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1955 Map of Haverstraw

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Haverstraw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Hudson River widens into the expansive Haverstraw Bay on this mid-century survey, dividing the landscape between the steep ridges of the Palisades and the growing rail towns of Westchester County. On the western shore, industrial and institutional footprints are prominent, ranging from the Quarry near Long Clove to the expansive State Rehabilitation Hospital in West Haverstraw. Residential centers like New City and Haverstraw show a network of local roads such as Strawtown Road and Phillips Hill Road connecting established neighborhoods to schools and social hubs like the Dellwood Country Club.

Across the water, the New York Central railroad tracks skirt the shoreline near Croton-on-Hudson, passing the Harmon Drive-in Theater and the massive Franklin D Roosevelt V A Hospital at Montrose. This era of the river's history is marked by a blend of maritime navigation aids like the Rockland Lake Lighthouse and post-war suburbanization, evidenced by the emerging clusters at New City Park and Oak Park.