The Hutchinson River is a freshwater stream located in Southern Westchester County, New York. The river forms in Scarsdale at Brookline Road and flows 10 miles (16 km) south until it empties into Eastchester Bay in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The river serves as the boundaries of Scarsdale and New Rochelle, New Rochelle and Eastchester and Mount Vernon and Pelham.
The river is named for Anne Hutchinson who came from Rhode Island in 1642 and settled on Pelham Neck to the east of the river, across from where Co-op City is now. She was murdered by a group of Indians the following year.
The Hutchinson River was dammed by the New Rochelle Water Company in 1886 and 1907 to create three reservoirs at the northern end of the community. The reservoirs and the surrounding water shed property was purchased by the Westchester County Park Commission in 1927 for parkland and parkway purposes. A part of the land was used for the Hutchinson River Parkway which follows the river for most of its distance.
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