Port Chester

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Port Chester
Port Chester (New York)
Port Chester
Port Chester
Location in New York
Basic data
Foundation : 1660
State : United States
State : new York
County : Westchester County
Coordinates : 41 ° 0 ′  N , 73 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′  N , 73 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 28,967 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4,827.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.2 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 6.0 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 20 m
Postal code : 10573
Area code : +1 914
FIPS : 36-59223
GNIS ID : 2391075
Website : www.portchesterny.com

Port Chester is a town in Westchester County in the US state of New York . It lies entirely in the municipality of Rye (“town Rye”), is 6.2 km² and in 2010 had a population of 28,967.

history

Historical objects

Port Chester's historic Life Savers Building is on North Main Street . The building of the candy manufacturer Life Savers of the same name was listed on July 11, 1985 by the National Register of Historic Places as a historic monument with the number 85001496.

location

Port Chester is located on the coast of Long Island Sound immediately before the state border to Connecticut , which is partly marked here by the Byram River , which flows into the sea here. Interstate 95 ( New England Thruway ) passes directly on the coastline ; Interstate 287 ( Cross Westchester Expressway ) runs to the southwest .

The station Port Chester is part of the North-East corridor and intermediate stop for commuter trains toward Grand Central Terminal and New Haven . From 1929 to 1937 it was also the terminus of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway , which offered connections to the Bronx .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NRIS