Sitting at the southern tip of majestic Mount Pleasant, Valhalla is a Midwestern delight. Just 40 minutes from Manhattan, it is a small community with excellent quality of life. It is the final resting place of yesteryear personalities like Peter Arno and Billie Burke. The third-best neighborhood of Mount Pleasant invites you to live, work and to play.
Valhalla Union Free School District runs three schools in the hamlet. From elementary to high-school level, students are taught using the latest technology and innovative programs. In terms of safety, Niche ranks the SD as the 50th best in New York. It is also the 92nd best place to teach in the entire NY metro area. Prefer rather private schools? You don’t have to drive far to enroll your kids in institutes like St. John Baptist, St. Columbaus School etc. Together these private and public schools make Valhalla a locality of more than 90% graduation rate. The highlights of Valhalla’s recreational scene are Mount Pleasant Town Pool and Community Center. On a weekend afternoon, if you’re driving through the Columbus Avenue, you can’t resist stopping at Kensico Dam, Valhalla train station and at Holy Name of Jesus Church. This is the road on which area’s best shops and restaurants are also located. John A. Hartford House and Kensico Cemetery are good sources of history. Keen for art and culture? You have easy access to Westchester Broadway Theatre and Tarrytown Music Hall. Kensico Dam Plaza is the perfect place to take a walk with your dog. A few minutes’ drive away is the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, the perfect place to witness fall exhibition. Missing Golf? Knollwood Country Club has the best 18 holes golf course in your surroundings.
Re-polish your resume! Employers in Westchester County e.g. PepsiCo, Morgan Stanley and MasterCard are offering great perks. The economic growth of the county has been vigorous in recent years, mainly because of its flourishing biotech and high-tech industries. The White Planes area has, in fact, become the financial and business center of eastern NYS. Low unemployment and high wages are the very obvious consequences. Prefer to stay away from the corporate world? Valhalla is home to two world-class medical centers and prestigious institutes of higher education. They are also looking to hire.
Programs are underway to make available reasonably priced housing in Valhalla. At this moment, the real-estate value is second-highest in the state but the fifth-highest median household income duly compensates for this. Builders here leave no stone unturned to ensure comfort and indulgence in their creations. They offer 3 or 4-bedroom, 2000+ sq. ft. single-family homes in the pricerange of upper 500 to mid-600s. Estates with more than 3500 sq. ft. of an area cost little over 1000s.
Planning a move to Valhalla? Look into the NewHomeSource’s property listing to pickfrom the best new homes in the locality. No property seems suitable? Doesn’t matter. Our boutique builders are waiting to design your dream home that you can build on your own lot.
There are 17 new subdivisions in Valhalla. For more options, expand your search to new construction communities in New York. You can also search New York specialized community types such as townhomes and condominiums or seek communities in the pre-construction phase.