Silver Beach, Bronx
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Silver Beach is a neighborhood in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, New York.
Silver Beach is a predominantly Irish, German, and Italian neighborhood in the southeastern Bronx, lying on a bluff on the southern shore of Throgs Neck. The land was used as a lockout during the American Revolution. A farm in the area owned by the Stephenson family was sold in 1795 to Abijah Hammond, who built a large mansion (later the offices of the Silver Beach Garden Corporation). In the 1920s the Peters and Sorgenfrel families formed Silver Beach Garden (named for the color of the beach at low tide), a summer colony of bungalows that were later adapted for year-round use; most of the streets were named for flowers and trees found on the Hammond estate. Residents owned their houses but rented the land when they joined together to buy it. In the mid 1990s there were 350 small houses lying along narrow lanes. The neighborhood is easily accessible. To live in Silver Beach you need to be represented by at least 12 representitives. For example, there is Matthew O'Brien, the Throggs Neck Benevolent president. Silver Beach's population exceeds 400.
[edit] Landscape and other areas
The landscape are breezy bluffs about 50 to 60 ft above the water. There are two beaches consisting on Indian Trail, a popular place to live that is right on the coast. There is a deli and a park.
John McNamara: History in Asphalt: The Origin of Bronx Street and Place Names (New York: Bronx County Historical Society, 1984) Gary Hermalyn and Robert Kornfeld: Landmarks of the Bronx (New York: Bronx County Historical Society, 1990)
Gary D. Hermalyn, Encyclopedia of New York City, Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1995.
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