Editing Ardsley, New York

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Ardsley, New York
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|Village]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
<!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Ardsley clock jeh.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Downtown Ardsley
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = Ardsley, NY Seal.png
| image_blank_emblem = Ardsley, NY Logo.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
<!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = Westchester County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Ardsley highlighted.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Ardsley, New York

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities in Westchester County|Town]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Nancy Kaboolian<ref name="Board">{{cite web | title = Board of Trustees | publisher = Village of Ardsley | url = http://www.ardsleyvillage.com/board-of-trustees | access-date = January 26, 2020}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 3.42
| area_land_km2      = 3.42
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.32
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.32
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 5079
| population_density_km2 = 1484.49
| population_density_sq_mi = 3844.81

<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 64
| elevation_ft       = 210
| coordinates        = {{Coord|41|0|41|N|73|50|29|W|region:US-NY_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 10502
| area_code          = [[Area code 914|914]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 36-02506
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0942544
| website            = {{URL|http://www.ardsleyvillage.com/}}
| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 
}}
[[File:Map Of Ardsley, NY crop.gif|thumb|right|Map of Ardsley]]
[[File:ArdsleyFD2.jpg|thumb|Ardsley Fire Department engine]]

'''Ardsley''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]. It is part of the [[town]] of [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]]. The village's population was 5,079 at the 2020 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Ardsley_village,_New_York?g=160XX00US3602506 |title=Ardsley Village, New York |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 16, 2011 }}</ref> The mayor of Ardsley is Nancy Kaboolian.<ref name="Board"/>

The Ardsley [[post office]] serves the entire village of Ardsley, plus some nearby unincorporated sections of [[Greenburgh, New York|Greenburgh]]. The [[Ardsley Union Free School District]] includes the entire village of Ardsley plus parts of the village of [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]] and unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. Ardsley has a library that is a member of the [[Westchester Library System]].

Ardsley should not be confused with the nearby [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York|Ardsley-on-Hudson]], which is part of the [[village]] of [[Irvington, New York|Irvington]].

== History ==
{{expand section|when its second population boom ended, and what has become of the town since the 1950s|date=December 2022}}
Prior to European settlement Ardsley and its surrounding area was inhabited by the [[Wecquaesgeek|Wickquasgeck]] tribe, a band of the [[Wappinger]], related to the [[Lenape]] (Delaware) tribes which dominated lower New York state and [[New Jersey]].<ref>The name of the Indian band has variously been spelled Wiechquaeskeck, Wechquaesqueck, Weckquaesqueek, Wecquaesgeek, Weekquaesguk, Wickquasgeck, Wickquasgek, Wiequaeskeek, Wiequashook and Wiquaeskec. The spelling given here is one widely used for the original name of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in lower Manhattan: "The Wickquasgeck Trail."  The meaning of the name, however spelled, has been given as "the end of the marsh, swamp or wet meadow," "place of the bark kettle," and "birch bark country." See {{cite book|author=James Hammond Trumbull|title=Indian Names of Places, Etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JS8TAAAAYAAJ|year=1881|publisher=Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company|location=Hartford|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JS8TAAAAYAAJ/page/n97 81]}}</ref><ref name="chrono">Henry Steiner, [http://henrysteiner.com/DIRcomm/irvington/chronology.htm A Quick Chronology of Irvington, New York in the Early Days] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711162940/http://henrysteiner.com/DIRcomm/irvington/chronology.htm |date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>

After the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] came to the area, the land was part of the Bisightick tract of the [[Adriaen van der Donck|van der Donck]] grant purchased by [[Frederick Philipse]] in 1682, first [[Lord of the manor|lord]] of [[Philipsburg Manor]]. In 1785 the state of [[New York (state)|New York]] confiscated the land from his [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] grandson, Frederick Philipse III, after he sided with the British in the American Revolution, and sold it to local [[farmer]]s who had been tenants of the Phillipse family.

