Editing Valhalla, New York (section)

== Highlights ==
Valhalla is the location of the Mount Pleasant Town Hall as well as the Mount Pleasant Town Pool and Community Center.  The main street in Valhalla is Columbus Avenue, which runs the length of the hamlet.  Along this road is the [[Valhalla (Metro-North station)|Valhalla train station]]. The Valhalla train station is located right off the [[Taconic State Parkway]], across from the hamlet's commercial center. The train station is the next major stop of [[Metro-North Railroad]] after [[North White Plains (Metro-North station)|North White Plains]], when proceeding northbound from [[New York City]].

Columbus Avenue also contains the [[Kensico Dam]], and Holy Name of Jesus Church, as well as shops and restaurants.  The Valhalla ZIP Code (10595) includes portions of the towns of Mount Pleasant, [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]], and [[North Castle, New York|North Castle]]. The hamlet is bordered by the North White Plains area of North Castle, the northernmost portion of the town of Greenburgh, and the hamlets of [[Thornwood, New York|Thornwood]] and [[Hawthorne, New York|Hawthorne]], both within Mount Pleasant.  The Valhalla School District, comprising parts of the three towns, is served by the Virginia Road Elementary School, located in the southernmost part of the hamlet in Greenburgh, and the Kensico School and Valhalla Middle and High Schools, all located along Columbus Avenue in Mount Pleasant. Some residents with Valhalla addresses are in the Mount Pleasant Central School District, served by Westlake High School in Thornwood. The [[John A. Hartford House]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1977 as a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> It serves as administrative offices of SUNY Westchester Community College.