Westchester County is New York City's
northern suburb. Westchester County's
+500 square miles is comprised of 6
Cites, 19 towns and 20 villages. Home
to over 950,000 residents.
2006 HUD data reports the median
incomes for a family of four was
$96,500. Westchester County ranks
number two behind Manhattan, New York
as the wealthiest counties in New York
State and the seventh wealthiest
county in the United States.
In 2000, there were 349,445 housing
units. In 2006, there were 337,142
households of which 34% had children
under the age of 18 living with them,
53% were married couples living
together. The largest census reviewed
area in Westchester County is the City
of
Yonkers,
New York's fourth-largest city, with a
population of almost 200,000. The
smallest is the community of Scotts
Corners in the town of Pound Ridge
with a population of 624.Westchester Schools
- Westchester County, New York,
contains 48 public school districts,
118 private schools and 14
colleges and universities
Westchester County Transportation
- Westchester County is served by New
York's Thruway I87, I95, I287 and
Interstate 684. Parkways in the county
include the Bronx River Parkway, the
Cross County Parkway, the Hutchinson
River Parkway, the Saw Mill River
Parkway, the Sprain Brook Parkway and
the Taconic State Parkway. The Tappan
Zee Bridge connects Tarrytown to
Rockland County across the Hudson
River. The Bear Mountain Bridge
crosses the Hudson from Cortlandt to
Orange County. The combination of
these numerous highways, proximity to
New York City, and the county's large
population all lead to substantial
traffic enforcement and very busy
local courts.Westchester's commuter train
service is provided by Metro-North
Railroad. Metro-North operates three
lines in the county; west to east,
they are the Hudson, the Harlem and
the New Haven lines, each of which
stops in the Bronx between Westchester
and Manhattan. Amtrak serves
Croton-Harmon, New Rochelle and
Yonkers. There are proposals for a
cross-county rail line to connect all
three lines and provide easier access
to Stamford, Connecticut.
Westchester NY Bus service is
provided by the Bee-Line Bus System
both within Westchester and to
Manhattan. The MTA Bus Company also
runs the buses to
and from Getty Square in Yonkers to
Midtown Manhattan.Westchester County Airport is
adjacent to White Plains. Westchester Roads -
The corridors in the county have
defined sections and follow
transportation corridors. The main
north-south corridors are, from west
to east, the U.S. Route 9/Albany Post
Rd/Broadway Corridor along the Hudson
River from Yonkers in the South to
Peekskill/Cortlandt in the North. The
Saw Mill River Parkway Corridor
traverses the county in a
north-eastern path, beginning in
Yonkers, and terminating at I-684 in
Bedford, mostly following the path of
the Putnam Branch of the New York
Central Railroad, which was abandoned
in March 1970 (and which has largely
been replaced by a paved path known as
the South County and North County
Trailways). The Sprain Brook Parkway
traverses the county's midsection from
a point in Yonkers where it breaks off
from the Bronx River Parkway until
Hawthorne about 15 miles north where
it merges with the Taconic State
Parkway and continues until I-90 near
Albany.
The Hutchinson River Parkway
lines the eastern county, from the
Bronx (terminating at the Long Island
crossing the Whitestone Bridge) until
the Connecticut state line in
Greenwich, where it becomes the
Merritt Parkway. I-684 begins at a
junction with the Hutchinson River
Parkway and I-287 in Harrison, and
continues north into Putnam County
(with a brief stretch in Greenwich,
Connecticut) through Bedford and North
Salem. The eastern most corridor is
the I-95/New England Thruway which
traverses the county on the Long
Island Sound, from the Pelhams through
the Town of Rye and into Connecticut.
The East-West corridors are the Cross
County Parkway, which traverses the
southern county from Yonkers in the
west through New Rochelle in the east,
terminating at the Hutchinson River
Parkway. The Cross Westchester
Expressway/I-287 is the mid-county
corridor spanning from the Tappan-Zee
Bridge in Tarrytown to the west to
I-95/New England Thruway in the east.
The northern-most corridor is that
approximating the US-202 route from
Cortlandt, and the Bear Mountain
Bridge, to Lewisboro and the
Connecticut border. But unlike the
more southerly corridors, US-202 is
for the most part not a limited-access
highway and has frequent traffic
lights.
Where is Westchester County New
York located? The county's
location puts New York City and Long
Island Sound to its south, Putnam
County on the north,
Fairfield County, Connecticut on the
east and Rockland County on the west.
Westchester's most southern point
Pelham Manor, is 11 miles from midtown
Manhattan and its northern border over
37 miles.
White
Plains is a city in Westchester County,
New York. It is located in
south-central Westchester, about 4
miles east of the Hudson River and 2.5
miles northwest of Long Island Sound.
It is bordered to the north by the
town of North Castle, to the north and
east by the town/village of Harrison,
to the south by the town/village of
Scarsdale and to the west by the town
of Greenburgh.
As of the 2000 U.S. census, the city
had a total population of 53,077,
while a 2006 census estimate put the
city's population at 57,081. According
to the city government, the daytime
weekday population is estimated at
250,000.
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Westchester's commuter train
service is provided by Metro-North
Railroad. Metro-North operates three
lines in the county; west to east,
they are the Hudson, the Harlem and
the New Haven lines, each of which
stops in the Bronx between Westchester
and Manhattan. Amtrak serves
Croton-Harmon, New Rochelle and
Yonkers. There are proposals for a
cross-county rail line to connect all
three lines and provide easier access
to Stamford, Connecticut.
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