Pleasantville

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Pleasantville is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located 30 miles north of Manhattan. The village population was 7,019 at the 2010 census. Pleasantville is home to the secondary campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center. Most of Pleasantville is served by the Pleasantville Union Free School District, with small parts of northern Pleasantville served by the Chappaqua Central School District. The region of Pleasantville commonly referred to as "The Flats" is mostly served by the Mount Pleasant Central School district. The village is also home to the Bedford Road School, Pleasantville Middle School, and Pleasantville High School. ()

Alternative names: Settled: 1695Population: 7.2 thous.Area: 1.83 mi²Coordinates: 41°8'3"N, 73°47'31"W

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Pleasantville – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kensico Cemetery, Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Jacob Burns Film Center.

4 miS
Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla
104 min walk • Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads that served the city.
3.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Sleepy Hollow
87 min walk • Union Church of Pocantico Hills is a historic church in Pocantico Hills, New York. The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921, as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills, which was below his estate Kykuit.
3.3 miW
Sport, Sport venue
Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Briarcliff Manor
84 min walk • Sleepy Hollow Country Club is a historic country club in Scarborough-on-Hudson in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The club was founded in 1911, and its clubhouse was known as Woodlea, a 140-room Vanderbilt mansion owned by Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard and his wife Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard.
~300 ftN
Cinema, Nightlife
Jacob Burns Film Center, Chappaqua
2 min walk • The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural arts center located in Pleasantville, New York. It occupies the old Rome Theater, a Spanish mission-style theater built in 1925.
3.7 miW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Beechwood, Briarcliff Manor
94 min walk • Beechwood is a Hudson River estate in Scarborough-on-Hudson, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The estate was most notably the home of Frank A. Vanderlip and his family, and is a contributing property to the Scarborough Historic District. The house and property were owned by the Vanderlip family from 1906 to 1979.
2 miNE
History museum, Museum
Greeley House, Chappaqua
52 min walk • The Greeley House is located at King and Senter streets in downtown Chappaqua, New York, United States. It was built about 1820 and served as the home of newspaper editor and later presidential candidate Horace Greeley from 1864 to his death in 1872.
4.1 miSW
Rockefeller mansion with an art gallery
Kykuit, Palisades
106 min walk • Kykuit, known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles north of New York City.
1.9 miNW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Briarcliff Manor Public Library, Briarcliff Manor
49 min walk • The Briarcliff Manor Public Library is the public library serving the village of Briarcliff Manor, New York, and is located on the edge of the Walter W. Law Memorial Park. The library is a founding member of the Westchester Library System.
1.8 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Chappaqua
46 min walk • The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is an Episcopal church located on South Greeley Avenue in Chappaqua, New York, United States.
2.9 miW
Modernist architecture
Julian Street Jr. residence, Briarcliff Manor
73 min walk • The Julian Street Jr. residence is an early Modernist fieldstone house in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The house was designed by the New York architect Wallace K. Harrison for Julian Street Jr. and his wife, Narcissa, in 1938.
4 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
First Baptist Church of Ossining, Ossining
103 min walk • The First Baptist Church of Ossining is located in the center of the village of Ossining, New York, United States. It is a brick building in the Gothic Revival architectural style with a tall wooden steeple built in the 1870s, one of Ossining's most prominent landmarks. In 1973 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.