Rye Brook, New York Rye Brook, New York Location of Rye Brook, New York Location of Rye Brook, New York Rye Brook is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, inside the town of Rye.
Rye Brook has been designated as a Tree City USA for 14 years. Rye Brook is positioned at 41 1 11 N 73 41 0 W (41.019767, -73.683419). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), all of which is land.
Rye Brook is positioned in southeastern Westchester County and shares its easterly border with Greenwich, Connecticut.
The village was an unincorporated section of the town of Rye until its incorporation as a village on July 7, 1982. In 1982, 150 inhabitants of the unincorporated region proposed to establish the village of Rye Brook and organized a petition including 1,536 signatures.
The petition drive, which contained the signatures of approximately 36% of the registered voters in the unincorporated area, was organized by the Independent Civic Association. It was reported by The New York Times that one resident commented, "There is a time for a improve to redefine itself," further stating that inhabitants of the unincorporated region "should be able to elect their own officers" and "protect their tax base." The inhabitants of the unincorporated region voted on June 23, 1982 to problematic the Village of Rye Brook.
It was the first village created in New York State in 54 years. The popular vote to problematic the new political identity passed with 58% of the voters in favor (1,991 to 1,434). The first election in the Village's history was held to elect a mayor and four trustees.
The first village official was Lee Russillo, who was sworn in as Rye Brook's first Village Clerk, and was responsible for the first election day. The village of Rye Brook is made up of a five-member Board of Trustees, all volunteers.
Rye Brook has its own police and fire departments.
Village of Rye Brook Administrator: Christopher Bradbury Village of Rye Brook Police Department Chief: Chief Gregory J.
Rye Brook has six chief parks totaling nearly 100 acres (0.40 km2): Harkness Park: This park contains four tennis courts and is the home of Blind Brook Tennis.
Harkness lies next to Blind Brook High School.
Rye Hills Park: This park, which is next to Crawford Park, has a walking trail, game tables, a basketball court, and a lookout towards Long Island Sound.
Rye Brook-King Street Athletic Fields: This park contains a soccer/football/lacrosse/field hockey field and a softball field.
These fields are positioned next to Blind Brook High School on King Street.
Parking for the fields are at the High School and a stairway has been assembled as an accessway to the fields from the high school.
Rich Manor Park: This site is an open field and has views of Blind Brook.
Within the village lie two school districts, the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District and the Blind Brook School District.
Blind Brook makes up approximately 70% of the village and Port Chester covers the remaining 30%. Blind Brook High School is the only high school in the Blind Brook School District.
Universal American is headquartered in Rye Brook.
Part of the Westchester County Airport is positioned in the northern part of the village.
Craig Bierko, actor, interval up in Rye Brook and graduated from Blind Brook High School Joshua Harmon (playwright), playwright, interval up in Rye Brook, and is famous for his shows Bad Jews (2012) and Significant Other (2015) Dorothy Gilman, The Emily Pollifax mysteries writer, lived the latter part of her life in Rye Brook, NY until her death 2 February 2012.
William Carlucci, Olympic athlete, was born in Rye Brook, NY in 1967 and won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 summer olympics. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rye Brook village, New York".
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