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Considering moving from Brooklyn to Ossining Village due to historical value of the area & homes.
Anyone want to weigh in on if Ossining is a good place to live. Here's some additional points that are important to me:
• Victorian home
• within 20 minutes to train station
• able to walk to parks & hiking
Ossining is a prosperous town on the Hudson River with the train station at the bottom of the hill on the Hudson River. When I say prosperous, I mean there are enough business establishments that will bring in revenue and will attract people from other towns as well. Ossining has a shopping plaza. Surrounding towns like Croton-Harmon and Briarcliff do not have nearly as much local shops and franchises like Ossining. Route 9 runs north and south and you can take that to get to and from.
If you don’t have a car for the train station, you will have to walk up a hill to get home. Recently, they built up apartment and other developments by the train station. Ossining train station is at the bottom of the hill on the Hudson River. So you should look into getting a parking permit.
Most of the town is built on a hill. There are nice views of the Hudson River. I live closer to White Plains, so I cannot speak on the quality of life.
You might also want to look at Tarrytown and towns near the bridge. They are similar to Ossining, and if you can’t find a house in Ossining, you should be able to find one there.
Considering moving from Brooklyn to Ossining Village due to historical value of the area & homes.
Anyone want to weigh in on if Ossining is a good place to live. Here's some additional points that are important to me:
• Victorian home
• within 20 minutes to train station
• able to walk to parks & hiking
Thank you!
Ossining is a beautiful place to live. There are quite a few Victorian homes, especially on the river (western) side of Rt. 9. The riverfront park is beautiful and Crawbuckie has some nice trails and beautiful views. If you mean within a 20 minute drive to the train, the entire town fits the bill. Within a 20 minute walk lessens the options. While hiking in the village is tough, you are on metro north and some of the most beautiful hikes in the Hudson Valley are just steps from the train. Breakneck ridge has its own stop. Walks from the train include the scenic bridge over the hudson, Beacon Tower, Anthony's Nose is a bit more of a walk from Cold Spring, but doable. So many great hikes. If you bike, Croton Point and Croton Gorge are close by and offer amazing views and hikes. The Ossining Haverstraw ferry offers the great High Tor park. Boat, train, and bus options up to Bear Mountain and Harriman open up great hikes to an abandoned "ghost" town (doodletown, worth a hike), mines and remains of mining camps, waterfalls, the seven lakes, and so much more. If Victorians are your thing and you are not looking for highly competitive schools, consider Peekskill as well. Great value in beautiful "old ladies" there. All the best to you in your search.
Ossining is a beautiful place to live. There are quite a few Victorian homes, especially on the river (western) side of Rt. 9. The riverfront park is beautiful and Crawbuckie has some nice trails and beautiful views. If you mean within a 20 minute drive to the train, the entire town fits the bill. Within a 20 minute walk lessens the options. While hiking in the village is tough, you are on metro north and some of the most beautiful hikes in the Hudson Valley are just steps from the train. Breakneck ridge has its own stop. Walks from the train include the scenic bridge over the hudson, Beacon Tower, Anthony's Nose is a bit more of a walk from Cold Spring, but doable. So many great hikes. If you bike, Croton Point and Croton Gorge are close by and offer amazing views and hikes. The Ossining Haverstraw ferry offers the great High Tor park. Boat, train, and bus options up to Bear Mountain and Harriman open up great hikes to an abandoned "ghost" town (doodletown, worth a hike), mines and remains of mining camps, waterfalls, the seven lakes, and so much more. If Victorians are your thing and you are not looking for highly competitive schools, consider Peekskill as well. Great value in beautiful "old ladies" there. All the best to you in your search.
Look at this lady in Peekskill. Its on a main road, so maybe not optimal, but these gorgeous homes do hit the market there pretty often and because the schools are not the best, the values are incredible. 3200 square feet, look at the yard and charm, all for 700k. In other towns this is a easily double that, in some places triple or more. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...32969222_zpid/
Please, keep in mind before buying a Victorian - they are expensive to maintain, and you often find contractors up here don't have an idea on how to fix issues that crop up with them. It's a huge learning curve, and while it can be a lot of fun, it can also be very stressful.
There are plenty in my neighborhood—not sure what's for sale—in the neighborhood east of Route 9 bound by Croton Avenue to the North, Pleasantville Avenue to the east, and the apartments along Route 9 to the south. Takes about 12-15 minutes to walk to the train from my house (I live by the high school) and 5-8 minutes to drive. We're also about 5 minutes from the Croton Aqueduct Trail.
Another neighborhood to look at is Sparta (off of Rockledge Avenue and Spring Street), but it's closer to Scarborough train station rather than Ossining. (Scarborough has fewer trains.)
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