Editing Goldens Bridge, New York (section)

==History==
According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', "Colonial geographers and surveyors identified a crossing over the Croton River in the Goldens Bridge area as early as 1750. The early maps refer to the bridge by different names, including Coldens Bridge, Goldings Bridge and Goldens Bridge. The bridge was washed away and rebuilt a number of times as the area around the crossing began to grow into a depot for farm produce from Connecticut and Salem and a stop for travelers along the river. But there is no trace of the bridge today as it lies under the Croton Reservoir, which was created when the Croton River was dammed around the turn of the 20th century."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/16/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-goldens-bridge-ny-hamlet-adept-resisting-change.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Goldens Bridge, N.Y.; A Hamlet Adept at Resisting Change"] by Elsa Brenner. ''The New York Times'', September 16, 2001</ref>

In the mid-20th century, the hamlet was home to a majority [[Jewish]] community, which governed itself under communal living standards, with many residents considering the community to be the true owner of the land their homes were built upon. [[Bridge L-158]], a railroad bridge, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

On February 24, 2014, the hamlet's firehouse was the scene of a three alarm fire. A rescue truck, two SUVS, and a 1943 Willys Jeep Utility/Brush Truck were damaged or destroyed.<ref>[http://lewisboro.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/goldens-bridge-voters-approve-27m-bond-to-repair-firehouse/657672/ "Goldens Bridge Voters Approve $2.7M Bond To Repair Firehouse," by Tom Auchterlonie (Lewisboro Daily Voice; May 6, 2016)]</ref><ref>[http://www.goldensbridgefd.org/content/apparatus/ Golden's Bridge Fire Departments Apparatus]</ref>