In the late 1960s and into the mid-1970s, there was at the corner of Westchester Ave. and Zerega Ave. (SW corner) a remnant of the many marshes and creekls that dotted the East Bronx before development filled in many of them.
This tiny, sunken pocket of undisturbed nature was once in the midst of a large farm.
St. Peter's Episcopal church/cemetery is just a couple of blocks east. It was a nice shady spot in the spring and summer, with the trees providing a nice canopy cover; I remember bunches of tadpoles in the algae-covered water.
Some have called this the Seabury Creek. I do not know if an underground stream fed the creek or not, but it collected water from rains and snow.
Unfortunately, it was eventually filled in and a building constructed.
Westchester Creek is where things were really verdant; the northern end was easily accesible at the time by walking down a path from E. Tremont Ave. This tip of the creek was filled in by the construction of LehmanHigh School around 1971/72. At the time, you could walk along the creek from here all the way to FerryPointPark if you wanted to, if you...
