Editing Briarcliff Manor, New York (section)

=== Transportation ===
[[File:Scarborough Train Station (4).jpg|thumb|alt=View of tracks and overpass from platform|The [[Scarborough (Metro-North station)|Scarborough Metro-North station]] platform, tracks, and overpass]]
[[File:BriarcliffOutlook5.jpg|thumb|alt=A single-story Tudor Revival railroad station|Law's Briarcliff Manor station (now part of the village library) in 1906]]
The village's transportation system includes highways, streets, and a rail line; its low population density favors automobiles. Briarcliff Manor is accessible by the [[controlled-access highway|controlled-access]] [[Taconic State Parkway]]; it can also be reached by [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|U.S. Route 9]], [[New York State Route 9A]] and [[New York State Route 100]], which traverse the village north to south. East-west travel is more difficult; Long Hill, Pine, Elm, and Scarborough roads are narrow, winding, and hilly.<ref name="2007Plan"/> Routes 9 and 9A are the most heavily traversed roadways in the village.<ref name="2007MitigationPlan"/>

According to the [[National Bridge Inventory]], Briarcliff Manor has 15 bridges, with estimated daily traffic at 204,000 vehicles.<ref name="Bridges"/> Briarcliff Manor has 64 roads, with a total length of {{convert|46.1|mi}}. Twelve are named after trees, eleven after local residents and eight after veterans, and most have the [[road type]] of "lane" or "avenue", while the only "street" in the village is Stafford Street.<ref name="BMSHSNews3"/> The village's oldest existing road is Washburn Road, on which is the oldest standing house in the village, Century Homestead. The longest road in the village, at {{convert|3|mi|sigfig=1}}, is Pleasantville Road; the shortest is Pine Court, {{convert|175|ft}}.<ref name="1952history"/>{{rp|page=9}} Around the time when the Briarcliff Lodge was active, Briarcliff Manor roadways were constructed of [[macadam]] and lined with concrete drains and stone fences.<ref name="LodgeBook"/> Early in Briarcliff Manor's history, the first person to own an automobile was Henry Law (son of Walter Law), who owned a [[buckboard]] with an engine.<ref name="Baldwin"/>

The [[Metro-North Railroad]] [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]]'s [[Scarborough (Metro-North station)|Scarborough station]] offers direct service to New York's [[Grand Central Terminal]], and is the primary public transport to the city. About 750 commuters board southbound trains during the morning rush hour, most driving to the station.<ref name="2007Plan"/> Westchester County's [[Bee-Line Bus System]] provides service to areas near the village center on routes 14, 15, and 19, and services the Scarborough neighborhood with routes 11 and 13.<ref name="BeeLine">{{cite web|title=System Map: the Bee-Line System|publisher=Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation|url=https://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/pdfs/SysMapEng0518R.pdf|date=March 5, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

Rail transportation in the village began on December 13, 1880, with the small [[Millwood (NYCRR station)|Whitson's Station]] on the New York City & Northern Railroad (later the [[New York and Putnam Railroad]]). Before this time, residents would utilize the [[Ossining station]], built in 1848.<ref name="1952history"/>{{rp|page=20}} Walter Law replaced the 1880 station building in 1906 with a new structure in the style of his Briarcliff Lodge,<ref name=LodgeBook/> with [[Mission style furniture]] and rugs. The old station was moved to [[Millwood, New York]], around that time to become its station;<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=39}} it fell out of use and was demolished May 9, 2012, although plans exist for the construction of a replica.<ref name="OldMillwood"/> Law's Briarcliff station became the public library in 1959.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=76}}