The village of Ashford was formed from some of these portions, named for the main road. Notable businesses included a [[blacksmith]], and a sawmill and grist mill both situated upon the [[Saw Mill River]]. Three pickle factories were in operation by the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and in the 1880s the construction of the [[Putnam and Dutchess Railroad|Putnam Railroad]] and [[New Croton Aqueduct]] led to a population boom which saw the installation of electric lighting and improved roads.

Due to the presence of an earlier Ashford Post Office in New York state, the town was forced to change its name in order to receive its own. The choice of "Ardsley" is attributed to [[Cyrus West Field]], who owned {{convert|780|acre|km2}} of land lying between Broadway ([[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]]) and Sprain Brook (Greenburgh) named Ardsley Park. He had named his home Ardsley Park after the English birthplace of his immigrant ancestor, Zechariah Field ([[East Ardsley]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England), who immigrated to the U.S. in 1629. The story told at one time is that Field agreed to use his influence to get the post office established, and in return the village would be renamed Ardsley.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Descendants of Cyrus West Field|url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Field/FieldDescendants.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|website=atlantic-cable.com}} The information about Zechariah Field and Ardsley Park came from Diane Druin Gravlee, great-great-granddaughter of Cyrus W. Field.</ref>  The first village postmaster was appointed in 1883.

Ardsley was incorporated as a town in 1896.  [[Ardsley High School]] was established in 1912, with an addition in 1925. The town would continue to grow at a steady pace until a fire destroyed the village center in 1914. This led to the reconstruction of several buildings, and the establishment of a fire department in the former schoolhouse. Two population booms would follow, the first between the end of [[World War I]] and the beginning of the [[Great Depression]], and the second following [[World War II]]. The Concord Road elementary school was built in 1953 with an addition in 1966. The town outgrew its original high school by the mid-1950s, resulting in the current facility being opened in 1957, and graduating its first class in 1958. The old school was converted into a middle school, until in 1971 the $5.5 million middle school was built.

The village was greatly changed during its second boom by the construction of the [[New York State Thruway]] in the late 1950s, which resulted in both the loss of the Ardsley station on the Putnam Division of the [[New York Central Railroad]] and the loss of much of the downtown business district.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

The [[Saw Mill River]] and Sprain Brook are two waterways that run through Ardsley. Over the years recurrent flooding along the Saw Mill River has caused damage to residential structures, commercial businesses, and industries as well as municipal infrastructure in Ardsley and other towns along the river. Recent severe floods occurred in March and April 1980, April 1984, and September 1999. The Army Corps of Engineers has completed several construction projects to help minimize potential damage from future floods in downtown Ardsley and surrounding areas.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/487576/fact-sheet-saw-mill-river-at-elmsford-and-greenburgh/ |title=FACT SHEET- Saw Mill River at Elmsford and Greenburgh > New York District > Fact Sheet Article View |access-date=2016-08-21 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019190050/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/487576/fact-sheet-saw-mill-river-at-elmsford-and-greenburgh/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Ardsley has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=110041&cityname=Ardsley%2C+New+York%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Ardsley, New York]</ref>

It receives approximately 28 inches of snow per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/zip-code/new_york/ardsley/10502 |title=Climate in Zip 10502 (Ardsley, NY) |publisher=Bestplaces.net |date= |accessdate=2022-09-07}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 404
| 1910 = 537
| 1920 = 730
| 1930 = 1135
| 1940 = 1423
| 1950 = 1744
| 1960 = 3991
| 1970 = 4470
| 1980 = 4183
| 1990 = 4272
| 2000 = 4269
| 2010 = 4452
| 2020 = 5079
| estyear = 2021
| estimate = 5006
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,269 people, 1,432 households, and 1,212 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3242.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 1,456 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1106.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 84.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 12.34% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.73% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.29% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.26% of the population.

