Port Chester

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Port Chester is a village in the U.S. state of New York and the largest part of the town of Rye in Westchester County by population. At the 2010 U.S. census, the village of Port Chester had a population of 28,967 and was the fifth-most populous village in New York State. In 2019, its population grew to a census-estimated 29,342 residents. Located in southeast Westchester, Port Chester forms part of the New York City metropolitan statistical area. Port Chester borders the state of Connecticut and the town of Greenwich to the east. Port Chester is one of only 12 villages in New York still incorporated under a charter; other villages either incorporated or reincorporated under the provisions of Village Law. ()

Alternative names: Population: 29.6 thous.Area: 2.4 mi²Coordinates: 41°0'7"N, 73°39'46"W

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Port Chester – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Playland, Dragon Coaster, Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science.

2.5 miS
Seasonal amusement park with 50+ rides
Playland, Rye
65 min walk • Playland, often called Rye Playland and also known as Playland Amusement Park, is an amusement park located in Rye, New York, along the Long Island Sound. Built in 1928, the 280-acre park is owned by the Westchester County government. Beginning with the 2018 season, Standard Amusements LLC has been contracted to operate the park.
2.5 miS
Amusement, Theme park, Amusement park
Dragon Coaster, Rye
63 min walk • The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland amusement park in Rye, New York. Opened in 1929, it was designed and built by amusement ride creator Frederick Church, the co-inventor of the Racing Derby, another early 20th century amusement park ride.
2.7 miNW
Garden, Museum, Art gallery
Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase
68 min walk • The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens is a collection of 45 pieces of outdoor sculpture at the PepsiCo world headquarters in Purchase, New York. The collection includes work from major modern sculptors including Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Alberto Giacometti.
2.5 miNE
Museum, Science museum, Art museum
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich
64 min walk • The Bruce Museum is a museum in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut with both art and natural history exhibition space. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95.
2.6 miNE
Library
Greenwich Library, Greenwich
66 min walk • Greenwich Library is the main library in the Greenwich library system of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The Greenwich Library system consists of the Main Library and its Byram Shubert and Cos Cob branches.
2.4 miNE
City hall
Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich
61 min walk • The Greenwich Senior Center, formerly Greenwich Town Hall, is a historic municipal building at 299 Greenwich Avenue in the business district of Greenwich, Connecticut. USA.
1.8 miSW
History museum, Museum
Widow Haviland's Tavern, Rye
46 min walk • Widow Haviland's Tavern, also known as Square House Museum, is a historic inn and tavern building located at Rye, Westchester County, New York. It is a frame, gambrel roofed building with portions believed to date to the early 18th century, about 1730. It opened as a tavern about 1760.
2.6 miSW
Cemetery
Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye
66 min walk • The Greenwood Union Cemetery is a cemetery in Rye and Harrison in Westchester County, New York.
1.6 miNE
Church
St. Roch Church, Greenwich
40 min walk • St. Roch is a Roman Catholic church in Greenwich, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport. Although the Parish of St. Roch was formally established in 1938, it had been preceded by a mission church and it for this mission that the church was built.
2.5 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Great Captain Island Light, Greenwich
64 min walk • Great Captain Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Great Captain Island in the western Long Island Sound off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1829, the first lighthouse, made of stone, was of such poor construction that the walls were severely cracked a decade later.
0.9 miNE
Park
Byram School, Greenwich
24 min walk • The Byram School is a historic former school building, located between Sherman Avenue and Western Junior Highway in Greenwich, Connecticut.