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About Peekskill
City in New York, United StatesPeekskill 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. The area was an early American industrial center, primarily for iron plow and stove products. The Binney & Smith Company, now named Crayola LLC and makers of Crayola products, is linked to the Peekskill Chemical Compa…
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Housing in Peekskill
The typical Peekskill home is worth about $527,000, up 3.7% in a year, close to the New York typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Peekskill
Safety Grade B
Peekskill reports less crime per resident than 55% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Peekskill
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The public schools Peekskill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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