CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2.0 CROTON-ON-HUDSON HISTORY AND PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS 2.1 Croton-on-Hudson History Croton-on-Hudson was formally incorporated as a village in the Town of Cortlandt in 1898, but its history begins much earlier than that. Croton-on-Hudson’s colonial-era history dates back to the 17th century, and archaeological evidence indicates that it was populated by Native America…

many employees of the New York Central railroad. It is unofficially estimated that after World War II, one-third of the paychecks in the Village came from New York Central Railroad. Like the railroad, the construction of the Croton and New Croton Dams and the New Croton Aqueduct played an important role in shaping Croton-on-Hudson’s development. Construction began on the Croton Dam in 1837 after s…

of the Master Plan is found in its emphasis on the Central Village (the “core”), which the plan describes as “the keystone to the master plan” (page 11), as well as the avoidance of sprawl and regional shopping facilities, which “would be destructive of the essential elements of the character of the Village” (page 12). Noting that the park and recreation areas in Croton-on-Hudson were then inadequ…

the NYS Secretary of State (June 1992) and the U.S. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (August 1992). The coastal zone in Crotonon-Hudson extends to the eastern boundary of the Village, because the LWRP “considers the entire Village of Croton-on-Hudson to have a direct and significant relationship with both the Croton and PAGE 10 CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Hudson Rivers…the topography …

River waterfront, and established goals and objectives for vacant waterfront land. Conceptual land use plans and general design guidelines were developed for the waterfront area. Design recommendations included improvements to a main access road along Half Moon Bay parcel, to the Senasqua tunnel for pedestrian and bike use, renovation of Senasqua Park, improvements to Croton Yacht Club and Croton …