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www.westchesterny.org | 7 WELCOME 8 |Living in Westchester 2014 urban sophistication fused with laid-back rural living,urban sophisticationfusedwithlaid-backrural it’s acountyfor all. entertainment, top-notchschools, institutionstoits businesses andhundredsofcultural flourishing parks? They have oneespecially focused for young children. From Westchester’s vastamountof visitors. andnaturepreserves, Parks trails, outdooractivities? Westchester hasit. Amusement rounded. Fromthemountainstoshoreline, theplentifulamountof landconstantly surrounds everyone. Hometothe trail,African Heritage American themultifaceted community ishistorically Westchester, withitssix cities, 19 towns, andtwo-dozen villages, createsanenvironment for scenic mountainsandmore. the HudsonRiver Valley but alsoto This beautifulsuburb ofNYCisnotonly agateway to Westchester ...Welcome

historical sites,historical Scenic View inPeekskill Sources: Westchester westchester County Department of Planning; U.S. Census HISTORY When the county of Westchester was Bureau, American created in 1683 by an act of the New Community Survey York General Assembly, the land was still largely wilderness. The Dutch and English had established settlements in the area just four decades earlier, not long after Henry Hudson sailed up the POPULATION: river that would bear his name. The land was dotted with farms, 961,670 sawmills and gristmills, while sloops plied the waterways. But over the next century, Westchester County became the 23.4% 51.8% most populous and prosperous county in the New York colony. Median Age: under age 18 female Railroad lines built during the mid-1800s brought growing 5.2% 48.2% numbers of city dwellers in search of country retreats, the richer 40 YEARS over age 65 male among them building stately homes, many of which grace the landscape to this day. Large numbers of European immigrants LAND AREA: came to Westchester to take construction jobs and work in fac- HOUSEHOLDS: tories, and then a post-World War II building boom attracted 430.5 sq. miles 345,908 middle-class families, providing a stock of educated workers HOUSING UNITS: OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS: that, combined with the county’s proximity to New York and TOTAL 415,718 390,555 high quality of life, in turn attracted large corporations. General ACREAGE: Foods was the first to establish headquarters in Westchester in 1953, followed three years later by the company that would 288,200 PER CAPITA INCOME: become Ciba-Geigy, and then Nestle in 1958. Since then, other PARKLAND: $48,306 $$$ companies like Fuji Photo Film USA, Heineken, IBM, Lenovo, More than Nokia and PepsiCo have found Westchester to be a fine place to MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (2012): do business. 28,000 acres $80,725

CULTURE Westchester can make many cultural 204,773 WESTCHESTER claims, from being the birthplace of Workers in Management, Professional, UNEMPLOYMENT American literature – Washington Irving, America’s first nov- and Related Occupations RATE: elist, made his home here – to the start of American art, with 7.2% the scenery inspiring 19th-century painters of the Hudson NY City: 9.5% River School. Today, the county has dozens of performing arts 21,019 Westchesterites Working from Home NY State: 8.2% centers, galleries and museums, including the 400-seat Hudson River Museum Amphitheater that opened in Yonkers in July 2013. There are also dance and opera companies, theater groups, MEAN TRAVEL TIME TO WORK: 36 minutes orchestras and choral societies, many of them nurtured by the Westchester Arts Council. There’s plenty of nightlife, too, with venues presenting live rock, jazz, folk and other popular music in DIVERSITY 22.8% POLITICAL of Westchesterites settings from funky to fine. SUBDIVISIONS 24% are of Hispanic origin A range of fine international restaurants and gourmet mar- of Westchester kets satisfy a diversity of tastes, while upscale stores in luxury 45 Municipalities residents are 15.8% shopping complexes, boutiques, major malls and a plethora of foreign born of Westchesterites antiques stores make the county a paradise for shoppers. 6 Cities are African American 31.1% of Towns 17 Westchester residents 6% speak a language other of Westchester The story goes that, in 1888, a Scotsman 22 Villages OUTDOORS than English at home residents are Asian named John Reid took an Eastchester pasture and turned it into the nation’s first golf course. From that rather humble beginning, Westchester has grown to be con- HOSPITALS 22 sidered the golf capital of America, with dozens of champion- Colleges & Universities: ship-caliber courses, including six county-owned venues. 16 (more than 66,000 students enrolled) Nearly 50 county parks and recreational areas, spanning more than 28,000 beautiful acres, offer opportunities for scenic hikes, fishing, beach bumming and quiet escapes. Average High Average High July Average Precipitation All of these elements combine to create a wonderful place to January Temperature: Temperature: Per Year: get away or call home. 35º F 82º F 49.5 inches

www.westchesterny.org | 9 COMMUNITIES 10 | Livingin Westchester 2014 to ensure a bright future. to ensureabright andresourcesinplace the pastwhilealsohaving theinfrastructure and preserve they allcelebrate loungeamongtherollinghillsandforests ofthecounty’sothers core. innature,Although diverse villages andquiethamlets. Somecommunities restalongtheHudsonRiver andLongIslandSound; Westchester Countycombinesfast-pacedcitylife withrelaxing, scenicwaterfronttowns, quaint ofthecounty. corner Read allaboutplacestolive inevery Homes intheHamlet City Scenesand Town ofSomers Revitalization projects have made the most of Croton’s eight Bedford miles of Hudson shoreline. Residents enjoy concerts and events in HAMLETS OF KATONAH, BEDFORD VILLAGE AND BEDFORD HILLS the riverside parks, a relaxing afternoon at the Croton Point Park Population: 18,576 • www.bedfordny.info beach or a paddle trip down the Croton River. Other attractions include Van Cortlandt Manor, the 18th-century home of the One of the most affluent communities in the nation, Bedford is state’s first lieutenant governor, and the Croton Dam, the second- located on land that Chief Katonah traded to Puritans 330 years largest hand-built stone structure in the world. ago in exchange for a few blankets and wampum. Signs of the Named after the 17th-century Dutch family whose property town’s history are evident in Bedford Village, which was destroyed once extended from the Hudson River to Connecticut, Cortlandt by the British during the Revolutionary War but rebuilt around covers some 35 square miles in Westchester’s northwest corner. the Village Green using the original layout. Well-kept Colonial residences remain, including the old schoolhouse and 1787 Court House. Celebrity residents like Glenn Close, George Soros, Martha Eastchester Stewart and Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine VILLAGES OF TUCKAHOE AND BRONXVILLE Zeta-Jones have cemented the town’s appeal. Richard Gere Eastchester: Population: 31,550 • www.eastchester.org rescued and resurrected historic property here which now Bronxville: Population: 6,323 • www.villageofbronxville.com operates as the Bedford Post Inn, which features two eco-friendly Tuckahoe: Population: 6,486 • www.tuckahoe.com restaurants together with luxury lodging, a yoga loft and plenty Eastchester’s open spaces, award-winning schools, numerous of event space on 14 back-country acres. recreational outlets and proximity to Manhattan provide the The hub of the 39-square-mile town is Bedford Hills, with perfect environment for families who work hard and play its Metro-North train station surrounded by businesses and hard. The city covers five square miles and includes a pair of restaurants. Grand estates and horse farms are found in the incorporated villages. outlying areas. The wealthy and exclusive village of Bronxville fits many The hamlet of Katonah, known for its collection of Queen residential amenities into its one square mile of space, boasting Anne and Victorian houses, has a lovely downtown, with gracious single-family Victorian and Colonial homes on pleasant boutiques, galleries and cafés. The quaint, historic town also streets. Downtown Bronxville has a lot of charm, too, with offers a new age experience; local businesses include wellness boutiques, restaurants and a movie theater. With nine boutiques, consultants, astrologers, numerologists and reflexologists. It’s a four jewelers, a shoe store and a place to take the family dog for great place to relax and enjoy simple pleasures like organic coffee some new toys or treats, Bronxville is a walkable alternative to and tea. In the late 1800s, dozens of buildings were moved by car-oriented shopping centers. horses and rollers to higher ground in order to accommodate The village burgeoned as the creation of the Muscoot Reservoir. Popular cultural spots an artists’ colony in the late today are the Katonah Museum of Art and Caramoor, a lavish, 1800s after William Van Duzer Mediterranean-style museum and performing arts venue. Lawrence, the founder of Sarah Lawrence College, built a dozen OUR houses in what is now known as Cortlandt Lawrence Park. TOWN: VILLAGES OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON The village of Tuckahoe has The intersection of AND BUCHANAN been described as the best-kept Mill Road and Route Cortlandt: Population: 40,466 • www.townofcortlandt.com secret of Westchester, combining 22 in Eastchester Buchanan: Population: 2,247 a small-town vibe with is known as Bill of Croton-on-Hudson: Population: 8,070 contemporary luxuries. Residents Rights Plaza because a www.village.croton-on-hudson.ny.us can shop at weekly farmers’ Colonial-era libel case Cortlandt is characterized by scenic beauty that stems from 15 markets or enjoy the peaceful involving John Peter miles of riverfront overlooking the Hudson Highlands, reservoirs, surroundings of several parks woodlands, wetlands and more than 2,000 acres of parks and and ponds. Tree-lined streets lead Zenger, editor of The preserves. Only six percent of the town is zoned for commerce, to a range of post-World War New York Weekly and Cortlandt’s eco-awareness is reflected in its official vehicles – II houses, as well as SoHo-style Journal, upheld the hybrid cars. apartments and townhouses. freedom of the press. Buchanan has a small business district, but most of its 1.4 Throughout the 19th century, square miles are made up of single-family houses tucked on Tuckahoe was known as the quiet streets. Indian Point power plant is its chief source of Marble Capital of the World, as revenue. Croton-on-Hudson, the larger and wealthier village, was its quarry supplied stone for St. established by Dutch traders in the early 1600s. In the 1900s, it Patrick’s Cathedral and the Public Library in Manhattan. These was a popular summer colony that attracted luminaries like silent- days, Tuckahoe’s train stations and ample service to Manhattan movie star Gloria Swanson and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. render this community very attractive to commuters.

www.westchesterny.org | 11 Greenburgh Hastings-on-Hudson is a history lovers dream come true, since VILLAGES OF ARDSLEY, DOBBS FERRY, ELMSFORD, the entire village has been turned into a living museum. Starting at Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Tarrytown downtown in Boulanger Plaza, a historical walking tour created by the village features 34 locations, so along with seeing the history of Greenburgh: Population: 90,276 • www.greenburghny.com Hastings-on-Hudson visitors also see what is happening now. Ardsley: Population: 4,452 • www.ardsleyvillage.com In Irvington, handsomely restored factory buildings now Dobbs Ferry: Population: 10,875 • www.dobbsferry.com house up-market businesses and restaurants, while the four-acre Hastings-on-Hudson: Population: 7,849 • www.hastingsgov.org Scenic Hudson Park has ball fields and playgrounds. The village’s Irvington: Population: 6,420 • www.irvingtonny.gov downtown includes the refurbished Town Hall, which features the Tarrytown: Population: 11,277 • www.tarrytowngov.com stained-glass work of former resident Louis Comfort Tiffany. Included on Forbes magazine’s list of the prettiest towns in Elmsford: Population: 4,664 • www.elmsfordny.org America, Tarrytown, with its views of the Tappan Zee Bridge As the largest township in Westchester, Greenburgh reflects the and picturesque lighthouse, has a main street full of small shops county’s diversity with urban areas, waterfront villages and upscale and businesses. It is also home to one of New York State’s neighborhoods. Situated on the Hudson River, the villages of largest biotechnology companies, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Tarrytown Sunnyside, Washington Irving’s Spanish-style residence, is a feature inviting downtown areas with Victorian buildings that favorite historic stop on any tour. Tarrytown Music Hall offers house shops and galleries. Hastings has several waterfront cafés, a concerts and performances. The Castle on the Hudson, a marina with ferry service, scenic MacEachron Park and Kinnally Norman-style stone mansion from the 1880s, is now a posh hotel Cove, an access point to the Hudson with a boardwalk, sandy beach and restaurant. and kayak launch. The one-square-mile village of Elmsford has industrial and The arts thrive in Dobbs Ferry, thanks to both the Art Academy business parks, malls, a multiplex cinema and eateries, as well as of Westchester and Mercy College, which offer a variety of The Westchester Skating Academy. Slightly larger in size (but entertainment options with a creative bent. The village boasts not population), the village of Ardsley boasts a small commercial several opportunities to explore the outdoors, too. Hikers and district, championship golf course and beautiful views of the bikers love the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway. Hudson at Ardsley Country Club.

