Bronxville NY Community

At a tiny size of one square mile, Bronxville takes the prize for smallest town in Westchester, but it more than makes up for this in its wealth of history, architecture, and scenery. It's favored by many who are keen on its 25-minute to midtown Manhattan Metro North service, and you'll usually see the Wall Streeters walking home from the train at the end of a working day (legend says that a popular chief of the Siwanoy tribe made his home at Gramatan Rock, right above the slate-roofed station).With a median household income upwards of $150,000, it's an affluent and chic community with a close-knit ambience.

Bronxville Architecture

What strikes your eye immediately about this vest-pocket area is its landscaping and architecture, which come largely from the era of the Lawrence Park Artists Colony, an Arts and Crafts movement wellspring in the early twentieth century. Homes in the town were built into Bronxville's rocky terrain with a keen eye to preserving its flora and fauna, and size was carefully calculated as a way of enhancing the natural beauty of a site, unlike the McMansions found frequently today. Famed architects William Augustus Bates and Penrose Stout designed many of the homes in town with their signature country estate style in the 1920's, and it's certainly true that the homes in Bronxville are unique and big on personality.

Bronxville Attractions

With this in mind, it's no wonder that there's lots of interest in the artistic origins of the city. The Bronxville Historical Conservancy is a lively organization which is dedicated to the preservation of the architectural, artistic, and cultural heritage of the city, and frequently offers lectures, programs, and events to showcase the rich tradition that is central to the city's development throughout the years. If history's not all that you're interested in, however, don't worry. Shoppers will find plenty of opportunities along Pondfield Road and Kraft Avenue, the hub of downtown, and one of the first gourmet coffee shops in the county, Slave to the Grind, pumps out an espresso that rivals its competitor, Starbucks, down the street. Some of the freshest sushi around can be found at Haiku Bistro, and Underhills Crossing serves American and Continental favorites in a lovely, wood-paneled space that opens out on to the street in summer for sidewalk dining. Evening is usually family time, and the line for Haagen Dazs on Kraft Avenue can get pretty long at about 8 pm when the weather is friendly.