beach in summer with sunbathers

This 105-acre island property is connected to New Rochelle by a drawbridge built in the 1920s. After Playland, Glen Island is the 2d nearly widely used park in the County Parks system. I of Westchester's unique jewels, it was initially developed as a summer resort by John H. Starin. The original design exhibited the five cultures of the western world on individual islands linked together with piers and causeways. Today the islands have been merged with substantial fill areas totaling 130 acres and providing a beautiful crescent shaped beach with access to the Long Island Sound.

Glen Island Park likewise offers picnic pavilions, reservable and open picnic areas, boat launching, pathways, a catering hall and a restaurant, formerly Glen Island Casino of Large Band era fame. Cannons, sculptures and castles with coursed rubble stone, arched openings and circular towers nonetheless remain from the days of John Starin's resort. The castles, reminiscent of those in Germany'due south Rhineland, were constructed on their nowadays site in the late 19th century for use as a beer garden and eatery.

The boat ramp handles 65-70 launchings per weekend. The bathhouse was originally congenital in a Neo-Georgian manner with a cupola marking the center of the forepart façade. A courtyard looks out to the embankment and is completed by a colonnade. The bridge, span firm, seawall and castles are all eligible for listing on the Annals of Historic Places.