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12 | Living in Westchester 2014 Greenburgh’s Central Avenue is lined with malls, stores and restaurants of all kinds. Entertainment options include many tennis courts, parks, nature preserves, swimming pools, a kiddie pool, a fitness center and an Arts and Culture Committee that frequently offers free programs.

Harrison Population: 27,785 • www.town.harrison.ny.us The Platinum Mile – a stretch of Interstate 287 that runs through Harrison – is so named because it is the site of corporate offices for companies like PepsiCo and MasterCard. Now, new opportunities exist with office parks being reconsidered for Neuberger Museum of Art mixed-use development, including healthcare centers and a Lifetime Fitness center. The 17th-century entrepreneur John Harrison, who exchanged offers cultural riches, such as the Neuberger Museum of Art and goods with Chief Pathungo for as much land as he could encircle the Performing Arts Center. The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture in a day on horseback, founded the area originally known as Garden at PepsiCo’s headquarters provides a chance to see “Harrison’s Purchase.” Twenty-five years later, he sold the land to magnificent works in a beautifully landscaped setting, and will be Quaker settlers who built a meetinghouse – still in use today – in available mid-2015. Ball fields and parks round out the picture. what is now Purchase. Some 150 years ago, immigrant workers arrived to build the A circa-1700 gristmill on the banks of the Mamaroneck River railroad and the grand homes of West Harrison, which was then is another relic of Harrison’s distant past. a resort community. West Harrison is also home to Merritt’s Today, Purchase has some of the highest-priced real estate in Hill, where the Battle of White Plains was fought during the the county. In addition, the 500-acre campus of SUNY Purchase Revolutionary War.

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www.westchesterny.org | 13 An attractive village of up- Lewisboro market condominiums called HAMLETS OF GOLDEN’S BRIDGE, CROSS RIVER, Sweetwater (a loose translation WACCABUC, SOUTH SALEM, LEWISBORO AND VISTA Population: 14,000 • www.lewisborogov.com of the word “Mamaroneck”) is OUR near the train station, offering the With its parks, woodlands, preserves, reservoir, seven lakes and low convenience of an easy commute TOWN: population density, Lewisboro is the epitome of country living. to Manhattan, concierge services Ozzie Nelson, Situated in Westchester’s northwestern corner, the boomerang- and the like. a Jersey-born shaped town includes about a third of the 4,700-acre Ward Pound Larchmont was founded by bandleader and Ridge Reservation within its 29 square miles. (A “Walking Wild Quakers in 1661. With the advent patriarch of the real- Lewisboro” trailways guide is available on the town’s website.) of the railroad, city dwellers The area is largely residential, with many styles of single-family life family that starred discovered its charms and flocked houses, as well as newer homes at more affordable rates than in in the TV series The here to build summer homes. other parts of the county. Small neighborhood shopping districts One six-acre estate, now known Adventures of Ozzie & exist in the hamlets of Golden’s Bridge and Vista, and Yellow as Manor Park, has a gazebo and Harriet from 1952 to Monkey Village in Cross River has antiques stores and specialty lovely water views for the public 1966, once resided shops housed in 18th- and 19th-century buildings. Live bait and to enjoy. The one-square-mile in Mamaroneck. The tackle shops serve fishing enthusiasts who keep boats on the village has an established, family- reservoir. life of his son Ricky, friendly, small-town atmosphere, Settled around 1728, South Salem became Lewisboro a century who went on to with gracious old houses and later after John Lewis made a handsome donation to the local have a successful pop small shops on quiet, leafy streets. school. Locals nowadays meet at county fairs, arts and crafts shows The larger, more diverse music career until and at the town park, where there’s a playground, a picnic pavilion, Mamaroneck Village has grand his death in a plane basketball and tennis courts, a ball field and a pool. A seasonal waterfront homes and a yacht crash at the age of farmers’ market at the John Jay High School in Cross River is a club utilized for weddings and 45, was celebrated popular Saturday morning event. special events. It also features busy with a tribute concert shopping and industrial districts at the Westchester and a boat-building facility, and is Broadway Theatre in Mamaroneck home to the Emelin Theater, one VILLAGES OF MAMARONECK AND LARCHMONT of the region’s top performing Elmsford in June 2013. Mamaroneck: Population: 29,227 arts centers. www.townofmamaroneck.org Mamaroneck Village: Population: 19,112 www.village.mamaroneck.ny.us Mount Kisco Larchmont: Population: 5,915 • www.villageoflarchmont.org Population: 10,994 • www.mountkisco.org Sailing and water sports enthusiasts have a common love for Although Mount Kisco derives its name from an Indian word – Mamaroneck, which rests on a stretch of Long Island Sound either kiskamenahook, meaning settlement near a brook, or cisqua, coastline. The town’s large, inland harbor sits next to a scenic park meaning a muddy place – there never was a real Chief Kisco, despite planted with 150 Japanese cherry trees that create a beautiful the statue in town that bears his name. Founded in 1850 after the canopy when they bloom in spring. Hiking trails and golf railroad arrived, the village was partly in Bedford and partly in New courses provide landlubbers ways to enjoy the outdoors, and Castle, but it became a town in its own right in 1978. there are plenty of shops, galleries, bistros and cafés downtown. Mount Kisco packs a lot into its three-and-a-half square miles. It’s not only a commuters’ hub, but also a magnet for shoppers and diners. Its downtown district mixes chain stores with a multitude of boutiques, specialty shops and antiques stores. More than 40 eateries, from posh restaurants to a popular Main Street diner, serve all kinds of fare. The Boys and Girls Club, with its eight-lane indoor pool, nurtures swimmers of all ages. Another major draw is the Grand Prix go-kart track and conference center, which also offers bowling, an arcade and an arts garage, offering everything from pottery and beading to glass fusing and cupcake design. For a quiet getaway, Leonard Park features a lake, Japanese teahouse, ball fields and a recreation center. Hikers enjoy trails on the Merestead estate, with its glorious views of the Hudson Highlands. Quiet, residential neighborhoods include housing ranging from stately old properties to single-family homes, small

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www.westchesterny.org | 15 exclusive townships. Light industry flourished for a while, with Mount Vernon manufacturers turning out shoes, hardware, furniture and eyeglasses. Population: 67,896 • www.cmvny.com But the real shift came with the advent of the railroad. Once the Mount Vernon was one of the region’s first planned communities, area was easily reached by rail, prosperous New York City families created in 1850 by a tailor named John Stevens, who organized came to build summer retreats. Horace Greeley, the influential an association of about 1,000 New York City working people editor of the New York Tribune, was one of the first to discover the seeking a better way of life. Together, the group purchased five town’s charms; his house in Chappaqua is open for tours. The town farms, divided the land into quarter-acre lots and built modest is also home to two dozen historic homes and buildings, including homes. Schools and businesses came soon afterward. James Bailey, of the Chappaqua Friends Meeting House on Quaker Street. Barnum and Bailey circus fame, built a number of fine houses for More than one-third of New Castle’s 24 square miles are himself and his troupe. residential, with homes ranging from charming, 18th-century stone Today, the four-square-mile city boasts a cosmopolitan cottages and yesterday’s lavish residences to attractive condos and population. Its southern end borders The Bronx and offers an townhouses. Plenty of open space and a 150-acre public golf course urban vibe, while the northern end has a more suburban feel, with add to the otherwise suburban vibe. tree-lined streets. In June 2013, the state senate passed a measure Chappaqua today may be best known as the home of former to create an inter-municipal economic revitalization agency that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President would help Mount Vernon and the Village of Pelham Manor work Bill Clinton, who can sometimes be spotted in the village center. together to redevelop land along Eastchester Creek. The measure Millwood has a variety of housing options and two shopping was presented to the assembly, which referred it to the local districts. governments for consideration. The Third Street corridor, once a popular shopping district, has become something of an artists’ colony, with an annual Arts on Third Festival that draws throngs. New Rochelle The city’s most famous one-time resident may be Lillian Vernon, Population: 78,388 who adopted the name when she launched her mail-order empire. www.newrochelleny.com Willson’s Woods Park is home to the 23-acre aquatic wonderland Downtown is where it’s happening in New Rochelle, a first-tier Willson’s Waves, which has a wave pool with 3-foot waves, two suburb of New York City with its own vibrant city life, as well 18-foot water slides, a spray deck and a water playground. The park as desirable neighborhoods. The walkable downtown, filled with also offers fishing and picnicking. restaurants, shops and services, Served by three parkways, two subway trains and three railroad boasts a central commons, lines, Mount Vernon offers easy commuting to and from New York Library Green. Just steps away on City, a fact that probably accounts for the long list of notables who Library Green, the Grand Market have lived there. It’s also been used as a backdrop for several movies features farm-fresh products, an and TV shows, including the famous Coca-Cola commercial enhanced selection of gourmet featuring “Mean Joe” Greene. items and specialty foods, and an OUR al fresco dining area. Shoppers TOWN: also enjoy free entertainment. Born in Manhattan New Castle Located on the Long Island in 1894, American HAMLETS OF CHAPPAQUA AND MILLWOOD Sound, New Rochelle is midway painter and illustrator Population: 17,569 • www.mynewcastle.org between New York City (only From its simple origins as a Quaker farming community, New 31 minutes to Grand Central Norman Rockwell Castle has gradually evolved into one of Westchester’s most Terminal) and the Greenwich/ spent much of his Stamford hubs, favorably situated youth in Mamaroneck along the I-95 corridor and and then lived for a Amtrak line. Ample parking and quarter-century in commuting options are available New Rochelle, where at a number of public parking he created many of lots, including the New Rochelle Transit Center. his 322 covers for The With the warmth of a town Saturday Evening Post and all the advantages of a magazine. city, New Rochelle’s beautiful residential areas are interspersed with pockets of neighborhood commerce and light industrial areas. The kid-centric neighborhood of Beechmont is known for its emphasis on education and families. In addition to fine schools, it offers the Huguenot Children’s Library and Amy’s Greenhouse and New Rochelle Marina Gazebo at the Barnard Early Childhood Center.

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1.888.454.7356 | HoulihanLawrence.com New Rochelle also has an award-winning Downtown Business Improvement District that has helped attract nearly $80 million North Salem HAMLETS OF PURDYS, CROTON FALLS of development in the past decade. Luxury high-rise apartments AND PEACH LAKE including Avalon and Trump Plaza create a distinctive cityscape. New Rochelle offers a wide variety of recreational Population: 5,104 • www.northsalemny.org opportunities and amenities, from its nine miles of shoreline and With so many horse farms, riding trails and national equestrian 37 parks to New Roc City, a family entertainment center with an events, there may be some truth to the idea that more horses than indoor amusement park and a multiplex theater with an IMAX. people live in pastoral North Salem. The northeast Westchester Three four-year colleges and a major medical center combine town has among the lowest population density in the county; its to yield substantial market power, invaluable knowledge capital 23 square miles are a mix of rolling hills, fields, lakes, woodlands, and institutional resources. Of the seven largest cities in New golf courses and large residential properties. Land conservancies York State, New Rochelle experienced the largest percentage such as the North Salem Open Land Foundation continue to add population growth – almost 7 percent – over the last 10 years. to protected space like the 1,000-acre Mountain Lakes Park and Between 2010 and 2012, the city gained 1,328 people. In 2010, Titicus Reservoir. New Rochelle was named as one of the “Top 100 Places to Live” Purdys is named after the settlers who arrived in 1750 and built by Money magazine. a homestead that now houses a fine restaurant. It was a Purdy descendent who recognized that train traffic led to prosperity, and offered the Harlem Railroad some of his land, a depot and freight North Castle houses – all for $1 – if they’d come through the hamlet. HAMLETS OF ARMONK, BANKSVILLE AND The railroad agreed. NORTH WHITE PLAINS There are a few restaurants in the hamlet of Croton Falls, as well Population: 11,841 • www.northcastleny.com as the Schoolhouse Theater, which presents readings and plays. Another cultural favorite is the Hammond Museum, with exhibits At the center of this 26-square-mile town is the hamlet of of Asian art and a three-acre Japanese Stroll Garden. Low-key Armonk, which saw its population increase dramatically after a glitterati living in town include David Letterman and Stanley Tucci. surge in upscale construction in the late 1990s brought an influx of wealthy new residents. Armonk is the place for food lovers to find themselves, for within this hamlet is an eclectic range of food industries, ranging from restaurants using only Hudson Valley Ossining VILLAGES OF OSSINING AND BRIARCLIFF MANOR farm ingredients to organic wineries. Banksville also has higher- priced homes together with a rural ambiance, while more modest Ossining Town: Population: 36,917 single- and two-family houses can be found in North White Plains. www.townofossining.com Despite the recent rapid growth, there are still hundreds of acres of Ossining Village: Population: 25,060 undeveloped land in the town. www.villageofossining.org North Castle is named for a fort-like building that Siwanoy Briarcliff Manor: Population: 7,876 • www.briarcliffmanor.org Indians built on a hill that is now the site of IBM’s impressive One of Westchester’s more affordable towns, Ossining was once a headquarters. The town was principally a farming community busy port and workingman’s community. Even so, its hilly layout when it was incorporated in 1788, but eventually New York City, and glorious views of the Hudson River and Hook Mountain in need of fresh water, bought land for reservoirs and granite for ended up drawing the well-to-do who were looking to build construction of the Kensico Dam in nearby Valhalla. Stonemasons summer homes. who came to work on the dam settled in what’s now known as the Mohegan Indians once called the area Sint Sinck. By 1813, when Quarry Heights district. the village incorporated (the first in Westchester to do so), the name had evolved into Sing Sing, and 12 years later construction began on a prison within city limits. The prison’s reputation for harsh treatment grew so notorious that it prompted a national boycott on goods stamped “Sing Sing”; in 1901, the village changed its name to Ossining. Nowadays, most residents live in the three-square-mile village of Ossining in housing that ranges from modest to deluxe. Shoppers and diners are served by retail districts, mini-malls and the crescent-shaped downtown, where several Victorian buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. On the waterfront, a public-private plan to transform four acres of once-industrial space into recreational and residential property has resulted in a public boat launch, canoe club and other amenities. The Village of Ossining is the place for architecture junkies in Westchester. Dating to the 17th century, it’s home to multiple architectural

18 | Living in Westchester 2014 styles including the Gothic revival used for churches, Federal- Clients First. style structures in neighborhoods, and the Italianate style of the Crotonville School Building. Briarcliff Manor, which covers nearly six square miles, is mostly upscale and residential, with a business district that gets As a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in The Rivertowns, my buyers, sellers, renters a shot of charm from brick sidewalks and old-style street lamps. goal is to provide strategic advice for and landlords Recreational opportunities are found amid 180 acres of parkland . and open space, as well as on the fairways of the swanky Trump By putting my clients ﬁ rst, I provide market knowledge as well as National Golf Club. local community information for many Westchester communities. Contact me anytime for help with your Real Estate needs. Peekskill Bernadette H. Haley Population: 23,583 • www.cityofpeekskill.com Licensed Real Estate Salesperson The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts, Peekskill’s 113 Main Street large exhibit space showcasing all kinds of modern works, is Irvington, NY 10533 emblematic of how this small riverside city is enjoying a rebirth. Mobile: 917.940.5672 Once-boarded-up industrial buildings now provide living and Ofﬁ ce: 914.591.2700 work space for artists. [email protected] Galleries, boutiques and cafés add a decidedly artsy, urban Houlihan Lawrence Gold Award Recipient air downtown. Studio No. 9, a fine art and furniture company, includes a gallery, fine art studio and a wood and metal shop at bernadettehaley.houlihanlawrence.com its 5,000-square-foot facility. Along the waterfront, high- priced condominiums have been snapped up amid ambitious OUR revitalization projects. Riverfront TOWN: Green Park has a children’s In 1864, Joseph Binney playground and lovely views of RELOCATING TO the Hudson Highlands, while the founded The Peekskill 60-acre Depew Park has courts WESTCHESTER COUNTY? Chemical Works, for basketball, tennis, horseshoes Our Team of Relocation Experts will Deliver a company that and bocce ball, as well as a pond produced charcoal and and trails for hiking, biking and the Finest Personal Experience for Your Move! lampblack and would horseback riding. The city is named after Jan 10 Year Recipient of the eventually become Commitment to Excellence Award Peeck, who established a trading Binney & Smith, the post here in 1650. Peekskill was makers of Crayola burned twice by the British +Home Purchase and Rental Finding crayons. during the Revolutionary War, +Community Tours but bounced back. In recent +School and Neighborhood Reports years, many small technology businesses have joined the burgeoning arts community, giving another boost to the local economy. Full Service Real Estate Company Specializing Peekskill was the birthplace of several well-known native sons in Residential Sales & Rentals and daughters, including actors Mel Gibson (who moved to Serving all of Westchester County Australia at the age of 12), Paul Reubens (best known as “Pee-wee Herman”) and Emmy-winner Stanley Tucci. ERA Insite Realty Services 600 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 Pelham 120 Kraft Avenue VILLAGES OF PELHAM AND PELHAM MANOR Bronxville, NY 10708 Village Population: 6,966 • www.townofpelham.com Debra Budetti, Relocation Director 914-922-9606 Pelham Manor: Population: 5,542 • www.pelhammanor.org Email: [email protected] Just north of the Bronx, tucked between New Rochelle and Website: www.erainsiterealty.com Mount Vernon, Pelham has all the friendly ambiance of a small

www.westchesterny.org | 19 town and the benefits of suburbia. Its wedge-shaped, two-and- a-half square miles encompass a commercial district, a small City of Rye Population: 15,868 • www.ryeny.gov waterfront and all sorts of shops and restaurants downtown. In the residential neighborhoods are Victorian, Tudor, Colonial and Set on Long Island Sound, the City of Rye has a protected Mediterranean-style houses, mostly built in the 1920s. harbor, rolling hills, tree-lined streets and established residential Since the 1980s, the town has been a favorite bedroom neighborhoods. Only five percent of the city’s six square miles are community for Manhattan journalists and other professionals, most devoted to commerce. There are a few well-groomed office parks, of whom can walk to the restored station in the middle of town for but this is mainly a tranquil, high- the 30-minute commute to Grand Central. income bedroom community, and Pelham is Westchester’s oldest town, founded in 1654 by Thomas the inhabitants keep it that way, Pell and inhabited only by members of the Pell family until the with strict regulations regarding Revolutionary War. The Battle of Pelham, though a victory for the the balance of single- and multi- family dwellings. An attractive, British, was fought so fiercely it gave Washington time to move OUR his army to safety, and is considered to have been crucial to the strollable mile of Purchase Street revolution’s success. A few signs of the town’s long history remain, makes up the downtown. TOWN: including the 1843 Christ Church and two 18th-century houses Rye’s history dates to 1660, Playland has appeared linked to the Pell family. Among Pelham’s cultural attractions is the making it one of Westchester’s in such films as Fatal oldest communities in addition restored 1921 Pelham Picture House (motto: “Life, Art, Popcorn”). Attraction (1987), Big to being New York’s smallest It now shows “the best in independent and classic cinema.” (1988), and Woody city. Oystering was an early occupation, and then the advent Allen’s Sweet and Pound Ridge of steamboat and train service Lowdown (1999). The opened the area as a popular Population: 5,104 • www.townofpoundridge.com Rye-based amusement summer resort, complete with park has also been Settled in the mid-1600s, Pound Ridge has experienced many ups horse racing on the beach. seen on TV in and downs. In 1920, having been bypassed by the railroad, the town Today, waterfront mansions episodes of “Are You was left with only about 500 residents. But then, in the 1930s, a overlook country clubs and New York City inventor, businessman and philanthropist named marinas along the 14 miles Afraid of the Dark?” Hiram Halle bought several old houses and employed European of coast. Open space includes and “The Naked refugees to renovate them. Halle’s efforts attracted city dwellers in the Marshlands Conservatory Brothers Band,” and search of peace and quiet, many of them artists, writers, musicians and the Rye Nature Center, was the site of Mariah and actors like Tallulah Bankhead. which features a bird sanctuary. Carey’s 1995 “Fantasy” Today, about one-third of the residents of this affluent northeast Art exhibits and theatrical and music video. Westchester town are weekenders, and the famous continue to musical performances take place find Pound Ridge an ideal retreat. It’s equally ideal for outdoor at the Rye Arts Center, housed recreation: Pound Ridge Reservation, with its meadows, wetlands, in a colonial building. But Rye’s ravines and woods, occupies about a fifth of the town’s 23 square most famous landmark is the 1928 amusement park Playland, which miles, and 88 acres of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve also fall survived a blow from Hurricane Sandy that destroyed its boardwalk. within its boundaries. The Town Park offers 40 more acres with ball During the 2013 season, visitors were able to enjoy Playland’s art- fields, swimming pools, tennis courts and picnic areas. deco buildings, more than 50 rides and a children’s museum. The hamlet of Scotts Corners serves as the low-key downtown, with antiques stores, restaurants and small shops housed in older buildings – but you’ll encounter traffic lights. Town of Rye VILLAGES OF PORT CHESTER AND RYE BROOK Population: 45,238 • www.townofrye.com Port Chester: Population: 28,967 • www.portchesterny.com Rye Brook: Population: 9,347 • www.ryebrook.org This eclectic “Restaurant Capital of Westchester” has come a long way from its start 300 years ago as a tiny community revolving around a sawmill. In the early days, farmers used the village’s harbor to ship their produce. Then the railroad shifted the emphasis to manufacturing and industry. By 1950, Port Chester was a buzzing factory town, but as those economic forces lost their edge, the two-and-a-half- square-mile village began to decline, and its downtown became Mianus River Gorge Preserve - Pound Ridge dilapidated.

20 | Living in Westchester 2014 around the region to paying spectators. Before long, the menagerie grew to include other exotic beasts, and the American circus was born. (Years later, P.T. Barnum teamed up with a relative of Bailey’s for the best-known circus of all.) When Old Bet died, Bailey built a hotel in her memory and erected a statue of her on the green outside. Today, the Elephant Hotel houses a historical society and Circus Museum. Somers’ fortunes have also been tied to the creation of the Croton and Muscoot reservoirs around the turn of the 20th century. Small colonies of summer residents on the banks of the reservoirs grew to become the most populated hamlets. The town retains its country feel, with miles of open meadows and woodland. Lasdon Park Arboretum is a popular spot year round, offering 234 acres of beautiful scenery, gardens and trails. Town of Somers Muscoot Farm, which dates back to the 1880s, is a functioning restoration with animals, hiking trails, milking demonstrations, hayrides and a chance to stroll through the original 100 year-old A rebirth was sparked by the arrival of newcomers who opened barns. Reis Park has ball fields, tennis courts and a playground. The small businesses, specialty shops and eateries. Today, the Waterfront historic 654-acre Angle Fly Preserve, found right in the middle of at Port Chester complex beside Byram River draws crowds to its town, provides a range of recreational activities. multiplex movie theater and well-known stores. New residential construction includes an upscale apartment complex that’s convenient to all the village’s amenities. Lakes, beaches, golf courses, parks, country clubs and a Youth White Plains Theater provide leisure-time opportunities. Population: 57, 258 • www.cityofwhiteplains.com As the county seat, White Plains is at the epicenter of Westchester’s political, social and economic scene. The suburban city is a popular Scarsdale place to live, boasting thousands of residential units in its downtown Population: 17,471 • www.scarsdale.com hub, along with more than 10 neighborhoods just miles away. A recent building boom brought new residents to luxury apartments One of the wealthiest communities in the state, Scarsdale was located in the heart of the city. The Renaissance Square complex founded in 1701 by an English aristocrat who named it after his in downtown White Plains has welcomed a Ritz-Carlton hotel, estate in Derbyshire. A hint of England remains in the cobblestone and The Residences at Ritz-Carlton offer luxury condominiums streets and Tudor-style storefronts of its charming downtown. complete with valet and concierge services. Scarsdale is almost entirely residential. Spacious homes on The population soars every day from about 57,000 to 250,000 landscaped grounds predominate, although a few upscale co-ops as visitors arrive to work and play. Large corporations such as are a favorite of professionals making the 35-minute commute to Heineken, Disney and Bloomingdale’s call White Plains home. Manhattan. Construction over the past few years has largely been There is also a sizeable library with a 300,000-book collection. confined to renovations and expansions of single-family properties. More than 1,000 retail establishments range from select boutiques Christie Place, a long-awaited luxury condo for seniors, utilizes to large indoor malls. The Westchester, an enormous plaza two Tudor-style buildings and features copper-roofed turrets and a with statues, fountains and palm trees, houses some 150 fine courtyard with fountains and flowers. stores, including Neiman Marcus and Tiffany, as well as popular Aptly described as “A Village in a Park,” Scarsdale’s six-and-a-half new-technology providers such as Apple and Microsoft. The square miles include 167 acres of parkland and nature preserves. Galleria offers a shopping experience that accommodates all Ball fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, an open-air swimming budgets, with two department stores and 130 specialty shops and pool, two golf courses and an equestrian center provide plenty of restaurants. Shoppers can also patronize City Center, a residential- opportunity for recreation. During summer, art exhibits and other entertainment-shopping complex with popular chains and a events on the common give locals a chance to mingle. 15-theater multiplex. White Plains is a place any sports fan can enjoy. With dozens of sports bars in the area including retired New York Giant Bob Somers Hyland’s bar, Sports Page Pub, all sports fans can find a home during Population: 20,434 • www.somersny.com any season. For sporting events, lectures, concerts and trade shows, Nowadays, the three pyramids of IBM’s office complex are just the 3,000-seat Westchester County Center is a willing host. about the most distinguishing feature of Somers. But back in 1804, Well-maintained roads and a robust city transit system render that distinction went (at least metaphorically) to an elephant. Old White Plains an easy city to navigate. Westchester County Airport Bet, as the large mammal was called, was brought to the town by is just a few miles outside of town, serving 1.9 million travelers Hachaliah Bailey, who planned to use her on his farm. But after annually at its convenient location approximately 30 miles north Old Bet drew curious crowds, Bailey was inspired to exhibit her of Manhattan.

www.westchesterny.org | 21 With a revitalized downtown district, low taxes, parks, top- Yonkers isn’t finished with its renaissance yet, but it’s certainly notch entertainment, nightlife and dining, White Plains has all the living up to its motto, “A City of Vision.” benefits of a big city while keeping its small-city appeal. Yorktown Yonkers HAMLETS OF CROMPOND, JEFFERSON VALLEY, Population: 198,449 • www.cityofyonkers.com MOHEGAN LAKE, SHRUB OAK AND YORKTOWN HEIGHTS This riverside city is enjoying the fruits of a multi-million- dollar makeover that has taken place downtown and along its Population: 37,955 • www.yorktownny.org four-and-a-half-mile waterfront. Crowds of gourmands looking While Yorktown certainly bustles with excitement, the country- for a meal with a view have their pick of restaurants on the style living that residents enjoy reflects the town motto, “Progress beautifully renovated Victorian pier. Trevor Park now includes a with Preservation.” Rich in historical heritage and scenic beauty, 400-seat amphitheater and a pedestrian bridge, as part of the city’s woodlands and farmland dotted with silos make up much of the Riverwalk along the Hudson River, and new construction offers town’s idyllic 40 square miles. Teatown Lake Reservation serves riverside living in condominiums as one of the county’s largest nature preserves. At Franklin D. and apartments. Roosevelt State Park, picnic grounds, Mohansic Lake and Crom Covering more than 18 square Pond provide excellent opportunities to fish, boat and socialize. miles, Yonkers is by far the largest Turkey Mountain, a 125-acre preserve owned by the town, offers of Westchester’s cities. It’s also panoramic views of the New York City skyline and Bear Mountain. the most densely populated, The Croton Reservoir and a couple of 18-hole public golf courses accounting for a quarter of the OUR are man-made beauties. Five miles of the North County Trailway county’s residents. Housing TOWN: wind through the town, welcoming bikers and hikers. is an urban mix of high-rises, Baritone Jimi James, Residents and visitors also enjoy the conveniences of suburban luxury towers and townhouses the noted opera living in Yorktown, such as accessible shopping venues. Jefferson of recent vintage, as well as some Valley Mall features about 90 stores and a movie theater. From singer, makes his home lovely Victorian homes and Mohegan Lake to Yorktown Heights, each hamlet of this city in Yonkers, which is more modest houses set close, boasts its own business district with major retailers, specialty city-style. New apartments and also where Steven boutiques and a host of restaurants. lofts carved out of old industrial Tyler, lead singer Reasonably priced, single-family homes have long brought buildings have brought an influx of the rock band working families to the town, while construction in recent of young professionals, adding to Aerosmith, was born. years includes ritzier housing. Yorktown Heights, a particularly the dynamic vibe. Commuters active hamlet, is home to the Yorktown Stage, a 600-seat theater to New York travel by train from presenting musicals, plays and concerts; the Yorktown Museum, the restored Beaux Arts Metro- featuring historical exhibits and a collection of miniatures; and North station, or are ferried to lower Manhattan by the water taxi. Westchester’s only true county fair, held in late summer. Business and residential areas blend, and although some of the 38 Shrub Oaks, a walking community, features a high-achieving distinct neighborhoods are still awaiting their rebirth, Yonkers has school system, Shrub Oak Memorial Park and the treasured J.C. one of the lowest crime rates of any city its size in the nation. Hart Library. Recreational treasures include the Hudson River Museum, which recently opened the Trevor Park-based amphitheater for various cultural programs, and the Andrus Planetarium. Yonkers Raceway has been transformed by the casino center, Empire City, with $50 million of renovations having taken place on the gaming floor and among two new restaurants and a lounge. Though a very populated city, pockets of green and wooded areas do exist, especially in the northern region. The monument park, a nature preserve, two golf courses and more than 100 parks and playgrounds offer people a break from the hustle and bustle of urban life. The Hudson River serves as a beautiful backdrop for attractions year round. Recreational Pier, located at the foot of Main Street in scenic downtown Yonkers, has recently completed renovations and serves as the centerpiece for the city’s downtown revival program. This 100-year-old pier is an exclusive site for community events, festivals, performances and workshops for the whole family. Yonkers Waterfront

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Westchester County’s economy continues employees represent more than 8 percent of expansion of a surgical suite at Northern to strengthen. And no wonder. In his the county workforce. Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, State of the County address in May 2013, Manufacturing still accounts for nearly similar work at Phelps Memorial Hospital in County Executive Robert P. Astorino 10 percent of the county’s employment, Sleepy Hollow, and improvements to faculty explained, “In Westchester, our approach with some 20 percent of service-sector residences at Iona College in New Rochelle. is to show both our smallest entrepreneurs jobs in business-related services, while the Meanwhile, the county’s Industrial Wand largest global corporations that we retail sector employs 16 percent of county Development Agency also recently approved want their business and that we will work workers. The service-sector firms employed two resolutions providing $24 million in tax- hard to help them be successful.” more than 36 percent of county workers, exempt bond financing for the renovation Westchester County is known for its and a third of those jobs were in health- of an affordable-housing complex in White Intellectual Capital® – major corporations related industries. Plains and the expansion of a senior housing are drawn by the highly educated work- The healthcare field has been so facility in the City of Rye. force. They are also attracted to the solid successful, in fact, that in September In late 2012, County Executive Astorino transportation, energy and communication 2013, the county’s Local Development announced the acquisition of more than $23 infrastructure, as well as competitive office Corporation (LDC) approved a resolution million in Regional Economic Development rates, prime business locations and creative allowing White Plains Hospital to access Council grants. This included $1 million for government incentives. $108 million in tax-exempt bond financing the county’s new bio-incubator at New York As for employers, small and medium-size for construction of a six-story patient care Medical College in Valhalla; the incubator is businesses play a huge role in the county’s building, five new operating rooms and designed to offer laboratory and office space economy. Some 90 percent of businesses an expanded outpatient radiology center together with services for entrepreneurs and employ fewer than 20 people, while 1,350 (scheduled for a late 2015 completion). start-up biotechnology companies. businesses employ 50 or more workers. Earlier in the year, several other projects Other projects among 21 receiving grants Nonprofit organizations also play a received LDC support, including capital included the reclamation of commercial vital role, with more than 3,400 of them improvements for the Kendal on Hudson and industrial land along the Echo Bay registered in Westchester. About 40,000 continuing-care facility in Sleepy Hollow, waterfront in New Rochelle and the preservation and redevelopment of the EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS – JULY 2013 (Numbers in thousands) Glenwood Power Plant in Yonkers as a mixed-use social, business and cultural UNEMPLOYMENT destination. AREA EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED RATE Marsha Gordon, President and CEO of JULY 2013 JULY 2012 JULY 2013 JULY 2012 JULY 2013 JULY 2012 The Business Council of Westchester and Westchester a member of the Mid-Hudson Regional 460.1 450.5 30.7 37.4 6.2% 7.7% County Economic Development Council Executive New York City 3,725.8 3,640.1 355.7 399.4 8.7% 9.9% Committee, called the grant awards “a New York State 9042.0 8865.9 743.0 871.0 7.6% 8.9% tremendous endorsement of the quality United States 144,285.0 11,514.0 7.4% 8.2% and economic impact of the projects in Source: www.labor.ny.gov/stats/ & www.bls.gov Westchester that were proposed for funding.”

