I wonder if it might be possible to partner with Metro North, and run shuttle vans to the Park for weekend visitors. We walk our dog there during the week utilizing the parking area at the top of the dam to avoid parking fees, but don't go near it on weekends.
The park area is becoming very worn. Grass areas becoming dirt only. Garbage everywhere. People wandering aimlessly trying to get back to the train station.
I think it’s great that people are enjoying the beautiful Dam in Croton. But on the other side of it, I think it’s too bad that myself, a resident, would find it a nightmare to go there many times during the year.
People can call me as they wish, but I just don’t like the fact that residents can be the outlier in what is in their own backyard.
I do think we need more enforcement and presence at these locations because not only is parking an issue, I think it’s a fair concern that visitors of a place may not be as invested in keeping that place clean. I’ve seen this firsthand at the Landing, as plastic food and fishing containers are literally blowing all over the place into the river and lawn as the people are sitting there without a care in the world. It’s disappointing.
Social media has helped spread the word about our beautiful Town of Cortlandt parks. How should the Town of Cortlandt handle this increase in visitors? Potential solutions might include parking at the Croton train station and providing shuttle buses to the Croton Gorge Park. Traffic needs to flow on Rte. 129 as it is an important route that many people use to get to Yorktown and other areas around Croton on Hudson.
This is familiar to how authorities dealt with the Croton unique area (by eliminating parking and making access more difficult) and how they dealt with increased visitors to Teatown during the pandemic (by putting ugly no parking signs everywhere). The community can absolutely handle encouraging access and improving the infrastructure to accommodate visitors (parking, trash, guidance on access). It’s frustrating that the immediate response around here to visitors is often policing and trying to repel people. The (sorry, very racist) closing of Croton Gorge area instead of actively managing it should be an example to absolutely not emulate. We have parks and natural spaces a quick trip from NYC! People are going to come here. That means we need to think about the infrastructure of those visits. Sorry, just because we pay taxes doesn’t mean we own the natural areas here.
The “unique area” is not a public park, I don’t understand why people don’t get that. All are welcome to rent kayaks and/or paddle boards down by the train station and make their way up to the unique area, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. Do you actually believe that all the people complaining would be ok if everything was the same, but all the visitors were white? Please, stop it.
I wonder if it might be possible to partner with Metro North, and run shuttle vans to the Park for weekend visitors. We walk our dog there during the week utilizing the parking area at the top of the dam to avoid parking fees, but don't go near it on weekends.
The park area is becoming very worn. Grass areas becoming dirt only. Garbage everywhere. People wandering aimlessly trying to get back to the train station.
I think it’s great that people are enjoying the beautiful Dam in Croton. But on the other side of it, I think it’s too bad that myself, a resident, would find it a nightmare to go there many times during the year.
People can call me as they wish, but I just don’t like the fact that residents can be the outlier in what is in their own backyard.
No longer a sleepy little town. Way to close to NYC metro. If you try to control it you are deemed a racist!
I do think we need more enforcement and presence at these locations because not only is parking an issue, I think it’s a fair concern that visitors of a place may not be as invested in keeping that place clean. I’ve seen this firsthand at the Landing, as plastic food and fishing containers are literally blowing all over the place into the river and lawn as the people are sitting there without a care in the world. It’s disappointing.
Social media has helped spread the word about our beautiful Town of Cortlandt parks. How should the Town of Cortlandt handle this increase in visitors? Potential solutions might include parking at the Croton train station and providing shuttle buses to the Croton Gorge Park. Traffic needs to flow on Rte. 129 as it is an important route that many people use to get to Yorktown and other areas around Croton on Hudson.
An important question to ask, would ANY of what's been going on at the Croton dam be allowed at say, Kensico Dam Plaza? The answer is an emphatic no.
This is familiar to how authorities dealt with the Croton unique area (by eliminating parking and making access more difficult) and how they dealt with increased visitors to Teatown during the pandemic (by putting ugly no parking signs everywhere). The community can absolutely handle encouraging access and improving the infrastructure to accommodate visitors (parking, trash, guidance on access). It’s frustrating that the immediate response around here to visitors is often policing and trying to repel people. The (sorry, very racist) closing of Croton Gorge area instead of actively managing it should be an example to absolutely not emulate. We have parks and natural spaces a quick trip from NYC! People are going to come here. That means we need to think about the infrastructure of those visits. Sorry, just because we pay taxes doesn’t mean we own the natural areas here.
The “unique area” is not a public park, I don’t understand why people don’t get that. All are welcome to rent kayaks and/or paddle boards down by the train station and make their way up to the unique area, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. Do you actually believe that all the people complaining would be ok if everything was the same, but all the visitors were white? Please, stop it.