GREENWICH TOWN GUIDE GREENWICH BROKERAGE One Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830 203.869.4343 sothebyshomes.com/greenwich Office Profile Greenwich, Connecticut has the distinction of being in the right place at the right time. The first town across the line from New York, Green- wich combines historically low taxes with ready accessibility to Manhattan, not to mention natural attributes such as 32 miles of beaches and shore- line on picturesque Long Island Sound. For this reason, the town has long attracted the leaders of the corporate, financial, entertainment, and sport- ing worlds. These residents have fashioned a gem of a town, boasting grand old clubs, beautiful parks, revered private and public schools, state-of-the-art hospital and well endowed library. Sotheby’s International Realty has a strong pres- ence in Greenwich located at One Pickwick Plaza. Our team of veteran real estate professionals spe- cializes in Greenwich and the surrounding areas, including Byram, Riverside, Old Greenwich, and Cos Cob. All are committed to providing consummate service, whatever your real estate needs. We will continue to preserve our small town person- ality while emphasizing individualized quality and service for all our clients. With the foremost interna- tionally recognized name, Sotheby’s International Realty’s powerful and effective e-marketing pro- grams offer local, national, and global exposure. Greenwich Town Hall AREA CT TRANSIT, 860.522.8101 50.6 square miles Local bus transportation makes stops at all major intersections in town including POPULATION Greenwich Hospital and the Greenwich 61,023 in 2013 Train Station. ZONING Single family, multi family, condominiums, In addition, limousine services to airports, cooperatives, island zoning, private limousines, chauffeuring services commercial and light industrial. and Greenwich taxi services are available. HISTORY AIRPORTS: Greenwich began as a temporary trading First Selectman: Peter Tesei LaGuardia Airport: 38 minutes post founded by Captain Adrian Block in [email protected] JFK International Airport: 48 minutes 1614. The land was eventually purchased 203.622.7710 Newark Liberty International Airport: 65 from the Native Americans and became a Selectman: David N. Theis, 203.622.7714 minutes settlement in 1640. Greenwich remained Selectman: Drew Marzullo, 203.622.7706 Westchester County Airport: 17 minutes a small community until the 1920s when it doubled in size and land values soared as TOWN SERVICES Police Department: Full Service TOWN OF GREENWICH WEB SITE people realized the potential of this charm- www.greenwichct.org ing town. The next significant rise in popula- Fire Department: Full Time and Voluntary tion occurred between 1940 and 1960 as Service more residents began to commute into New Ambulance: Excellent service with all York. Today, Greenwich is a well-established, modern equipment. professional and residential community TRANSPORTATION within easy reach of New York City. The town Metro North, www.mta.info/mnr prides itself on its natural beauty, highlighted There are four Greenwich stops on Metro by breathtaking coastline and pastoral North’s commuter train into Grand Central. woodlands, as well as its excellent facilities Greenwich to Grand Central: 42 minutes ranging from elegant country golf courses (express train) to local yacht clubs. All new development is Old Greenwich to Grand Central: 64 min- carefully controlled to ensure that it comple- utes (local train) ments this delightful town. Cos Cob to Grand Central: 60 minutes (lo- TOWN GOVERNMENT cal train) Greenwich has a Representative Town Greenwich to Stamford: 8 minutes (local Meeting government made up of 230 non- train) partisan members from 12 districts. Greenwich to New Haven: 65 minutes The Board of Selectmen is comprised of (express train) 3 elected officials. The Board of Education and Board of Tax Review are both run by bipartisan members, while other boards and commissions are appointive. Senior Center Greenwich Hospital YMCA GREENWICH COMMUNITY First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach Avenue, 203.637.1791 First Lutheran Church, 38 Field Point Road, 203.869.0032 HEALTH The Greenwich Hospital is a teaching institution with 206 beds First Presbyterian Church, One West Putnam Avenue, including bassinets, and offers the most modern facilities and 203.869.1745 services available including outpatient programs, emergency First United Methodist Church, 61 East Putnam Avenue, room services, and over 30 clinics. 203.629.9584 Grace Church of Greenwich, 89 Maple Avenue, 203.861.7555 Bishop Curtis Homes, 1040 East Putnam Avenue, 203.637.8065 Greenwich Baptist Church, 10 Indian Rock Lane, 203.869.2437 Federally funded. 