Scarsdale, New York
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| Scarsdale, New York | |
  Scarsdale, New York
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Westchester |
| Area | |
| - Total | 6.6 sq mi (17.2 km²) |
| - Land | 6.6 sq mi (17.2 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 17,886 |
| - Density | 2,685.7/sq mi (1,036.9/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 10583 |
| Area code(s) | 914 |
| FIPS code | 36-65431 |
| GNIS feature | 0977410 |
Scarsdale is a coextensive town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States postal code 10583. It is a northern suburb of New York City. As of the 2000 census, its population was 17,886.[2]
Scarsdale has elected to operate solely as a village government even though the 'Village of Scarsdale' is coterminous with the 'Town of Scarsdale.' It is one of several villages in the state that have a similar governmental situation (see: description of town in N.Y. State).
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²), of which, 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²) of it is land and 0.15% is water.
[edit] Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods within the village of Scarsdale (and the names of its elementary schools) comprise:
- Edgewood
- Fox Meadow
- Greenacres
- Heathcote
- Quaker Ridge
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 17,823 people, 5,662 households, and 4,993 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,685.7 people per square mile (1,036.4/km²). There were 5,795 housing units at an average density of 873.2/sq mi (337.0/km²).
According to the 2000 Census, the race distribution of Scarsdale was: White (non Hispanic) 74.1%, Asian 2.6%, African-American 11.5%, Hispanic or Latino 10.6%.
There were 5,662 households out of which 51.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 99.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.8% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the village the population was spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $182,792, and the median income for a family was $200,001. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $62,319 for females. The per capita income for the village was $89,907. About 1.7% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] School System
The Scarsdale Union Free School District consists of one elementary school for each of the neighborhoods mentioned above, as well as the Scarsdale Middle School, the Scarsdale High School.
[edit] Scarsdale Post Office and postal zone
The Scarsdale Post Office on Chase Road is #88002428 on the National Register of Historic Places.
The population of the 10583 zip-code is more than twice that of Scarsdale proper. Sections of neighboring communities are covered by the Scarsdale zip-code (10583), including:
- Beech Hill (City of Yonkers)
- Edgemont (Town of Greenburgh)
- Garth Road (Town of Eastchester)
- Green Knolls (Town of Eastchester)
- Greenvale (Town of Eastchester)
- