Thornwood, New York Homes for Sale

Thornwood is a hamlet inside the town of Mount Pleasant and is about a 40-minute drive north from Manhattan. This region was originally inhabited by Algonquin Lenape Native Americans. The Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad established a station in Thornwood, but it was eliminated in the mid-1980s due to electrification. The area was, at one point of time, home to a large and flourishing marble quarry. In the 1980s, this quarry pit was filled up and a shopping center was built over it. Thornwood is currently an unincorporated hamlet in Westchester County.

When in Thornwood, take a 15-minute drive to Sunnyside, the restored home of author Washington Irving and a National Historic Landmark. Enjoy a picnic in Leitas Pond Park or sit down to a casual lunch or dinner at restaurants that serve traditional Italian and American dishes or Asian specialties. Finnegan's Grill is a casual restaurant with family-style seating a menu of traditional American favorites. Swaddee House of Thai Food is a casual family restaurant with a menu of Thai specialties. Casa Rina of Thornwood is a casual family restaurant with five dining rooms that serves traditional Italian food and classic steakhouse fare.

The Mount Pleasant Central School District is dedicated and committed to providing for each child a humanized comprehensive education. The district is located in central Westchester County, about 30 miles north of New York City. The district has two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school and covers all of the hamlets of Hawthorne and Thornwood, and portions of the hamlet of Valhalla and village of Pleasantville. It is the primary goal of the district to permit each student to fully develop his or her potential as a responsible constructive citizen of our society and in that society to be a self-sufficient and self-fulfilled individual.

Mount Pleasant Central School District: http://www.mtplcsd.org/
Rose Hill Shopping Center: http://rosehillshopping.com