www.westchesterny.org | 23 Westchester: The County with Something for Everyone HOUSING & REAL ESTATE

MEDIAN SALES PRICE Long known as one of the most sought- If you desire a more urban setting yet Westchester County, Single-Family Homes 2013* after places to live – though also one of the without all the hustle and bustle of a more expensive ones as well – Westchester crowded city, the Town of Rye will have Mount Vernon ______$330,000 has recently seen its housing market tip in just what you are looking for. Bordering New Rochelle ______$560,000 Peekskill ______$240,000

both Long Island Sound and Connecticut, CITIES favor of sellers. But that hasn’t stopped first- Rye ______$1,566,250 time buyers from settling in the region. and not too far from New York City, White Plains ______$566,750 L So where are some good places for either, the Town of Rye is known for its Yonkers ______$410,000 prospective buyers to look for when they tantalizing cuisine, even gaining notoriety Bedford ______$730,000 are considering Westchester? Perhaps as the “Restaurant Capital of Westchester.” Cortlandt ______$356,500 Valhalla, with its bustling business district, Or for those searching for some place Eastchester ______$727,000 and commuter-friendly location. Or balancing the atmospheres of both the Greenburgh ______$600,000 TOWNS Harrison ______$1,125,000 maybe Ossining, one of the region’s urban and suburban, there is lovely Somers, Lewisboro ______$620,000 more affordable towns, with its taverns, which not only features the impressive IBM Mamaroneck ______$1,018,888 Mount Pleasant ______$570,000 restaurants and numerous housing locations office complex, but is also home to the New Castle ______$842,500 in view of the Hudson River. There is historic Elephant Hotel’s Circus Museum, North Castle ______$925,000 also the aptly named Pleasantville, which as well as open meadows and woodlands North Salem ______$470,000 Ossining ______$437,000 Forbes Magazine deemed as having one of that stretch as far as the eye can see. Pound Ridge ______$836,750 “America’s Prettiest Neighborhoods,” as Prices for all types of housing have ticked Somers ______$474,500 Yorktown ______$399,900 well as Peekskill, known for its rich history up, increasing by 4.4 percent from last year and breathtakingly colorful Victorian to a median sales price of $479,000. The Ardsley ______$593,750 houses. Whether you have a penchant for average sales price was $656,380. Briarcliff Manor ______$695,000 the historical or the modern, Westchester Single-family homes in particular Bronxville ______$1,670,000 Buchanan ______$381,700 has a location guaranteed to fill your every experienced heavy sales volume. An Croton-on-Hudson ______$424,500 need. improving economy, interest rates that VILLAGES Dobbs Ferry______$600,000 Elmsford ______$330,000 For those wishing to escape the urban, remained near historic lows and pent-up Hastings-on-Hudson ______$650,000 numerous horse farms, equestrian events demand convinced cautious first-time and Irvington ______$1,029,998 and stunning pastoral landscapes are all move-up buyers to make a move. That Larchmont ______$1,190,000 Mamaroneck ______$722,225 trademarks of North Salem. Much of activity pushed the average sales price for Mount Kisco ______$527,500 the area is preserved by The Open Land a single-family home to $858,376 for the Ossining ______$292,500 Pelham Manor ______$778,750 Foundation, which maintains the area’s second quarter. Pelham ______$658,000 wide-open spaces and timeless feel. There From postcard-perfect farms in the Pleasantville ______$557,500 is also the town of Pound Ridge. Nestled county’s central and upper reaches to Port Chester ______$404,000 Rye Brook ______$740,000 right next to the Connecticut border, this exciting urban condos, Westchester is the Scarsdale ______$1,282,500 quaint and secluded location has been the county that practically invented suburban Sleepy Hollow ______$687,000 Tarrytown ______$532,500 home of many Hollywood celebrities, living, offering quiet neighborhoods full of Tuckahoe ______$574,500 including actors Tim Robbins and the late amenities but with a convenient commute Median Sales Price for Westchester Christopher Reeve and Alfred Hitchcock. to one of the world’s great cities. in this time frame: $610,000 *(3rd Quarter 2012 – 3rd Quarter 2013)

24 | Living in Westchester 2014 Westchester County Real Estate A list by town of The Business Council of Westchester members who are real estate agents, developers and management.

Bronx GMI Realty Consultants Inc. Scarsdale Houlihan-Parnes Silverman Realty Group, Inc. Simone Development Martin Gorki Prudential Centennial Realty Realtors, LLC Bonnie Silverman Joseph Simone 914-414-0733 Mark Nadler Jim Houlihan 914-683-8000 914-576-5000 914-723-5225 914-694-6070 www.silvermanrealty.com www.simdev.com New Rochelle www.prudential www.houlihanparnes.com Hoffmann Investors Corp. centennial.com True View Home Bronxville Paul Hoffmann, Jr. Howard Properties, Ltd. Inspections, LLC City Commercial Real Estate 914-235-6400 Tarrytown Howard Greenberg Justin Albano Daniel Chillemi BioMed Realty Trust LLC 914-997-0300 914-831-2187 914-961-9303 New York Laura Woznitski www.howprop.com www.trueviewhomes.com Cohen Brothers Realty 914-345-5500 Corporation Westchester One H & S Property www.biomedrealty.com Key Real Estate Charles Cohen Michael McMahon Management, Inc. Services, LLC. 212-590-5242 646-810-6422 Warren Lesser Delphi Commercial Allison Jaffe 914-961-9400 www.cohenbrothers Properties, Inc. www.beaconcapital.com realty.com 718-874-2877 Adam Ifshin www.keyrealestateny.com Brooklyn 914-631-3131 Yonkers Faros Properties Cottage International Forest City www.delphicommercial.com McCarthy Associates Residential Group Katherine Lecate Development Group 212-499-0700 John McCarthy Thomas Conneally Abe Naparstek Walison Corp. 914-948-8900 718-923-8598 Sal Rajput 914-798-7090 www.mcoc.com www.cottage www.forestcity.net Pelham 914-236-0808 Macquesten international.com Normandy Real Estate Elmsford Development, LLC Valhalla Rella Fogliano Partners/The Exchange NAI Friedland Mack-Cali Realty Cappelli Enterprises, Inc. 914-667-7227 Barbara Stephenson Tony Lembeck Corporation Joe Apicella 914-488-1105 914-968-8500 Jeffrey Warner 914-769-6500 Port Chester www.normandyrealty.com www.friedlandrealty.com 914-593-7919 www.cappelli-inc.com M. Ravikoff Assoc., Inc. www.mack-cali.com Howie Ravikoff Perlmutter Properties, Inc. Greenwich, CT Struever Fidelco 914-934-2424 David Perlmutter Fareri Associates Robert Martin Company Cappelli LLC 914-686-8900 Julie Fareri Tim Jones Purchase Joseph Apicella 203-422-6700 914-592-4800 914-769-6500 www.perlmutter George Comfort & Sons, Inc. properties.com Dana Pike www.sfcyonkers.com Norwalk, CT Fishkill 914-694-1090 WFL Real Estate Westage Companies White Plains Rakow Commercial Realty www.georgecomfort.com Group Inc. Services, LLC Michael Pride Baker Properties Limited Greg Peck Richard Rakow 845-897-3800 Rye Brook Partnership 203-604-1390 914-422-0100 www.westage.com Cushman & Wakefield Philip King www.wflrealestate.com www.rakowgroup.com Glenn Walsh 914-747-1550 Garrison 914-997-9391 www.thebakercompanies.com Stamford, CT Unicorn Contracting Corp. www.cushmanwakefield.com Rand Commercial Services CBRE, Inc. Diane Ferris David Glanville Associates Paul Adler Budd Wiesenberg 845-424-4400 RPW Group David Glanville 845-770-1205 203-352-8951 www.unicorncontracting.com Robert Weisz 917-757-7296 www.randcommercial.com www.cbre.com 914-285-1700 www.davidglanville.com Mount Kisco www.rpwgroup.com Reckson, A Division of Jones Lang LaSalle Diamond Properties GHP Office Realty SL Green Christopher O’Callaghan John Horl Win Properties, Inc. Jamie Schwartz John Barnes 203-357-7780 914-773-6215 Mark Leeds 914-642-9300 914-750-7200 www.us.am.joneslanglasalle. www.diamondproperties.com 914-468-7300 www.ghpoffice.com www.slgreen.com com/en-US

Total Number of Residential Sales In Westchester County Median Sales Price In Westchester County (First Three Quarters) (Third Quarter) Type of Property 2011 2012 2013 Type of Property 2011 2012 2013 Single-Family Houses 3,032 3,415 4,205 Single-Family Houses $684,005 $630,000 $652,050 Condominiums 629 711 833 Condominiums $337,500 $349,750 $355,500 Cooperatives 856 905 1,147 Cooperatives $166,011 $155,000 $155,000 2-4 Family Houses 257 251 304 2-4 Family Houses $350,000 $313,000 $395,000 Total # Sales 4,774 5,282 6,539 Source: Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®

www.westchesterny.org | 25 Agencies at Work for You

Local Government Information Westchester County Government www.WestchesterGov.com 914-995-2000 (operator assistance) GOVERNMENT