There were 1,432 households, out of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.3% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $105,293, and the median income for a family was $126,239. Males had a median income of $88,012 versus $57,216 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $47,086. About 0.4% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 0.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

Per the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]'s 2018 estimates 4,534 people lived in the village.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Ardsley%20village,%20New%20York&g=1600000US3602506&hidePreview=false&table=DP05&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP05&vintage=2018&cid=DP05_0001E&layer=place&lastDisplayedRow=17|title=2018 ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates|website=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref> There were 1,688 housing units and the racial makeup of the village was 68.3% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 15.5% Asian, and 4.3% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race made up 8.2% of the population.

==Education==
The [[Ardsley Union Free School District]] operates the village's public schools. [[Ardsley High School]] is the district's senior high school.

[[Lyceum Kennedy International School]] maintains its Ardsley campus, serving elementary grades.

==Culture==
In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that it was one of several "Rivertowns" in New York State, even though physically Ardsley is not adjacent to a river; she described these "Rivertowns" as among the "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life."<ref name=Fostercomparingsuburbs>{{cite news|author=Foster, Brooke Lea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/realestate/comparing-suburbs-montclair-in-new-jersey-vs-dobbs-ferry-in-new-york.html|title=Comparing Suburbs: Montclair in New Jersey vs. Dobbs Ferry in New York|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2018}}</ref> Of those, Foster stated that Ardsley was "the most landlocked".<ref name=Fostercomparingsuburbs/>

==Infrastructure==
=== Public transit ===
The [[Bee-Line Bus System]] serves Ardsley with several lines. Lines running north–south along Route 9A and 100B like 1C, 5, and 6 provide connections with [[Elmsford]], [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], and [[Getty Square]], [[Yonkers]]. Lines running east–west like 66 provide connections to commuter rail stations and the downtowns of [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]], [[Scarsdale, New York|Scarsdale]], [[Larchmont, New York|Larchmont]], and [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle.]]

With the demise of the [[New York and Putnam Railroad]] in favor of the construction of [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]], commuter rail service to [[New York City]] is available via the [[Dobbs Ferry (Metro-North station)|Dobbs Ferry train station]] and [[Ardsley-on-Hudson (Metro-North station)|Ardsley-on-Hudson train station]], served by [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]], and the [[Hartsdale (Metro-North station)|Hartsdale train station]] and [[Scarsdale (Metro-North station)|Scarsdale train station]] served by Metro-North Railroad's [[Harlem Line]].

=== Pathways ===
There is also the motor-free [[South County Trailway|South County Trail]] connecting Ardsley to the [[Empire State Trail]] across New York State. The trail is frequently used by bicyclists and pedestrians whether they just want to take a stroll or if they want to get to places, such as [[Elmsford, New York|Elmsford]] or [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]]. The trail runs along the path where the [[New York and Putnam Railroad]] once stood.

==Notable people==

* [[David Oks]], writer and political activist
* [[Harold Goldsmith]] (1930–2004), Olympic foil and épée fencer
* [[Jesse McCartney]], singer, songwriter, and actor
* [[Timothy A. McDonnell]], prelate of the Roman Catholic Church 
* [[Marshall Rogers]], comics artist
* [[Funkmaster Flex]], professional disc jockey<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldsmith|first2=John|last2= Lauinger|first1=Samuel|title=Hot 97's DJ Funkmaster Flex arrested; accused of shoving wife, sending text threats|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/hot-97-dj-funkmaster-flex-arrested-accused-shoving-wife-sending-text-threats-article-1.132989|access-date=2021-09-20|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref>
* [[Jane Schoenbrun]], filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Cat |date=2024-05-03 |title=Jane Schoenbrun Doesn't Really Watch TV Anymore |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/jane-schoenbrun-i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-interview.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=The Cut |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Hudson Valley|New York (state)}}
* [[Ardsley High School]]
* [[Lyceum Kennedy]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.ardsleyvillage.com/ Village of Ardsley official website]
*[https://ardsleyhistoricalsociety.org/ Ardsley Historical Society official website]

{{New York}}
{{Westchester County, New York}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Greenburgh, New York]]
[[Category:Villages in Westchester County, New York]]