Yorktown is a hamlet of over 36,000 residents located on the northern border of Westchester County, situated between Cortlandt, Somers and New Castle. The earliest inhabitants of the almost 40 square mile town were Native Americans of the Osceola, Amawalk, Kitchawan and Mohegan tribes, while much of what is now Yorktown later served as a...

Nestled in the banks of the Hudson River, Yonkers is New York’s fourth largest city with almost 196,000 people calling it home. The city—Westchester’s oldest—is named after an early Dutch settler who erected a sawmill in what is now Yonkers in the late 1640s. Landmarks include the century-old Yonkers Raceway and expansive Hudson River Museum....

Mount Kisco is a bucolic Westchester County village and town of almost 10,000 inhabitants. Founded as Kirbyville and New Castle Corners in 1850, the area’s present name comes from the 623-foot hill northwest of town as well as the Native American word kiskamenahook, which means “settlement near a brook.” The peaceful 3.25 square mile community...

One of Westchester County’s oldest settlements, the idyllic Town of Mamaroneck began as a thriving farming, fishing, lumbering, and milling center and today is a suburban home to more than 27,000 residents, many of whom commute to New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. The community was founded at the mouth of the Mamaroneck River in...

Nestled just a few miles east of the Hudson River in southern Westchester County, White Plains, New York, is a city of more than 57,000 residents that continues to grow thanks in part to its relatively low cost of living and convenient location near New York City. Originally settled by the Weckquaeskeck Native American people...

Scarsdale is a quaint, 6.5 square mile village just south of White Plains in New York’s Westchester County. Once a country manor home for English royalty, the village has grown from less than 300 inhabitants in 1790 to more than 17,000 today. Notable residents include James Fenimore Cooper, whose novel The Spy is set in...

New Jersey’s largest city, Newark is a vibrant shipping hub just over eight miles west of Manhattan. The city’s history as a center of industry and its richly diverse ethnic cultures have served as inspiration for author Philip Roth, poet Amiri Baraka, and musician Frankie Valli, among others. Downtown Newark features a vibrant arts and...