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Downtown Peekskill offers affordable living with all of the cultural diversity and quality of life amenities of the big city (without the big city). As more and more people look for places to call home, Peekskill offers more living space for their housing buck, access to the great outdoors, and the neighborly spirit of a small town. Plus, Peekskill offers restaurant, pub, arts and entertainment possibilities of urban life, making it an ideal place to live.

Housing choices range from 1-bedroom apartments and studios to condominiums to old Victorian homes. Because of our range of affordable living options and relatively low property taxes, we’re a city you can grow in.

Peekskill is one of the most affordable places to work in Westchester.

Choices range from store-front commercial, to mixed use retail and manufacturing, to professional office space in modern office buildings.  Because of our range of affordable work options and one of the lowest city property tax rates in New York State, we’re a city you can grow your business in.

The train commute to the heart of NYC is under an hour.

So go ahead, grab a seat, drink your coffee, and read the paper or just watch the river roll by – it beats strap-hanging crunched together in a subway car like a can of sardines.

We live the great outdoors.

Amenities close by include Depew Park bordering downtown, Blue Mountain Reservation, Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain State Park, and Riverfront Green Park with access to the Hudson River. Downtown Peekskill is an ideal jumping-off point for all the fishing, hiking, and biking that the Hudson Valley has to offer.

Cultural diversity comes with a whole lot of side benefits.

Small restaurants can feed you with home-cooked meals that transport you to other countries or local grocery stores that carry everything from plantains and hot chili peppers to organic peanut butter.

Peekskill is for foodies.

Peekskill has enough local options to keep things constantly refreshing. Downtown’s got everything from a mean cup of coffee, to an authentically poured Guinness, to a local pub that offers an exhaustive list of micro-brews, to a growing list of restaurants that make downtown a destination for food experience seekers.

People support revitalization and downtown continues to attract more and more people.

Whether you’re a downtown employee, young family, city commuter, empty-nester, the cool creative type or looking for fresh air and nature, catch the spirit of Peekskill from those who know it best – simply come and visit. Gleaming new apartment towers and historic landmark lofts attract new residents to Downtown Peekskill every year. Whether day life or night life, downtown Peekskill is the good life.