Starting or growing a business can be cost reductions via the business incentive daunting, but a variety of government rate; workforce availability and wage resources are available, ready to help with information; labor surveys, training and everything from identifying potential recruitment; project streamlining; market office space to ensuring that proper and demographic data; and liaison to state licensing is in hand. and local governments. S A full-time, professionally staffed Office Depending on an organization’s of Economic Development is a catalyst growth needs, proceeds of securities for business growth in Westchester, the issued by the county’s Industry only county in New York State with Development Agency (IDA) can help an AAA rating from all three rating to fund the acquisition, construction, Business Resources services. The office works directly with reconstruction, equipping and/or Westchester County Executive’s Office a team of local, county, state and federal furnishing of certain manufacturing, 900 Michaelian Bldg., 148 Martine Ave., entities to provide a variety of programs commercial, R&D and not-for-profit White Plains, NY 10601 for companies interested in staying, projects. The agency can also provide 914-995-2900 expanding or relocating in the county. It tax exemptions for certain pre-approved www.WestchesterGov.com Robert P. Astorino, County Executive also offers comprehensive site and facility expenditures related to construction, Email: [email protected] searches; site location and utility cost furnishings, business equipment and analyses; development financing; energy related capital improvements. More than Westchester County Office of 100 organizations and companies have Economic Development Provides direct business assistance or refers sought and received benefits totaling inquiries to the appropriate resource. Also more than $200 million over the past provides current demographic and statistical quarter-century. data for making business decisions. Both the Office of Economic 148 Martine Ave., White Plains, NY 10601 914-995-2963 Development and IDA are among more http://business.westchestergov.com than two dozen departments and agencies Eileen Mildenberger, Director that the Westchester County Executive Email: [email protected] oversees. In addition, the 17-member Board of Legislators, the policy-making County of Westchester Industrial Development Agency (IDA) branch of government, is responsible %2I[=SVO7XEXITYFPMGFIRI½XGSVTSVEXMSR for approving an annual county budget, TVSZMHMRKFIRI½XWXSFYWMRIWWIWVIPSGEXMRKXS passing local laws, approving appointments or expanding in Westchester, as well as tax- made by the County Executive, and exempt bonding for tax-exempt entities. -(%6Q1MGLEIPMER3J½GI&YMPHMRK levying taxes on the municipalities. Each Martine Ave., White Plains, NY 10601 legislator represents 54,000 Westchester 914-995-2926 residents, and legislative districts are www.thinkingwestchester.com/ida adjusted after every federal census. James Coleman, Executive Director Email: [email protected]

26 | Living in Westchester 2014 The Business Council Registering of Westchester 108 Corporate Park Dr., Ste. 101 a Business White Plains, NY 10604 If you are conducting a business in Westchester County under a name 914-948-2110 other than your own, and are not a www.westchesterny.org corporation, limited partnership or Dr. Marsha Gordon, President/CEO limited liability company, you must Email: [email protected] ½PIE&YWMRIWW'IVXM½GEXI[MXLXLI ;IWXGLIWXIV'SYRX]'PIVO´WSJ½GI Small Business Resources indicating your county address. Community Capital Resources 7 W. Cross St., Ste. D Westchester County Clerk’s Office Hawthorne, NY 10532 110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 914-747-8020 ext. 14 Rm. 330, White Plains, NY 10601 www.ccrhv.org 914-995-3070 A NewNew CareerCareer Holly Perlowitz www.westchesterclerk.com Email: [email protected] Timothy C. Idoni, County Clerk inin Just 7575 Hours!Hours! Email: [email protected] NYS Small Business Development Center (White Plains Outreach Minority- and Get started today at the HGAR School of Real Estate. Office) Business Council of Westchester Woman-Owned We offer licensing classes in Westchester, 108 Corporate Park Dr., Ste. 101 Business Programs West Harrison, NY 10604 Minority Business Development Rockland and Orange counties, as well as online. 914-948-2110 Agency (MBDA) www.nyssbdc.org Part of the U.S. Department of Visit www.HGAR.com or call (914) 681-0833 Howard Stein, Director Commerce dedicated to empowering Email: [email protected] minority business enterprises for the HGAR is one of the largest REALTOR purpose of wealth creation. Technical ® assistance is provided. www.mbda.gov Associations in the U.S., with over Procurement Technical Assistance 9,000 real estate professionals in Center (PTAC) Helps businesses seeking to compete Women’s Enterprise Development the lower Hudson Valley. Center, Inc. for federal, state and local government 1133 Westchester Ave., Ste. 213 contracting. White Plains, NY 10604 Rockland Economic Development 914-948-6098 ext. 12 Corp. (REDC), Two Blue Hill Plaza www.wedc-westchester.org Pearl River, NY 10965 Anne M. Janiak, Executive Director 845-735-7040 Email: [email protected] www.rocklandlovesbusiness.org Liz Kallen, PTAC Program Manager Email: [email protected] Workforce Training & Hiring A truly global network. Professional Development Center at Organizations aiding in acquiring labor Westchester Community College market data and access to skilled 75 Grasslands Rd., Admin. Rm. 207 employees and job training Valhalla, NY 10595 for businesses of all sizes: 914-606-7904 New York State Department of www.sunywcc.edu Labor Mary Beth Jerry, Program Director 120 Bloomingdale Rd. [email protected] or White Plains, NY 10604 914-995-3910 [email protected] www.labor.state.ny.us Ann Rubenzahl, Assistant Dean of 49 countries Continuing Education Mount Vernon Employment Center Email: [email protected] or 914-813-6555 670 offices worldwide [email protected] Peekskill Employment Center 13,000 sales associates SCORE - Service Corps Of 914-737-3490 Retired Executives Yonkers Employment Center 120 Bloomingdale Rd. 914-963-1730 White Plains, NY 10605 914-948-3907 Westchester-Putnam Workforce Investment Board www.scorewestchester.com 120 Bloomingdale Rd. Glenn Shell, Chapter Chair White Plains, NY 10605 Email: [email protected] 914-995-3707 www.westchestergov.com Small Business Administration Donnovan Beckford, Executive 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278 Director 212-264-4354 Email: [email protected] www.sba.gov juliabfee.com Ronald Goldstein, Supervisor, Westchester-Putnam One-Stop Lender Relations Employment Center Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Email: [email protected] www.westchesterputnamonestop.com

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Westchester Community College Information Westchester Community College Valhalla 914-606-6600 EDUCATION www.sunywcc.edu

When it comes to providing an excellent the Intel Foundation awarded Ossining education, Westchester schools clearly ace High School top honors in its Intel the test. Schools of Distinction Awards, giving the Scarsdale and Horace Greeley high school more than $100,000 in grants and schools perennially challenge each other as educational materials, including hardware to which one boasts the county’s highest and software. The awards recognize schools mean SAT score. Last year, Horace Greeley that are successful in science, technology, Wcame out at 1,936 compared to Scarsdale’s engineering and mathematics (STEM). 1,917. Overall, 31 of the county’s 44 high U.S. News and World Report ranked Institutes of schools scored above the national average Yonkers Middle High School as 78th in Higher Education score of 1,498. the nation, 15th best in the state and the Berkeley College But as any parent knows, there’s much 27th best magnet school in the nation. White Plains, 914-694-1122 more to education than just test scores, Residents and government are www.berkeleycollege.edu and county schools, from preschool to committed to aggressively supporting Cochran School of Nursing postgraduate level, achieve across several school funding. Small class sizes, low Yonkers, 914-964-4296 measures. Average class sizes are low, with pupil-to-teacher ratios and high average- www.cochranschoolofnursing.us nearly a third of county high schools per-pupil spending help ensure that College of New Rochelle averaging 20 students or less per class. But students get the attention they need. The New Rochelle, 914-654-5000 the number of teachers with advanced result is enviably high graduation rates; in www.cnr.edu degrees is high. At 13 county high schools fact, in 2013, five high schools reported College of Westchester every teacher holds an advanced degree. 100 percent graduation rates – Blind White Plains, 800-660-7093 Students are engaged in their schools, too; Brook, Bronxville, Byram Hills (Armonk), www.cw.edu nine high schools have 70 percent or more Tuckahoe and Valhalla. Concordia College of students participating in extracurricular After graduation, those choosing college Bronxville, 914-337-9300 activities and 17 see 70 percent or more of don’t have to go far – Westchester is home www.concordia-ny.edu students playing sports. to more than 20 colleges and universities. The county’s public schools are well More than 24,000 students attend Empire State College (SUNY) Hartsdale, 914-948-6206 known for not only providing top- Westchester Community College, www.esc.edu/hudsonvalley quality education, but also for providing which also offers continuing education extracurricular and enrichment programs, courses aimed at answering the needs of Fordham University West Harrison, 914-367-3426 as well as programs for those who have a fast-changing workforce. In addition www.fordham.edu had difficulty succeeding in a traditional to its main campus in Valhalla, it offers classroom. nine extension sites around the county. Iona College New Rochelle, 800-231-IONA Westchester schools garner many awards; Pace University, which has a campus in www.iona.edu for example, The PEARLS Hawthorne Pleasantville, was ranked 173rd in the School in Yonkers was named a National U.S. News & World Report’s list of top Blue Ribbon School in 2012. Also in 2012, universities.

28 | Living in Westchester 2014 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE CHART

Long Island University Westchester Graduate Campus, Purchase 800-GRAD-LIU or 914-831-2700 www.liu.edu/westchester High School Enrollment SAT Total Scores: Four-Year Graduation Rate Teachers % of with MA/PhD % of Current Juniors AP/ Taking College-Level Courses Alexander Hamilton (Elmsford) 409 1358 93 100 68 Manhattanville College Ardsley 698 1767 99 99 52 Purchase, 914-694-2200 www.mville.edu Blind Brook (Rye Brook) 457 1813 100 100 64 Briarcliff N/A 1771 N/A N/A N/A Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, 800-MERCY-NY Bronxville 453 1867 100 100 78 www.mercy.edu Byram Hills (Armonk) 881 1832 100 96 62 Croton-Harmon N/A 1678 N/A N/A N/A Monroe College New Rochelle, 914-632-5400 Dobbs Ferry 442 1667 98 92 98 www.monroecollege.edu Eastchester 933 1611 97 99 50 New York Medical College Edgemont (Scarsdale) 617 1909 99 100 63 Valhalla, 914-594-4000 Fox Lane (Bedford) N/A 1626 N/A N/A N/A www.nymc.edu Harrison 1004 1564 99 97 83 Pace Lubin Graduate Center Hastings 510 1730 99 100 78 White Plains, 800-874-PACE www.pace.edu/lubin Hendrick Hudson (Montrose) 840 1603 92 100 55 Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) 1226 1936 99 97 63 Pace University Irvington N/A 1752 N/A N/A N/A Pleasantville/Briarcliff, 800-874-PACE www.pace.edu John Jay (Katonah-Lewisboro) N/A 1747 N/A N/A N/A Lakeland (Shrub Oak) N/A 1577 N/A N/A N/A Pace University Law School White Plains, 914-422-4210 Mamaroneck 1462 1687 94 99 43 www.law.pace.edu Mount Vernon-Mount Vernon High 1314 1199 68 98 10 Mount Vernon-Thornton 702 N/A 89 98 35 Polytechnic University Westchester Graduate Center, New Rochelle 3440 1469 85 98 33 Hawthorne North Salem N/A 1651 N/A N/A N/A 914-323-2000 www.poly.edu Ossining N/A 1487 N/A N/A N/A Peekskill N/A 1338 N/A N/A N/A Purchase College (SUNY) Purchase, 914-251-6000 Pelham 853 1706 97 99 54 www.purchase.edu Pleasantville 585 1737 99 100 65 Port Chester 1194 1314 80 97 28 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, 914-395-2510 Rye 892 1820 99 91 83 www.sarahlawrence.edu Rye Neck (Mamaroneck) 424 1720 97 100 61 St. Joseph’s Seminary and College Scarsdale 1458 1917 99 97 43 Yonkers, 914-968-6200 Sleepy Hollow (And Tarrytown) 878 1462 95 99 50 www.dunwoodie.edu Somers 1103 1656 99 99 36 St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Tuckahoe 308 1446 100 100 49 Theological Seminary Valhalla 449 1602 100 100 42 Yonkers, 914-961-8313 www.svots.edu Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) N/A 1484 N/A N/A N/A Westlake (Mount Pleasant) 579 1571 99 100 85 Board Of White Plains 1992 1537 90 99 35 Educational Woodlands (Greenburgh) 496 1355 95 99 33 Cooperative Yonkers-Gorton 1156 N/A 65 99 18 Yonkers-Lincoln 1199 1189 69 98 34 Services (Boces) Yonkers-Palisade Preparatory School 325 1185 83 100 25 Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Yonkers-Riverside 974 1208 72 100 24 Yorktown Heights, 914-245-2700 Yonkers-Roosevelt 384 1109 58 98 5 www.pnwboces.org Yonkers-Saunders 1177 1315 86 79 25 Southern Westchester Boces Yonkers-Yonkers High 1173 1457 94 100 95 Rye Brook, 914-937-3820 www.swboces.org Yorktown N/A 1643 N/A N/A N/A School data for 2011-12 school year. Schools in red: 2010 or 2011 U.S. Census Bureau information. N/A = not available.

