Town of Rye

The Town of Rye contains two villages – Port Chester and Rye Brook – and the Rye Neck section of the village of Mamaroneck (the remainder of the village of Mamaroneck is in the town of Mamaroneck). Port Chester, Rye Brook and Rye Neck comprise the entire area of the town of Rye. Our town nestles in a valley in the background of which lie the picturesque hills and dales of Westchester County. Our Town of Rye borders on Long Island Sound bordering on Connecticut at the gateway of New England within convenient commuting distance from New York and in the metropolitan area. While we started with the Boston Post Road running close to the sound and constituting our main highway, a toll road along which passed the horse-drawn stages, modern parkways and paved highways over which pass speedy motor vehicles now link our Town to all the cities, towns and villages of this great country of ours. The Town of Rye operates two parks. Crawford Park sits on 35.6 acres (144,000 m2) in the village of Rye Brook. It contains soccer fields, a pavilion area, softball field, open fields, a playground, and the Mansion. Rye Town Park/Oakland Beach is located along Forest Avenue in the city of Rye on sixty-two acres of grasslands, forests, open fields, duck pond, and beach. It is next to Playland Park on Long Island Sound.