Rye, New York
City of Rye Jay Estate is the childhood home of American Founding Father, John Jay.
Jay Estate is the childhood home of American Founding Father, John Jay.
Location in Westchester County and the state of New York Location in Westchester County and the state of New York State New York Rye is a town/city in Westchester County, New York, United States.
It is separate from the town of Rye, which has more territory area than the city. Rye city, formerly the village of Rye, was part of the town until it received its charter as a town/city in 1942.
The populace was 15,720 at the 2010 census. Rye is the youngest town/city in New York State.
No other town/city has been chartered anywhere in New York State since 1942.
Located in the town/city are two National Historic Landmarks: the Boston Post Road Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service in 1993; its centerpiece is the Jay Estate, the boyhood home of John Jay, a Founding Father and the first Chief Justice of the United States.
Playland, a historic amusement park designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, is also positioned in Rye.
The concept of mile markers to measure the distance from New York City was originated in 1763 by Benjamin Franklin amid his term as Postmaster General.
Rye is also home to a rare 1938 WPA mural by realist Guy Pene du Bois which is positioned inside the city's Post Office lobby and titled "John Jay at His Home." Rye was at one time a part of Fairfield County, Conn., which was a belonging of the Sachem Ponus, of the Ponus Wekuwuhm, Canaan Parish, and which was probably titled for that chieftain, "Peningoe Neck". The earliest home in the city, the Timothy Knapp House, is owned by the Rye Historical Society and dates in its initial version to around 1667.
Rye is also where American Founding Father John Jay interval up and where he is buried.
The Jay Estate at 210 Boston Post Road is now the home of the not-for-profit organization the Jay Heritage Center. The Center's mission is to restore and preserve the entire 23 acre property - buildings and landscape - together with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House, which is situated in the initial site of the Jay family farm, "The Locusts." The Jay Mansion is the earliest National Historic Landmark (NHL) structure in New York State with a geothermal heating and cooling fitness and the first in Westchester County to have such an energy efficient system.
The Jay Heritage Center was recently designated a member site of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. It is also listed on Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail. John Jay was well known for advocating emancipation, serving as President of the New York Manumission Society and establishing the first African Free School.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are The Square House originally known as Widow Haviland's Tavern listed in 1974, the United States Post Office - Rye listed in 1989, the Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach listed in 2003, the African Cemetery listed in 2003, the Bird Homestead listed in 2010 and The Rye Meeting House listed in 2011. Rye is known for its amusement attraction, Rye Playland.
According to The Washington Post, Rye is among the top 1% of Super Zips based on percentage of inhabitants with college degrees and average homehold income. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.0 square miles (52 km2), of which 5.9 square miles (15 km2) is territory and 14.2 square miles (37 km2) is water. Rye is home to one Fortune 500 company, Jarden.
It is home to The American Yacht Club, Westchester Country Club, Rye Golf Club, Rye Playland, The Apawamis Country Club, Manursing Island Club, Shenorock Shore Club and the Coveleigh Club.
In 2010, Coldwell Banker reported that Rye was the third most expensive town/city in the nation in which to buy a home. The town/city of Rye was ranked ninth in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York State for 2014 as stated to the nationwide online real estate brokerage Movoto. In 2015, the periodical Forbes ranked Rye the most expensive town in Westchester County and the 78th most expensive place in the United States with a median revenue price of $2,461,922 Rye is served by three enhance elementary schools: Osborn, Milton and Midland.
Rye Middle School and Rye High School are part of the same campus, and the two buildings connect.
The Greenhaven neighborhood of the City of Rye is served by the Rye Neck School District.
Rye Neck High School and Middle School are on one ground also positioned partially in the City of Rye.
Rye High School has been titled a Gold Medal school and the 61st best high school in the U.S., 9th in New York State, and 1st in New York State if test-in schools are disregarded as stated to U.S.
The Rye team has won three recent New York State championships, two of those consecutively, and has defeated Harrison in 13 of the last 14 contests including 2 victories in 2015.
Also positioned in Rye is the Rye Country Day School, a college preliminary school, as well as the School of the Holy Child, for girls grades 5-12.
The school was established in 1904. The Japanese Educational Institute of New York has its command posts in Rye. The Rye train station provides commuter rail service to Grand Central Terminal in New York City or Stamford and New Haven-Union Station via the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line.
The Bee-Line Bus System provides bus service to Rye on routes 13 and 61 with additional cyclic service to Rye Playland on routes 75 and 91.
The City of Rye police department has 35 sworn-in officers and about six civil officers.
This car can be seen parked on the shoulder at Rye High School in the morning helping students cross the street into the school parking lot.
The Westchester County Police also patrols a several areas of Rye, such as Playland Park and The Marshlands.
The City of Rye Fire Department is a combination department consisting of 100 Volunteer Firefighters (Only 30 Active) and 17 longterm position firefighters of which 3 are on duty at all times.
The Rye Fire Department responds to approximately 1,000 emergency calls annually.
John Jay, Founding Father, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two time Governor of New York State, anti-slavery promote, and diplomat Wellington Mara, owner of NFL New York Giants John Motley Morehead III, mayor of Rye, chemist, philanthropist Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- Place and (in chose states) County Subdivision".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rye city, New York".
Cary, Bill "Jay Gardens in Rye to Get $1.5 Million Makeover," The Journal News, February 27, 2015, https://lohud.com/story/money/real-estate/lohud-real-estate/2015/02/27/jay-gardens-rye-makeover/2406 - 1239/ Futrell, Jim, Amusement Parks of New York, Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2006 "10 Best Places to Live in New York - Movoto".
Japanese Educational Institute of New York ( ).
The names of the weekend schools as stated on the pages should be "The Japanese Weekend School of New York" and "The Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey" - note that the Japanese names between the day and weekend schools are different.
Japanese Educational Institute of New York ( ).
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