Port Chester, New York

Westchester County

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Port Chester is a village in Westchester County in the U.S. state of New York. It lies entirely within the municipal area of ​​Rye ( "town of Rye " ), is 6.4 km ², and had in 2000 a population of 27 867, of which 60.7 % White.

History

Historical buildings

In Port Chester is located in the historic North Main Street Life Savers Building. The building of the same manufacturer Lifesavers candy was included as a historical monument with the number 85001496 on 11 July 1985 by the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Port Chester is located directly on the coast of Long - Iceland - Sund before the state line into Connecticut, here is marked by the Byram River to the part that flows into the lake. The shore line runs past the Interstate 95 (New England Thruway ); in the southwest of the Interstate 287 runs (Cross Westchester Expressway).

The Port Chester train station is part of the North - East corridor and stopover for local trains to Grand Central Terminal and New Haven. From 1929 to 1937 he was also the end point of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, which links towards Bronx offered.