Briarcliff Manor, New York

Briarcliff Manor  is a village in Westchester County, New York. The village is less than  north of New York City. It is shared between the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining, and its ZIP code is 10510. The village is on the east bank of the Hudson River, and includes the communities of Scarborough and Chilmark.

The village motto is "A village between two rivers", because of Briarcliff Manor's location between the Hudson and Pocantico Rivers. Briarcliff Manor was founded by Walter William Law in 1902, and has grown from 331 people then to 7,867 in 2010.

The area was known as Whitson's Corners until Walter Law developed the village during the 1890s. A part of the village, including buildings and homes covering , is part of the Scarborough Historic District and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Briarcliff Manor celebrated its centennial on November 21, 2002.

 References 

 Further reading 
  For further information on the history of Briarcliff Manor.
  For further information on village history and life. 
  For more information on the Briarcliff Congregational Church and Walter Law.
  For details about the Briarcliff Lodge and its history.

Other websites

 Official website for the Village of Briarcliff Manor 

 Geographic date related to Briarcliff Manor, New York at OpenStreetMap

Category:Villages in New York (state)