www.westchesterny.org | 29 Award-Winning Hospitals Provide Critical Care

Useful Numbers Westchester County Medical Society 914-967-9100 | www.wcms.org Dept. of Health 914-813-5000 | www.westchestergov.com/health Dept. of Social Services 914-995-5000 | http://socialservices.westchestergov.com HEALTH & WELLNESS & HEALTH

Westchester County is fortunate to have three years in a row (2010-2012) and The American Dental Association and so many award-winning hospitals located Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award The Joint Commission. throughout the area. Whether they need six years in a row (2006-2011). White Founded in 1903, Greenwich cancer therapies or joint replacement Plains Hospital, which announced Hospital serves the communities of surgeries, county residents can find an this year that it is expanding its cancer Fairfield County, Conn., and Westchester acclaimed hospital in a nearby location. program by renovating its Dickstein County, N.Y. The hospital prides itself W U.S. News & World Report named Cancer Treatment Center and constructing on being a major academic affiliate of Northern Westchester Hospital to an adjoining six-story building, is also Yale University School of Medicine and its 2013 list of “Most Connected Hospitals” a nine-time winner of the Consumer member of the Yale New Haven Health for its pioneering use of electronic media Choice Award and is winner of The System. It is also a five-year winner of records, and among “Best Regional American Stroke Association’s Annual the distinguished Press Ganey Associates’ Hospitals” in five specialties: urology, Achievement Award, among many other Summit Award for maintaining patient gynecology, geriatrics, orthopedics and awards and accreditations. It’s affiliated satisfaction ratings in the 95th percentile or neurology. with Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, higher for three years consecutively. The U.S. News list included Yonkers’ St. which recently underwent a major The acclaimed NewYork- John’s Riverside Hospital – expansion. Presbyterian Hospital has a affiliated withThe Community Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Westchester division in White Plains that Hospital at Dobbs Ferry as well as a 128-bed voluntary, not-for profit hospital recently opened a Center for Autism and Saint Joseph’s Park Care Pavilion located in Cortlandt Manor, received the the Developing Brain. The center provides – for performing high in the fields of American Heart Association/American comprehensive services for children and nephrology and orthopedics. The hospital Stroke Association’s Get With The adults with autism spectrum disorders. was also recognized once again by the Guidelines©-Stroke Gold Plus Quality In late 2013, New York City-based American Heart Association with the “Get Achievement Award. Montefiore Medical Center took possession With the Guidelines – Stroke” In 2012, The New York State of the Sound Shore Health System, Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Department of Health awarded Phelps including the 252-bed Sound Shore Yonkers is also home to St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital Center the Medical Center in New Rochelle and Medical Center, a 194-bed teaching Certificate of Excellence for 100 percent 196-bed Mount Vernon Hospital. The hospital with a family practice residency compliance with public health law new owners vowed that the two financially program. St. Joseph’s operates St. Vin- requirements for prevention of prenatal troubled facilities would be returned to a cent’s Hospital in Harrison, a 138-bed transmission of hepatitis B. It has also position of providing the community with psychiatric hospital. received the Gold Plus Award from the easy access to exceptional care. Those living in or near the Valhalla area American Stroke Association and is And for those wishing to enter the can take advantage of Westchester accredited by The College of American medical field, three nursing schools – Medical Center, recipient of numerous Pathologists, The American College of Lienhard, Cochran and Hopfer – awards including both HealthGrade’s Radiology, The New York State Office of ensure that new nurses are well prepared Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award for Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, for today’s fast-paced medical world.

30 | Living in Westchester 2014 LOCAL HOSPITALS

GENERAL White Plains White Plains Hospital Center PUBLICATIONS HOSPITALS 914-681-0600 Bronxville www.wphospital.org A MARTINELLI HOLDINGS LLC Lawrence Hospital 914-787-1000 Yonkers www.lawrencehealth.org St. John’s Riverside Hospital TOP DOCTORS 2013

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The following is a sampling of cultural destinations in Westchester County and is not intended to be a comprehensive list.

Horace Greeley House Lighthouse at Sleepy The Rising 100 King St., Chappaqua Hollow Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla Historic Sites 914-238-4666 | www.newcastlehs.org 299 Palmer Ave., Sleepy Hollow www.parks.westchestergov.com/ & Memorials Victorian house, now home of the 914-366-5109 kensico-dam-plaza/the-rising New Castle Historical Society, was 1883 light overlooks shoals on Hud- Memorial comprised of 109 stainless country retreat for progressive editor son River’s east bank. Open by appt. steel rods, one for each Westchester of the New York Tribune. resident who died in terrorist attacks Bedford Historical Society Lyndhurst of September 11, 2001. Museum Jacob Purdy House 635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown Sherwood House 612 Old Post Rd., Bedford 60 Park Ave., White Plains 914-631-4481 | www.lyndhurst.org 340 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers 914-234-9751 914-328-1776 1838 Gothic Revival mansion de- www.bedfordhistoricalsociety.org 914-961-8940 www.whiteplainshistory.org signed by Andrew Jackson Davis. Was www.yonkershistory.org 18th- and 19th-century buildings: Circa-1720 farmhouse, the oldest once home to railroad magnate Jay Courthouse Museum, one-room Yonkers’ first physician had his home structure in White Plains, served as Gould. Specimen trees, river views and practice in this mid-18th-century Schoolhouse Museum, post office and Washington’s base during Battle of a rose garden. Hosts special events. tenant farmhouse. Costumed guides. general store. Near former Methodist White Plains. Open by appt. church and Old Burying Grounds. Old Dutch Church and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Jay Heritage Center Burying Ground 540 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow Bush Homestead 210 Boston Post Rd., Rye 430 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 914-631-0081 479 King St., Port Chester 914-698-9275 914-631-1123 www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org http://www.portchesterny.com/ www.jaycenter.org/Home.html www.odcfriends.org Buried here are Washington Irving, Pages/PortchesterNY_Webdocs/ Situated on site of farm where Found- Simple 17th-century church with William Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie bushhomestead ing Father John Jay grew up. Greek wooden pulpit and sounding-board and 70 Revolutionary War soldiers. 1740s stone farmhouse was General Revival house, built in 1838, and Clas- canopy. Tours of Burying Ground will Putnam’s headquarters during sical Revival carriage house from 1907 fascinate fans of Washington Irving. Smith’s Tavern Revolutionary War. Open by appt. are open for guided tours. 440 Bedford Rd., Armonk Philipsburg Manor 914-273-4510 Cudner-Hyatt House 1797 tavern, militia headquarters John Jay Homestead 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow during Revolutionary War and part of 937 Post Rd., Scarsdale 400 Rt. 22, Katonah 914-631-3992 914-723-1744 North Castle Historical Society’s Ed- 914-232-5651 www.hudsonvalley.org/node/424 ucational Complex. Stagecoach stop, 1734 clapboard-sided house was www.johnjayhomestead.org 1720 stone manor amid milling, farm- home to the Cudners for 100 years Quaker meeting house, one-room 60-room, Federal-style mansion, once ing and trading complex that was part schoolhouse, blacksmith shop. and Hyatts until 1972. 19th-century home to New York’s second governor, of Frederick Philipse estate. Tenant furnishings and tools typical for farm- formal gardens and farm museum. farmhouse, heritage breeds of farm Square House Museum ing families. 1828 Quaker Meeting animals, gristmill and Slaves’ Garden. 1 Purchase St., Rye House on property features changing Kykuit, The Rockefeller 914-967-7588 | www.ryehistory.org historical and art exhibits. Estate Philipse Manor Hall Rye Historical Society headquarters, 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow 29 Warburton Ave. at Dock Street built in 1730. Inn once housed Gener- Ever Rest 914-631-8200 Yonkers als Washington and Lafayette. 49 Washington Ave. www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/ 914-965-4027 Hastings-on-Hudson kykuit www.philipsemanorhall.blogspot.com St. Paul’s Church 914-478-7990 Several generations of Rockefellers Georgian mansion was home to 897 S. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon www.newingtoncropsey.com summered at this Classical Revival wealthy landowner Frederick Philipse 914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa/index.htm First built in the 1830s the Ever Rest mansion filled with antiques and fine III. Colonial artifacts and American Georgian vernacular church, with old home is best known for being the art. Scenic gardens include terraces, portraiture. Hosts special events. burial ground, served as Revolutionary home of well-known architect and fountains and sculptures. Tours depart landscape painter Jasper Cropsey. War hospital. National Historic Site. from nearby Philipsburg Manor. Exhibits, tours, reenactments.

