Hawthorne, NY is an unincorporated hamlet located in the Township of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County. Hawthorne is conveniently located in central Westchester County. Mount Pleasant has many recreational facilities with Bradhurst Parks Community Center and Broadway Field in Hawthorne, NY. These great recreational facilities offer baseball/soccer fields, basketball and a community center.
There is a Metro North train station conveniently located in Hawthorne, NY for an easy commute to Manhattan.
History of Hawthorne, NY
Much of Hawthorne. NY was once known as Sherman Park. In the vicinity of Sherman Park in 1901, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, also known as Mother Mary Alphonsa, O.P., a convert to Catholicism and daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, founded Rosary Hill Home for those suffering from incurable cancer. Mother Mary Alphonsa also founded a Dominican Order now known as the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. Shortly after the opening of the cancer home, the hamlet was renamed Hawthorne in Mother Mary Alphonsa's honor.