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.
Northeast
Peekskill
Westchester County, NY
Population
25,401
Walk Score
93 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,798
Median home value
$365,000
Founded
1816
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District · listed 2006
- Peekskill Downtown Historic District · listed 2005
Notable landmarks
- Beecher-McFadden Estate · listed 1987
- Drum Hill High School · listed 1979
- Fleischmann, Gustav and Marion, House · listed 2021
- Ford Administration Building · listed 2006
- Mount Florence
- Nelson, Thomas, House · listed 2001
- Peekskill Freight Depot · listed 2004
- Peekskill Presbyterian Church · listed 2002
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church · listed 2003
- Standard House · listed 2000
- US Post Office-Peekskill · listed 1989
- Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House · listed 1981
- Villa Loretto · listed 1989
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