New Rochelle, New York
Main Street and Huguenot Street, New Rochelle
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Pictured is Main Street and Huguenot Street in New Rochelle courtesy of DanTD. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
The Phantom Fire Ship of Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between Connecticut to the north, and Long Island, to the south. Cities on the New York side of the Sound include Rye, Glen Cove, New Rochelle, and portions of Queens and the Bronx in New York City.
In the mid-seventeenth century, a vessel was boarded and then set alight by pirates, condemning it and its crew to a watery grave. The glowing ship ablaze with fire, and complete with spectral crew at their posts, has been reported on stormy nights off the coast of New Rochelle and Long Island Sound.
Pictured left is islands off the coast of New Rochelle courtesy of Jim Henderson.
Davenport Park affords a good view of the area: Davenport Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA.
For further information, please read Haunted New York City by Cheri Revai.
