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Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx.Riverdale, which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. [3]
Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride in one day. [ 1 ]
In addition, Marble Hill has a Bronx ZIP Code of 10463, [12] and is served by the New York City Police Department's 50th Precinct, headquartered in the Bronx. [13] Unlike the rest of Manhattan, it carries the Bronx area codes 718, 347, and 929 , which are overlaid by the citywide area code 917 .
The Mastercard International Global Headquarters is an office building located at 2000 Purchase Street in the hamlet of Purchase, New York. It was constructed in the early 1980s as part of a movement of large corporations onto suburban estate settings, and has been called the "architectural jewel of Westchester ".
In 1997 the New York City council created the "Port Morris Special Mixed-used District", the site of the first special mixed-use district (MX-1) [17] resulting in the rehabilitation of several blocks of residential row-houses between Bruckner Boulevard and East 134th Street in an area which only previously allowed industrial uses. [18]
In the New York State Legislature it is within the New York State Assembly's 93rd district and the New York Senate's 40th district. In Congress the village is in New York's 17th District. Chappaqua was founded by a group of Quakers in the 1730s and was the home of Horace Greeley, New-York Tribune editor and U.S. congressman. He now names ...
Morristown is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,974 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Gouverneur Morris, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and landowner in New York. The Town of Morristown is on the northwestern part of the county and contains a village also named ...
Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. [3] It is part of the town of Eastchester. The village comprises one square mile (2.5 km 2) of land in its entirety, approximately 20% of the town