Rye New York Real Estate Michele Flood


	Rye / Harrison / Purchase / Rye Brook Mamaroneck / Larchmont / Port Chester Real Estate Courtesy of Michele Flood Port Chester New York Real Estate Port Chester NY Photos
	Port Chester Harbor	Lyon Park	Downtown Port Chester
	Park Avenue Elementary School	JFK Elementary Magnet School	King Street Elementary School
	Port Chester NY Real Estate Waterfront Diversity On Scenic Long Island Sound The Community The Village of Port Chester, part of the Town of Rye, has long enjoyed an exceptional location on the shore of Long Island Sound. Since 1660, the village has flourished in diversity. Once sheltering fishermen, farmers, shipbuilders and trades people, Port Chester's present day environs include quiet tree-lined residential neighborhoods, a charming downtown area, and co-ops and suburban apartments with all the pleasures of city living. The village's two square miles shelter 24,000 residents and are governed by a paid Mayor and Board of Trustees. It rests approximately 25 miles from New York, borders Greenwich, Connecticut and is convenient to White Plains. Port Chester offers ease in commutation and near proximity to abundant employment opportunities, to world-class shopping, fine hospitals and every urban amenity. Educational and Cultural Facilities The Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District provides a superior, wide-ranging curriculum for its four Elementary Schools, Middle School and twenty-acre campus High School. Emphasis is on both academic and social advancement, parent involvement is significant and students score consistently high on standardized tests. Parochial school education is also available. Nearby in Purchase, the State University of New York and Manhattanville College offer graduate and undergraduate degrees. A 61,000-volume library, the Capital Thearter and the Castle Center for the Arts further culturally enrich Port Chester. Recreational Facilities The villages Recreational Department provides opportunities for organized sports and tennis, overseeing five parks, playgrounds and extensive recreational programs. Swim year-round at the YMCA, or luxuriate in the summer sun on sandy Long Island Sound beaches at Oakland Beach and Rye Town Park. Transportation Port Chester is superbly situated for commutation, readily accessing Interstate Routes 95 and 287, the Merritt and Hutchinson River Parkways. Metro-North express trains arrive at New York's Grand Central Station in just 39 minutes.