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Beekman Chase Community Guide A GUIDE TO THE SERVICES AVAILABLE NEAR YOUR NEW HOME BEEKMAN CHASE COMMUNITY GUIDE 1 Copyright 2010 Toll Brothers, Inc. All rights reserved. These resources are provided for informational purposes only, and represent just a sample of the services available for each community. Toll Brothers in no way endorses or recommends any of the resources presented herein. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS COMMUNITY PROFILE …………………………………………….…… 2 SCHOOLS ………………………………………………………….……… 3 DAY CARE/PRE-SCHOOL ………………………………………….…… 3 COLLEGES …………………………………………………………….…. 4 LIBRARY ……………………………………………………………….… 4 MEDICAL FACILITIES ………………………………………………….. 4 PUBLIC UTILITIES/ GENERAL INFORMATION ………………….... 5 WORSHIP …………………………………………………………………. 5 SHOPPING ………………………………………………………………... 6 TRANSPORTATION ……………………………………………………... 8 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES – LOCAL ………………………………. 9 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES – REGIONAL …………………………. 10 RESTAURANTS ………………………………………………………….. 11 SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICE …………………………………………… 12 ASSISTED LIVING ………………………………………………………. 12 SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION …………………………………... 12 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES …………………………………………….. 12 POST OFFICE …………………………………………………………….. 12 EMERGENCY NUMBERS ……………………………………………….. 13 3 1 COMMUNITY PROFILE DUTCHESS COUNTY WAS FORMED IN 1683 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COUNTIES OF NEW YORK, IN A BOLD MOVE BY ENGLISH COLONIAL GOVERNOR THOMAS DONGON, TO CUT OFF NEW ENGLAND EXPANSION AND CONFIRM CONTROL OF THE NORTHEAST BY THE STUART MONARCHY. OUR NAME HONORS MARIA BEATRICE D’ ESTE, THE DUTCHESS (OLD SPELLING) OF YORK. HER HUSBAND JAMES, THE DUKE, AS PROPRIETOR AND FUTURE KING, NAMED EVERYTHING HE CONTROLLED FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HOPEWELL JUCTION IS A HAMLET IN DUTCHES COUNTY, NEW YORK. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF EAST FISHKILL. THE EAST FISHKILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING THE CUTURAL HERITAGE OF THE HUDSON VALLEY, PARTICULARY EAST FISHKILL, THROUGH THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ITS DUTCH COLONIAL FARMHOUSE AND ITS COLLECTION OF LOCAL MATERIAL CULTURE. THROUGH EDUCATION, THE SOCIETY HOPES TO DEVELOP AND FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING OF EAST FISHKILL’S HISTORY, WHILE ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNTIY TO APPRECIATE AND CARE FOR EAST FISHILL’S PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE. HOPEWELL JUNCTION WAS RANKED # 31 ON MONEY MAGAZINE’S MOST DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE FOR 2005. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A RAILROAD JUNCTION WHERE THE NEWBURGH, DUTCHESS AND CONNETICUT RAILROAD MET THE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD AND DUTCHESS COUNTY RAILROAD. ALL THREE BECAME PART OF THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORT RAILROAD SYSTEM, AND THE NEWBURGH, DUTCHESS AND CONNECTICUT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THE NEW YORK AND THE NEW ENGLAND ARE NOW OWNED BY THE HOUSATONIC RAILROAD AND USED BY METRO-NORTH FOR EQUIPMENT MOVES BETWEEN ITS HUDSON LINE AND HARLEM LINE. REDISCOVERY OF OUR RICH AND EXCITING PAST HAS BECOME A PUBLIC PURSUIT AND WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE JOURNEY. Information about Hopewell Junction provided by: www.Wikipedia.org and www.eastfishkillhistoricalsociety.org 2 SCHOOLS PRIVATE PAROCHIAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS* ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY (TBD) (Grades K-12) (Grades K-8) Beekman Randolph School St. Columba School 201 Lime Ridge Road 2467 Route 9D 849 Route 82 Poughquag NY 12570 Wappingers, NY 12590 Hopewell Jct., NY 12533 (845) 227-1834 (845) 297-5600 (845) 227-7777 Vail Farm Elementary 1659 East Noxon Road Lagrangeville, NY 12540 (845) 223-8030 MIDDLE MIDDLE (Grades 6-12) Union Vale Oakwood Friends School 1657 E Noxon Road 22 Spackenkill Road Lagrangeville, NY 12540 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 (845) 223-8600 (845) 462-4200 HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL: HIGH SCHOOL Poughkeepsie Day School (Grades 9-12) Arlington High School (Grades K-12) Our Lady Of Lourdes 1157 Route 55 20 Boardman Road 131 Boardman Road Lagrangeville, NY 12540 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 486-4860 (845) 462-7600 (845) 463-0400 *Schools subject to reassignment by governing authorities. DAY CARE AND PRE-SCHOOL Young Hearts Day Care Cinnamon Tree Day Care 535 Old Hopewell Road 2493 Route 52 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 (845) 221-3434 (845) 223-3741 Tots N Us Little Angels Day Nursery 2287 Route 52 224 All Angels Hill Road Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 (845) 227-9225 (845) 297-4228 Little Star Daycare Creative Kids Childcare Center 135 Martin Rd 2380 Rte. 55 Lagrangeville, NY 12540 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 (845) 227-8557 (845) 724-4006 3 COLLEGES COMMUNITY COLLEGE STATE PRIVATE Dutchess Community College State University of New York Marist College 53 Pendell Road at New Paltz 3399 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 75 South Manheim Blvd. