| Tuckahoe, New York | |
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| Location within Westchester County | |
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Tuckahoe, New York
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Westchester |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | John Fitzpatrick |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| • Land | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,486 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 10707 |
| Area code(s) | 914 |
| FIPS code | 36-75583 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0967924 |
Tuckahoe is a village in the town of Eastchester in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village's population was 6,486.[1]
The village can be reached by the Metro-North railroad system. The Tuckahoe and Crestwood stations are 32 minutes and 34 minutes from New York City's Grand Central Terminal, respectively. The 1970s sitcom Maude was set in Tuckahoe.
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Tuckahoe village is located at (40.953110, -73.823609)[2], which is the lower, central section of Westchester County. Tuckahoe is bordered by the village of Bronxville to its south and the unincorporated portion of the town of Eastchester to the north and east. The Bronx River separates it from the Crestwood section of Yonkers to its west. Easily accessible roadways include the Bronx River Parkway, White Plains Road (Route 22), the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87), the Hutchinson River Parkway, and the Cross County Parkway.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 6,211 people, 2,627 households, and 1,626 families residing in the village. The population density was 10,188.8 people per square mile (3,931.3/km²). There were 2,729 housing units at an average density of 4,476.8 per square mile (1,727.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 73.98% White, 10.11% African American, 0.10% Native American, 9.76% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.48% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.84% of the population.
There were 2,627 households out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the village the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $60,744, and the median income for a family was $78,188. Males had a median income of $56,217 versus $41,077 for females. The per capita income for the village was $31,819. About 5.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.
In 1818, after high-quality white marble was found, the Tuckahoe Marble Quarry opened and soon became a major producer of marble for the world. This marble was used in many famous projects, including the New York City Hall, the Washington Memorial Arch at Washington Square Park in New York, the General Post Office in Washington, DC, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the main New York City Public Library, and even the bottom third of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. Tuckahoe marble was discovered near the Bronx River, and is part of the Inwood Formation.[4] It was used for gravestone markers in many cemeteries in the 19th century and the early 20th century, until the quarry closed in 1930.
Over the past decade or so, Tuckahoe has enjoyed an influx of investor capital, which has resulted in the redevelopment of many of its former commercial and industrial areas. Several previous and current projects include the conversion of a former Revlon factory to the high-end Rivervue Apartment Complex (located on the corner of Lake Avenue and Main Street), and the new construction of residential, retail and medical office properties along the Main Street corridor. The updated and refurbished Tuckahoe train station is now a Starbucks. The original Tuckahoe Village Hall, built in 1911, is now home to the Generoso Pope Foundation. Additional residential construction is occurring at the former site of Westcon on Main Street, and additional construction/redevelopment is expected in the downtown section of Crestwood as well. In 2011, Growlers Beer Bistro opened, replacing an abandoned railroad station substation that dates back to 1906.
Norman Rockwell, the great American artist, depicted the Crestwood Train Station in Tuckahoe in one of his magnificent and most known paintings[5], "Commuters".
Maude, the Norman Lear comedy that was broadcast on American television from 1972-1978, was also set in Tuckahoe.
Tuckahoe High School won the 2007 Class D State Football Title at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
Tuckahoe High School won the 2010 Class D State Football Title at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. In the spring, Tuckahoe High School won the 2010 Class D Baseball Championship as well.
Tuckahoe is home to Immaculate Conception Church (53 Winter Hill Road) and Church of the Assumption (100 Pleasant Avenue), both of which are Roman Catholic. The village is the home of the New York Japanese Church, an evangelical Protestant church ministering to the Japanese community.[6] 26 Cameron Place is also home to Congregation of the Messiah, a Christian community church for families.[7] Tuckahoe also houses two African-American churches: Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal, 6 Van Duzen Place and Shiloh Baptist Church 15 Marbledale Road.
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