Peekskill, New York
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Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, 35 miles (56 km) north of New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point in Rockland County. The population was 25,431 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 23,583 at the 2010 census. It is the third-largest municipality in northern Westchester County, after Cortlandt and Yorktown.
Downtown Peekskill
First page of Ryck's patent with the name of Sachem Sirham, chief of the Sachoes.
Eastern redoubt on Fort Hill Park
South Street in 1908
U.S. Route 9 in New York
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U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York. In New York, US 9 extends 324.72 miles (522.59 km) from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to an interchange with Interstate 87 (I-87) just south of the Canadian border in the town of Champlain. US 9 is the longest north–south U.S. Highway in New York. The portion of US 9 in New York accounts for more than half of the highway's total length.
Broadway at Dyckman Street in Inwood, looking north, with billboard in Spanish
The Broadway Bridge at the northern tip of Manhattan
US 9 runs under the elevated IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line in the Bronx.
US 9 (North Broadway) in Yonkers