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 431-8000 New Paltz, NY 12569 (845) 575- 3000 (845) 257-2900 Culinary Institute PRIVATE PRIVATE 1946 Campus Drive Mount St. Mary College Vassar College Hyde Park NY 12538 330 Powell Ave 124 Raymond Ave 845-452-9600 Newburgh NY 12550 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 561-0800 (845) 437-7300 or (800) 827-7270 LIBRARY East Fishkill Community Library Beekman Library 348 Rt. 376 11 Town Center Blvd Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Hopewell Junction NY 12533 (845) 221-9943 (845) 724-3414 MEDICAL FACILITIES HOSPITALS Vassar Brothers Hospital 45 Reade Place Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 454- 8500 St. Francis Hospital 243 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 483- 5000 MEDICAL CENTERS Health Quest Immediate Care Center (HealthQuicc) 1530 Route 9 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 297-2511 4 WORSHIP CATHOLIC Hindu JEWISH St. Columba Church Hindu Samaj Congregation Schomre Israel 835 Route 82 3 Brown Road Orthodox Synagogue Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 18 Parker Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 454-2890 St. Dennis Church METHODIST 602 Beekman Road Wappingers Falls United Temple Beth-El Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Methodist 118 Grand Ave. (845) 227-8382 9 South Meiser Ave Poughkeepsie, NY Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 454-0570 845-297-3208 Vassar Temple Reform United Methodist Synagogue 21 Church St 140 Hooker Avenue Hopewell Jct. NY 12533 Poughkeepsie NY 845-724-3912 (845) 454-2570 PRESBYTERIAN BAPTIST First Presbyterian Church Bethel Missionary Baptist 2658 South Avenue Church Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 2611 South Avenue Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 297-6188 PUBLIC UTILITIES/GENERAL INFORMATION CABLE TELEVISION SEWER Comcast Septic (800) 266-2278 Frontier Communications WATER (866) 272-8262 Well ELECTRIC/GAS NYSEG Terravest Corporate Park Brewster NY 10509 (800) 572-1111 TELEPHONE Comcast (800) 266-2278 Frontier Communications (866) 272-8262 TRASH/RECYCLING Private / Royal Carting (845) 896-6000 5 SHOPPING NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTERS CONVENIENCE STORES Town Plaza Shopping Stewarts Shops 2540 State Rte. 55 860 Route 376 Poughquag NY Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 227-2778 Bank Drugstore TIG Federal Credit Beekman Pharmacy Union GROCERY STORES A&P Supermarket Restaurants Other 829 Route 82 Great Wall Chinese Friendly Dry Cleaners Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Brothers Trattoria Beekman Animal (845) 227-0581 Hospital Hannaford Supermarket Unity Plaza 1490 Route 9 565 State Route 82 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 (845) 297-8254 Stop-n-Shop Bank Drugstore 1357 US Highway 9 Chase Bank A&P Pharmacy Wappingers Falls NY 12590 Mahopac National Bank (845) 298-7200 Grocery Other 1328 Beekman Rd A&P Supermarket Verizon Wireless Hopewell Junction NY 12533 ShopRite Hopewell Plaza 738 Route 9 Rt. 82 & Rt. 376 Fishkill, NY 12524 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 (845) 897-2211 Bank Drugstore Hudson Valley Federal CVS Credit Union Bakery Other The Pastry Garden GNC Tiramisu Bakery Dollar Store European Salon Carvel Laundromat Barton Orchards 63 Apple Tree Lane Poughquag NY 12570 (845)227-2306 6 SHOPPING SHOPPING MALLS Poughkeepsie Galleria Danbury Fair Mall 2001 South Road 7 Backus Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY Danbury, CT (845) 297-7600 (203) 743-3247 Featuring Stores: Best Buy, Target, Macy’s, Gap, Featuring Stores: Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, JC Penn Old Navy, H&M, JC Penny, Sears, Abercrombie & Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, White House/Black Fitch Market, Sephora, Coach & Pottery Barn South Hills Mall 838 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 297-4001 Featuring Stores: K-Mart, Christmas Tree Shop, Shoprite, Bob’s Furniture, Burlington Coat Factory 7 TRANSPORTATION AIRPORTS Stewart International Airport Westchester County Airport 1180 First Street 240 Airport Road Newburgh, NY 12533 White Plains NY 10604 (845) 463-6005 (914) 995-4850 36 minutes from community 48 minutes from community JFK International Airport LaGuardia International Airport Jamaica, NY Flushing, NY (718) 244-4444 (718) 533-3400 1 hour 37 minutes 1 hour 27 minutes RAILROADS Metro North Railroad Metro North Railroad Beacon Station Pawling Station Distance from Community 27 minutes Commute to Manhattan (Grand Central) 70–minutes Departs every 30 minutes at peak times (800) 638-7646 Metro North Railroad Amtrak Railroad New Hamburg Station 41 Main Street Distance from Community 26 minutes Poughkeepsie, NY Commute to Manhattan (Grand Central) 75- minutes Distance from Community 28 minutes Departs every 30 minutes at peak times Commute time to NYC – 2 hrs 17 minutes (800) 638-7646 (800) USA-RAIL DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES Wappingers Falls Motor Vehicles 29 Marshall Road, Suite 3B Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 298-4620 MAJOR HIGHWAYS I-84- (10 minutes) Taconic State Parkway ( 8 minutes) NYS Thruway 8 RECREATION- Local DAY CAMP All Sport Fishkill Health and The Links at Unionvale Camp Hilcroft Fitness Club 153 North Parliman Road 1562 Route 55 17 Old Main Street LaGrangeville,
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