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Peekskill Landing Park

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Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Peekskill Landing Park
Phone:
(914) 737-3400

Address:
Waterfront, Peekskill, NY 10566

Peekskill, officially the City of Peekskill, is a city in Westchester County, New York. Peekskill is situated on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from Jones Point. The population was 23,583 during the 2010 census. This community was known to be an early American industrial center, primarily for its iron plow and stove products. The Binney & Smith Company, now makers of Crayola products, started as the Peekskill Chemical Company at Annsville in 1864. Peekskill's manufacturing base operated well into the late 20th century, with the Fleischmann Company making yeast by-products under the Standard Brands corporate name.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 occurred in nearby Van Cortlandtville.
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