31 Units for seniors and the disabled. Greenwich Reform Synagogue, 257 Stanwich Road, 203.629.0018 The Greens, 1155 King Street, 203.531.5500 Harvest Time Assembly of God, 1338 King Street, 203.531.7778 28 appointments for seniors, assisted living Japanese Gospel Church of Greenwich, 286 Delavan Avenue, Greenwich Adult Day Care at the River House, 125 River Road 203.531.6450 Extension, 203.622.0079 North Greenwich Congregational Church, 606 Riversville Road, Daily activities for seniors with age and impairments in mind. 203.869.7763 Greenwich Woods, 1165 King Street, 203.531.1335 Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, 38 West End Avenue, Assisted living with a specialized unit for Alzheimer’s and outpa- 203.637.3669 tient rehabilitation. Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Road, Hill House, 10 Riverside Avenue, 203.637.3177 203.869.1091 Non-profit congregate housing facility Sacred Heart Church, 95 Henry Street, 203.531.4772 Nathaniel Witherell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Second Congregational Church, 139 East Putnam Avenue, 70 Parsonage Road, 203.618.4200 203.869.9311 Owned and operated by the town, this skilled nursing facility is St. Agnes Church, 247 Stanwich Road, 203.869.5396 located on 24 rolling acres in back country Greenwich, providing St. Barnabus Church, 954 Lake Avenue, 203.661.5526 day to day nursing, social and cultural services as well as a full St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Avenue, 203.637.3689 complement of rehabilitation therapies. St. Mary Parish, 178 Greenwich Avenue, 203.869.9250 Merry-Go-Round Mews, ½ Bolling Place, 203.312.7847 St. Michael The Archangel Parish, 469 North Street, 203.869.5421 Senior residence for ambulatory (Assisted/Alzheimer’s Living) St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 286 Delavan Avenue, Parsonage Cottage, 88 Parsonage Road, 203.869.6226 203.531.8466 Parsonage Cottage is a town facility designed to serve the well St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 200 Riverside Avenue, 203.637.2447 elderly in Greenwich. There are several private nursing homes St. Roch Church, 10 St. Roch’s Avenue, 203.869.4176 registered by the State Department of Health for treatment of St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 350 Sound Beach Avenue, special cases. A professional director supervises the compre- 203.637.2262 hensive program of public health nursing, which provides school St. Timothy Chapel, 1034 North Street, 203.869.5421 nursing, home care, maternal and child clinics, school clinics, Stanwich Congregational Church, 202 Taconic Road, environmental sanitation and air pollution control. 203.661.4420 Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, 203.869.7191 HOUSES OF WORSHIP Trinity Church, 15 Sherwood Place, 203.618.0808 All denominations are covered in Greenwich or the surrounding area. Albertson Memorial Church, 293 Sound Beach Avenue, 203.637.4615 Anglican Church of the Advent Rectory, 606 Riversville Road, 203.861.2432 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal. Church, 42 Lake Avenue, 203.661.3099 Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich, 75 Mason Street, 203.629.9059 Christ Church, 254 East Putnam Avenue, 203.869.6600 Congregation Shir Ami, 254 East Putnam Avenue, 203.504.2424 Diamond Hill United Methodist Church, 521 East Putnam Avenue, 203.869.2395 Dingletown Community Church, Stanwich and Barnstable Roads, 203.629.5923 First Baptist Church, 10 Northfield Street, 203.869.7988 First Church of Christ Scientist, 11 Park Place, 203.869.1555 Binney Park First Church of Round Hill, 464 Round Hill Road, 203.629.3876 LIBRARIES COMMUNITY SERVICE & CIVIC GROUPS Located on West Putnam Avenue, the Greenwich Library’s main In addition to national civic and fraternal groups (Rotary, Lions, building provides over 290,000 volumes, offers an extensive Exchange, Kiwanis clubs, etc.) there are a variety of clubs based on program of exhibits and boasts a magnificent auditorium. It more localized interests: garden clubs, sailing and boat clubs, sin- runs 3 branches with facilities located in Byram and Cos Cob. gles organizations, ski clubs, Women’s and Junior Women’s clubs, Old Greenwich has its own Perrot Memorial Library with over volunteer groups of the Greenwich Hospital, Red Cross, Meals-on- 50,000 volumes. The Greenwich Library and Perrot Memorial Wheels, Community Chest, D.A.R., Greenwich Chaplaincy Services, Library both have special collections of phonograph records, and the Junior League. Elderly residents are assisted by Public Ser- movies, video and audio tapes, CDs and newspaper files. vice Volunteers, Red Cross, Homemaker Home Health Aide Service, www.greenwichlibrary.org Call-A-Ride and many other town and volunteer organizations Byram-Shubert Library, 21 Mead Avenue, 203.531.0426 Cos Cob Library, 5 Sinawoy Road, 203.622.6883 GREENWICH SCHOOLS Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, 203.622.7900 GREENWICH BOARD OF EDUCATION Community Answers: 203.622.7979