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Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway
Scenic winding road through the Hudson Valley that has been a favorite Sunday driving destination for NYC car enthusiasts since the 1920s.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Briarcliff Manor
New York, United States · North America
About Briarcliff Manor
Briarcliff Manor is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ossining, 23km from Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway.
Briarcliff Manor is in New York, United States, with about 8,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ossining, about 4 km away.
The Briarcliff Manor Public Library is the public library serving the village of Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States, and is located on the edge of the Walter W. Law Memorial Park.
The library is a founding member of the Westchester Library System. It is staffed by a director and eleven employees, includingRead more
reference and youth librarians, and is governed by a ten-member board, with a liaison to the village board of trustees. The library offers computer classes, book discussion groups, young adult programs, a children's room and a local history collection. The library building also houses the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society, the Briarcliff Manor Recreation Department, and the William J. Vescio Community Center.
The library was founded in 1914 in the Briarcliff Community Center. Around 1921, the library was established as the Briarcliff Free Library, an association library within the New York State library system. From the building's destruction in 1929 and over the next thirty years, the library was without a permanent location, and was moved between sites, including public school buildings and the village recreation center.
In 1959, the library purchased the former Briarcliff Manor station of the New York and Putnam Railroad, which had been ordered and funded by Briarcliff Manor founder Walter Law in 1906. In 1964, the association library became a public library and adopted its current name.
In 1981, the trackbed which ran alongside the building became part of a 48-mile-long (77-kilometre) rail trail, consisting of the South County, North County, and Putnam County Trailways. The biking, running, and walking trail stretches from the Bronx north to Brewster.
After library renovations in the 1980s and 1990s, a significant expansion was completed in 2009, adding the section in which the library is housed today. In 2016, the village's community center opened in the original portion of the building.
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What is there to see near Briarcliff Manor?
Within an hour or so of Briarcliff Manor: Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway (23 km), Bronx Zoo (33 km), Central Park (42 km), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (42 km).
Are there any good drives near Briarcliff Manor?
The nearest famous roads are Hawk's Nest (Route 97).
Where is Briarcliff Manor?
Briarcliff Manor is in New York, United States, about 4 km from Ossining.
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- Population
- 8,028
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New York
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 41.1457, -73.8238
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Essential numbers in United States
AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Briarcliff Manor
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Bronx Zoo
One of the largest metropolitan zoos in the world spanning 265 acres in New York City with over 6,000 animals.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Central Park
An 843-acre urban oasis in the heart of Manhattan, one of the most visited urban parks in the world with meadows, lakes, and iconic bridges.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral masterpiece housing an outstanding collection of Impressionist and modern art.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
America's largest art museum, with over two million works spanning 5,000 years of world culture.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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American Museum of Natural History
A beloved New York institution famous for its dinosaur halls, dioramas, and the Rose Center's spectacular planetarium.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Times Square
Dazzling commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan known for its giant digital billboards and New Year's Eve ball drop.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The most influential modern art museum in the world, home to Starry Night, Campbell's Soup Cans, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
45 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Briarcliff Manor
- 79 kmHawk's Nest (Route 97)A serpentine stretch of NY Route 97 clinging to cliffs above the Delaware River near Port Jervis. Its stacked stone-walled curves star in countless car commercials.
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