36 | Living in Westchester 2014 Stepping Stones Bendheim Performing Pelham Picture House White Plains Performing 62 Oak Rd., Katonah Arts Center 175 Wolfs Ln., Pelham Arts Center 914-232-4822 999 Wilmot Rd., Scarsdale 914-738-7337 11 City Place, White Plains www.steppingstones.org 914-472-3300 ext. 403 www.thepicturehouse.org 914-328-1600 Museum is former home of Alcoholics http://jccmw.org/bendheim/ Independent, international, documen- www.wppac.com Anonymous founder Bill Wilson and theatrerental.htm tary and classic cinema in restored 417-seat theater for plays, musical wife Lois (who founded Al-Anon). Call Small theater for plays, music, film, lec- 1921 theatre. performances, dance and more. to schedule visit. tures, children’s programs and special events, including readings of new plays. The Performing Arts Woodward Hall Theatre at Sunnyside Center Purchase College Pace University 3 West Sunnyside Ln., Irvington The Capitol Theatre 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase 235 Elm Rd., Briarcliff Manor 914-631-8200, weekdays; 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 914-251-6200 914-271-2811 914-591-8763, weekends 914-934-9362 www.artscenter.org www.hudsonstage.com www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/ www.thecapitoltheatre.com Largest regional performing arts Professional theatrical company per- washington-irvings-sunnyside National Historic Landmark hosts center between New York City and forms plays and staged readings. Washington Irving’s cottage with private concerts, live presentations, Canada. Four theaters for dance, jazz, Spanish tower, gables and river view. fundraisers and other events. theater and classical music. Yorktown Stage Scenic trails and re-creation of Irving’s 1974 Commerce St. kitchen garden. Costumed guides. Caramoor Center for Music Rye Arts Center Yorktown Heights and the Arts 51 Milton Rd., Rye 914-962-0606 Thomas Paine Cottage 149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah 914-967-0700 www.yorktownstage.org 20 Sicard Ave., New Rochelle 914-232-5035 www.ryeartscenter.org 550-seat theater presents professional 914-633-1776 www.caramoor.org Gallery exhibits, theatrical and musical musicals and plays, classical concerts, www.thomaspainecottage.org Lavish, Mediterranean-style mansion performances and classes. opera, dance and children’s events. Artifacts from Thomas Paine’s time. with treasures of one-time owners Exhibits depict New Rochelle history. Lucie and Walter Rosen. Theme gar- Schoolhouse Theater One-room schoolhouse from 1836. dens. Hosts events such as summer 3 Owens Rd., Croton Falls International Music Festival. 914-277-8477 Nightlife Union Church of Pocantico www.schoolhousetheater.org Hills Emelin Theatre Professional theater in transformed 555 Bedford Rd., Pocantico Hills 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck schoolhouse. Special events such as 914-631-8200 914-698-0098 comedy nights and readings. Many Westchester restaurants and www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/ www.emelin.org clubs feature dancing and live music. union-church-pocantico-hills 280-seat theater for top music per- Tarrytown Music Hall Learn more at the Westchester Tiny church with 10 stained glass formers representing folk, jazz, blues, 13 Main St., Tarrytown County Tourism & Film website, windows by artists Henri Matisse and bluegrass, classical and cabaret. Dance, 914-631-3390 www.visitwestchesterny.com. Marc Chagall, gifts of Rockefeller family. theater and children’s entertainment. www.tarrytownmusichall.org 1885 National Landmark building Van Cortlandt Manor Irvington Town Hall hosts folk, blues, jazz and classical mu- 525 South Riverside Ave. Theater sic from big-name artists; plays, operas, Museums & Croton-on-Hudson 85 Main St., Irvington, comedy, dance and film. 914 621 8200 914-591-6602 Galleries www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/ www.irvingtontheater.com Westchester Broadway van-cortlandt-manor Classical Revival-style theater with Dinner Theater 18th-century manor with Georgian superb acoustics for plays, musicals, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford Arctic Artistry and Federal furnishings. American concerts and children’s programs. 914-592-2222 50 Neustadt Ln., Chappaqua decorative arts. Former home of www.broadwaytheatre.com 914-238-4123 state’s first lieutenant governor. Colo- The Jacob Burns Broadway-caliber theatrical and musi- www.arcticartistry.com nial-style gardens. Costumed guides. Film Center cal productions with dinner. Art, jewelry, masks and totems by 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville Inuit, Southwest- and North- 914-747-5555 Westchester Community west-Coastal native artists. www.burnsfilmcenter.org College Cultural & Circa-1925, Spanish Mission-style 75 Grasslands Rd., Valhalla Art Barn building was one of Westchester’s 914-606-6600 325 N. Highland Ave., Ossining Performing Arts first movie theaters. Now shows inde- www.sunywcc.edu 914-762-4997 | www.theartbarn.net pendent, classic, foreign and documen- Music, dance, theatrical events, lectures Hudson River art and modern works. tary films on three screens. Festivals, and film. Affordable events on college’s Arc Stages lectures and educational programs. SmartArts calendar. Canﬁn Gallery 147 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville 39 Main St., Tarrytown 914-747-6206 Musical Conservatory The Westchester County 914-332-4554 www.arcstages.org of Westchester Center www.canfingallery.com Theatre arts center resulted from 216 Central Ave., White Plains 198 Central Ave., White Plains Colorful, contemporary works. collaboration between Chappaqua 914-761-3900 914-995-4050 Drama Group and educational theatre www.musicconservatory.org www.countycenter.biz Castle Gallery company Little Village Playhouse. Community school offers group and Historic, multi-use venue that hosts College of New Rochelle individual lessons. concerts, trade shows and more. 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle Axial Theatre http://castlegallery.cnr.edu St. Johns Episcopal Church Pelham Art Center Westchester Philharmonic 914-654-5423 Community House, 8 Sunnyside Rd., 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham Performing Arts Center of Fine and decorative arts in Victorian Pleasantville 914-738-2525 Purchase College castle. 914-962-8828 www.pelhamartcenter.org 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase www.axialtheatre.org Art classes for adults and children. 914-682-3707 New plays by professional and emerg- Gallery with changing exhibits. www.westchesterphil.org ing actors, directors and playwrights. The only fully professional symphony orchestra in Westchester.

www.westchesterny.org | 37 Donald M. Kendall Hudson Valley Center for Ossining Historical Somers Museum of the Sculpture Garden Contemporary Art Society Museum Early American Circus PepsiCo World Headquarters, 1701 Main St., Peekskill 196 Croton Ave., Ossining Rts. 100 and 102, Somers 700 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase 914-788-0100 | www.hvcca.org 914-941-0001 914-277-4977 914-253-2001 Contemporary works from known www.ossininghistorical.org www.somershistoricalsoc.org/ Temporarily closed for renovation. artists and emerging talent. Maps, photographs, antiques and arti- museum.html Contemporary sculpture amid foun- facts in circa-1872 Austin House. Circus exhibits housed in Elephant tains, lakes and gardens. Katonah Museum of Art Hotel, former stage-stop built in 19th 134 Jay St., Rt. 22, Katonah Ossining Urban Cultural century by Hachaliah Bailey, who Flat Iron Gallery 914-232-9555 Park Museum inspired idea of traveling menageries. 105 S. Division, Peekskill www.katonahmuseum.org 95 Broadway, Ossining 914-734-1894 Visual arts exhibits represent many 914-941-3189 Trailside Nature Museum www.flatiron.qpg.com cultures and periods. Sculpture garden, Exhibits include “Up the River: Sing Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Four-room gallery features works concerts and children’s workshops. Sing Prison” and “Down the River: The Rts. 35 and 121, Cross River ranging from paintings to jewelry. Old Aqueduct.” Open year-round. 914-864-7322 Neuberger Museum of Art http://parks.westchestergov.com/ Hammond Museum & Purchase College, Peekskill Museum trailside-nature-museum Japanese Stroll Garden 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase 124 Union Ave., Peekskill Exhibits on natural history and 28 Deveau Rd., North Salem 914-251-6100 | www.neuberger.org 914-736-0473 American Indians. 914-669-5033 Changing exhibits of contemporary www.peekskillmuseum.org www.hammondmuseum.org and African art. Permanent collection Located in Herrick House, designed Westchester Children’s Art and nature museum; stroll garden includes works by such artists as by architect William R. Mead. Exhibits Museum in traditional Japanese style. Café. Georgia O’Keefe and Milton Avery. highlight Peekskill’s history. Rye | 914-421-5050 www.discoverwcm.org Hudson River Museum Newington-Cropsey Pound Ridge Museum Opening in 2015. Water play, pretend 511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers Foundation 255 Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge areas, climbing walls and more. 914-963-4550, 25 Cropsey Lane 914-764-4333 www.hrm.org Hastings-on-Hudson www.prhsmuseum.org Westchester Veterans Restored Gothic Victorian house, 914-478-7990 1853 “Lecture Room” houses exhibits Memorial and Museum Andrus Planetarium and Glenview www.newingtoncropsey.com on the town and its environs. Lasdon Park, Rt. 35, Somers Mansion. Exhibits on American art, Gallery houses large collection of 914-682-4949 history and science. Interactive Hud- Hudson River artist Jasper Cropsey’s http://parks.westchestergov.com/ son Riverama with aquariums. works. Exhibits of contemporary veterans-memorial painters. Tour Cropsey’s former home, Military photos, paintings and artifacts Everest, nearby. By appt. from Revolutionary War to present.

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38 | Living in Westchester 2014 Yorktown Museum Blue Mountain Greenburgh Nature Mianus River Gorge 1974 Commerce St. Reservation Center 167 Mianus River Rd., Bedford Yorktown Heights | 914-962-2970 Welcher Ave., Peekskill 99 Dromore Rd., Scarsdale 914-234-3455 www.yorktownmuseum.org 914-862-5275 914-723-3470 www.mianus.org Exhibits include rooms furnished in http://parks.westchestergov.com/ www.greenburghnaturecenter.org Old-growth eastern hemlock stands, 18th-century style, trains, dollhouse blue-mountain-reservation 33 acres with trails, gardens, green- a waterfall, fern gullies and remains of miniatures and exploration of 1,500 acres with 15 miles of trails for house and raptor aviary. Live animal 18th-century quarry on 750 acres. Mohegan Indians. Genealogy research. hiking, horseback riding or biking. Lake and natural history exhibits. fishing. Picnic areas. Archery, shooting. Pruyn Sanctuary and Lasdon Park, Arboretum Butterﬂy Garden Cranberry Lake Preserve & Veterans Memorial 275 Millwood Rd., Chappaqua Parks & 1609 Old Orchard St. Rt. 35, Somers | 914-864-7268 914-666-6503 N. White Plains | 914-428-1005 http://parks.westchestergov.com/ www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/ Preserves http://parks.westchestergov.com/ lasdon-park-arboretum-veterans- Pruyn.html cranberry-lake memorial 92-acre preserve’s garden attracts Five-acre lake, cliffs, old quarry, miles of Four-acre Chinese Garden with small butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. Westchester County Parks trails and boardwalks on 135 acres. lake, American Chestnut grove and Maps and comprehensive information Historic Tree Trail. Memorials honor Rockefeller State Park about trails, recreational activities, golf, Croton Point Nature Westchester veterans. Preserve nature centers, beaches and more: Center 125 Phelps Way, Pleasantville http://parks.westchestergov.com Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Lenoir Preserve 914-631-1470 | www.friendsrock.org Ave., Croton-on-Hudson Dudley St., Yonkers | 914-968-5851 Bird-watching, hiking and cross-coun- Arthur W. Butler 914-862-5297 http://parks.westchestergov.com/ try skiing on more than 1,000 acres; Memorial Sanctuary http://parks.westchestergov.com/ lenoir-preserve 20 miles of carriage roads; large lake. 265 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Mount Kisco croton-point-nature-center Butterfly and dragonfly gardens, trails 914-244-3271 | www.nature.org Exhibits on plants, animals and on 40 acres overlooking the Hudson Rye Nature Center 363-acre preserve, observation point American Indian history. and the Palisades. Nature center. 873 Boston Post Rd., Rye for migrating raptors. Miles of trails. 914-967-5150 Edith G. Read Wildlife Marshlands Conservancy www.ryenaturecenter.org Sanctuary Rt. 1, Rye | 914-835-4466 47 acres of ponds, streams and hiking Playland Park, Rye | 914-967-8720 http://parks.westchestergov.com/ trails. Environmental programs. http://parks.westchestergov.com/ marshlands-conservancy read-wildlife-sanctuary Rare birds inhabit 160 acres of ponds, 179 acres of meadows and woods on streams, marshes and fields. Small Long Island Sound. museum.

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