⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking downtown Peekskill, New York

December 14, 2024 - 2:10 PM
31°F / -1°C

Walking tour (without narration) of downtown Peekskill, New York via the following route: southbound on South James Street → westbound on Brown Street → southbound on Elizabeth Street → northbound on South Division Street → northbound on Esther Street → westbound on Brown Street → northbound on South Division Street → westbound on South Street → northbound on Union Street → eastbound on Central Avenue → northbound on North Division Street → westbound on Main Street → northbound on Nelson Avenue → eastbound on Diven Street → southbound on North Division Street → eastbound on Main Street.

Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.

Highlights:
00:00 - Walking southbound on South James Street
01:04 - Walking westbound on Brown Street
02:40 - Walking southbound on Elizabeth Street
03:42 - Walking northbound on South Division Street
04:52 - Church of the Assumption
05:21 - Walking northbound on Esther Street
05:56 - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, walking westbound on Brown Street
06:27 - Walking northbound on South Division Street
07:22 - Walking westbound on South Street
08:16 - Walking northbound on Union Street
08:56 - Walking eastbound on Central Avenue
10:47 - Walking northbound on North Division Street
12:26 - Walking westbound on Main Street
14:21 - Peekskill City Hall, walking northbound on Nelson Avenue
16:12 - Walking eastbound on Diven Street
18:42 - Walking southbound on North Division Street
19:45 - Walking eastbound on Main Street
20:50 - Pugsley Park
21:48 - United Methodist Church of Peekskill

From Wikipedia:
"Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, 35 miles (56 km) north of New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point in Rockland County. The population was 25,431 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 23,583 at the 2010 census. It is the third-largest municipality in northern Westchester County, after Cortlandt and Yorktown.

The area was an early American industrial center, primarily for iron plow and stove products. The Binney & Smith Company, now named Crayola LLC and makers of Crayola products, is linked to the Peekskill Chemical Company founded by Joseph Binney at Annsville in 1864, and succeeded by a partnership by his son Edwin and nephew Harold Smith in 1885.

The well-publicized Peekskill Riots of 1949 involved attacks and a lynching-in-effigy occasioned by Paul Robeson's benefit concerts for the Civil Rights Congress, although the main assault following the September concert properly took place in nearby Van Cortlandtville. Nevertheless, the city of Peekskill has since had multiple African American mayors since 1984."