east off Brook Hills Circle was built circa 1987. This road remains private.
Part of the Brook Hills condominium complex built circa 1987, this road was originally known as Wetherly Circle and was renamed in 1987. It is a private road.
This road, built circa 1987, gets its name from the Mosbacher estate on whose grounds this housing development was built. The Mosbacher family included Robert A. Mosbacher, Sr., who served as Secretary of Commerce under President George H. W. Bush. His house still stands on Rosedale Avenue as part of this neighborhood. Brook Hills Drive is a private street.
These are mainly private roads that are part of the Cobblefield Homeowners Association in between Rosedale Avenue and the Hutchinson River Parkway, built circa 1987. The exception is Cobblefield Road between Rosedale and Carriage Way, which was deeded to the city in 1993. Other than the two named for the development, the road names seem to be geographically based.
These are private roads off Ridgeway opposite the Ridgeway school which were built circa 1986. They are part of the Gedney Commons Homeowners Association. The HOA offered to dedicate the streets to the city in 1991, but the Common Council rejected them, feeling that the gated community would continue to be inaccessible to the general public, but we would be paying to pick up their garbage and plow their streets. The developer, Dorothy Livingston Zeifer, had a grandson named Alexander, and possibly another named Jared.
A private road off North Street which houses the Club Pointe condominium, it was built circa 1986. It actually connects to Monroe Drive but is gated.
A cul-de-sac going east from N. Broadway between Orchard St. and Archer Avenue, it was constructed circa 1986 and was deeded to the city the following year. The name seems be tree-related.
It was built in a wooded area circa 1985, hence the name. It was deeded to the city in 1987. Woods Way is a dead end road at both ends, the only access being from Carriage Way.
A little snip of a road connecting MLK Blvd. and Quarropas St., this was originally part of Fisher Avenue and was cut off from the rest by urban renewal and connected to Quarropas St. In 1981 it was renamed to Fisher Court. It features the Slater Center and the Bethel Baptist Church, which has been there since 1890.
A dead-end road which goes west off Rose Street south of Sammis Lane, it was built circa 1979. It is famous for its Christmas light displays. The reason for the name is unknown.
These three streets were constructed circa 1975. Brandywine goes southeast off Rosedale to Devonshire Dr., Quincy Lane proceeds southwest off Roland Drive and then turns southeast to Devonshire, and Zion is a short dead-end road northeast off Devonshire. The basis for their names is unknown. All three were deeded to the city in 1975.
Built circa 1971 south of Ridgeway, it seems to be named for our country's fifth president, James Monroe.
Constructed by the Parking Authority as an “access road” to two parking garages between Main St. and Hamilton Ave. in 1967, it was named in 1978 after Edward J. Conroy, who was the first director of the Parking Authority (which has since been folded into the city government) and served in that position from 1958 to 1974 after working in other city government jobs for 28 years. It was later extended to Martine Avenue, and that latter portion became City Place in 2003.
Built circa 1967, it is a cul-de-sac off the east side of Barton Road. The reason for the name is unknown.
When begun circa 1967, it went northwest from the end of Lambert Road to just past Sammis Lane, ending at the Westchester Hills golf course. Later, in 1983 or so, it was extended southeast and then southwest to Belmont Street, taking over what had been Audrey Lane and destroying the beautiful woods behind Lambert Road. The portion from Lambert to Belmont was deeded to the city in 1995. The reason for the name is unknown.
It was built circa 1966 and travels south by southeast from Romar Avenue to Teramar Way before veering off southeast to a dead end. The reason for the name is unknown. It was deeded to the city in 1970.
Built circa 1966, it goes from Saxon Wood Road to Brad Lane to the east of Romar Ave. The reason for the name is unknown. It was deeded to the city in 1970.
Located in the southwest end of the city, this road was built circa 1966 and runs from Saxon Wood Road to just past Brad Lane. The reason for the name is unknown. It was deeded to the city in 1970.
Dating to circa 1966, this is actually two dead end roads south of Sammis Lane. No plans for the two sections to be attached have been found.
This road looks like a continuation of Durham Rd. at the confluence of Hillair Circle and Hunting Ridge Road; it heads westerly through the middle of Hillair Circle before reaching a dead end after Middle Rd. It was accepted as a public road in 1966 and the bed was deeded to the city in 2001. Some portion was discontinued in 1984. When it was actually built is anyone's guess. The reason for the name is unknown; maybe the Thebauds kept their horses here.
A cul-de-sac east of North Street, it was named for the Little Farm, owned by the Antony family, which stood here earlier in the 20th century. Built circa 1964, it was deeded to the city in 1967.
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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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