Bronxville, New York

Bronxville, New York
—  Village  —
Location within Westchester County
Bronxville, New York Location within Westchester County
Coordinates: 40°56′24″N 73°49′34″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Westchester
Government
• Mayor	Mary C. Marvin (R)
Area
• Total	1.0 sq mi (2.5 km2)
• Land	1.0 sq mi (2.5 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	92 ft (28 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,323
• Density	6,300/sq mi (2,500/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	10708
Area code(s)	914
FIPS code	36-08532
GNIS feature ID	0944824
Website	http://www.villageofbronxville.com

Bronxville is an affluent village within the town of Eastchester, New York, in the United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County. At the 2010 census, Bronxville had a population of 6,323. It currently ranks 20th in the US on a list of the highest income places in the United States.

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 6,543 people, 2,312 households and 1,660 families residing in the village. The population density was 6,869.3 per square mile (2,659.2/km²). There were 2,387 housing units at an average density of 2,506.0 per square mile (970.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.88% White, 1.15% African American, 0.05% Native American, 4.83% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.93% of the population.

There were 2,312 households of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.27.

Age distribution was 29.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.

The median household income was $144,940, and the median family income was $200,000, making it one of the wealthiest and most affluent places with more than 1000 households, or population of 1000, in the United States. It currently ranks 20th in the US on a list of the highest income places in the United States. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $61,184 for females. The per capita income for the village was $89,483. About 1.7% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

Postal code

Bronxville's 10708 ZIP code covers not only the village of Bronxville proper, but also Chester Heights and other sections of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe, and Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, and other sections of Yonkers. This brings the ZIP code's population to 22,411 (2000 census), covering an area more than twice as large as the actual municipality of Bronxville itself and encompassing several notable institutions such as Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers. In fact, there are more residents of Yonkers using a Bronxville mailing address than living in the village itself.

Parks and recreation

Bronx River Parkway Reservation

The Bronx River

The Village of Bronxville has over 70 acres (280,000 m²) of parkland including athletic fields, woodlands, and a very small part of the Bronx River Parkway Reservation. The Reservation, Westchester’s oldest park, was created as an adjunct to the Bronx River Parkway that opened in 1925, and was the first linear park in the United States. The Reservation features ponds, wooden footbridges and hundreds of varieties of native trees and shrubs. The park is owned by Westchester County, and it is a favorite place for bicycling, walking, running, and nature study.

The Bronxville School's athletic fields contain a football field, three smaller fields used for various sports like field hockey and lacrosse, and a running track (which is only 380 meters in Lane 1 because of space issues). Bacon Woodlands, located on Kensington Road, is a natural rock outcropping which has been left in its natural state, the flatter portion of which is used as an informal play area by children. Scout Field, a Westchester County Park which is located predominantly in Yonkers and Mount Vernon but is controlled by Bronxville, is heavily utilized by the Bronxville schools' soccer, football, baseball and cross-country running programs. In 2006, Chambers Field was replaced with turf, which was funded by the community and parents of athletes in Bronxville.

From April to June and September to October, a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of the Bronx River Parkway (no part of the roadway of which is in Bronxville) from Scarsdale Road in Yonkers (north of Bronxville) to White Plains closes to automobile traffic each Sunday (except on holiday weekends) between 10 AM and 2 PM. During those times, the Westchester County Parks Department runs "Bicycle Sundays" along this stretch of the parkway.

Education

The Bronxville School

Village Library

Bronxville is home to Concordia College, a liberal arts college operated by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

The Bronxville Public School, known as The Bronxville School, is annually ranked as one of the top public schools in the country.^{[citation needed]} The school was started as a progressive educational institution in the 1920s.

Notable natives and residents

• Frank Abagnale, Jr., security consultant and former impostor and forger whose life was the subject of the book Catch Me if You Can and its 2002 film adaptation
• Kenneth Bacon (1944–2009), Department of Defense spokesman who later served as president of Refugees International
• Stuart Beck, ambassador of the Republic of Palau to the United Nations^{[citation needed]}
• Marvin Bower, former Managing Director of McKinsey & Co. and "the father of modern management consulting"
• Mika Brzezinski, television journalist on Morning Joe^{[citation needed]}
• Thomas S. Buechner (1936–2010), founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass and director of the Brooklyn Museum
• Don DeLillo, writer
• Francis William Edmonds (1806–63), genre painter^{[citation needed]}
• John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States of America
• Brendan Gill, famed New Yorker writer
• Michael Gates Gill, the author of How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
• Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League
• Jack Paar, American radio and television talk show host
• Dennis Ritchie, one of the creators of Unix and the C programming language
• Gary Robinson, software entrepreneur
• Chuck Scarborough, news anchor
• Frederick D. Sulcer, advertising executive who wrote Put a Tiger in Your Tank for ExxonMobil
• Ruth Ann Swenson, operatic soprano
• Philip Torchio, electrical engineer known for his work with Edison Electric Company
• Jill Vegas, interior decorator, real estate stager and author of Speed Decorating.

Film and television

• The Bronxville School appears in Stepmom starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon and in Firstborn (1984) starring Teri Garr and Peter Weller.^{[citation needed]}.
• The Siwanoy Country Club, located in Eastchester, is featured in Rounders starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Siwanoy Country Club is also featured in Six Degrees of Separation starring Will Smith, Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland
• The film Baby Mama was shot, partly, on Legget Road in Bronxville.^{[citation needed]}
• The opening scene in the 1990 film Tales from the Darkside was shot in Bronxville.

History

Gramatan Hotel

"Owl House" in Lawrence Park Hilltop section, in 1898

Gramatan was the name of the chief of the local Siwanoy Indian tribe that was centered in the Gramatan Rock area above Bronxville Station. Chief Gramatan sold the land to the settlers.

The town had been known as "Underhill's Crossing", but the name was changed to Bronxville. In the second half of the nineteenth century when railroads connected Westchester County with New York City, the area grew in terms of population, with more residents working in the city and commuting daily.

The Gramatan Hotel on Sunset Hill was a residence hotel in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It was the home of two famous American widows: Mrs. U.S. Grant and Mrs. Robert E. Lee. They enjoyed cards and rode the train to New York City together. Elizabeth Clift Bacon, General George Armstrong Custer's widow, lived in Bronxville, and her house still stands to this day. The hotel was demolished in 1970, and a complex of townhouses was built on the site in 1980.

The hills are rugged and beautiful, with oak trees, dogwood, and flowering shrubs. The area was home to an arts-and-crafts colony in the early 20th century; many noteworthy houses by prominent and casual architects dot the hills, including "Owl House" which was the home of writer Brendan Gill, whose son Michael wrote How Starbucks Saved My Life and his son Charles wrote The Boozer Challenge.

The St. Joseph's Catholic Church, located in the downtown area, was attended by the Kennedys when they were residents from 1929 to about 1936. In 1958 future-senator Ted Kennedy married Joan Bennett in St. Joseph's Church.

The US Post Office–Bronxville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Other sites on the National Register are the Bronxville Women's Club, Lawrence Park Historic District, and Masterton-Dusenberry House.

Image gallery

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  Bronxville's Downtown

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  Pondfield Road

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  Bronxville Metro-North Train Station

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  Kraft Avenue

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  St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

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  Owl house, former home of Brendan Gill

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  Village tennis courts

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  Train tracks

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  Boy Scout Cabin

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  Park

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  Commuter train station

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  Bronx River

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  Downtown

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  Dutch Reformed Church

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  Christ Church

External links

• Village of Bronxville official website
• 'My Hometown' Bronxville
• Bronxville High School Alumni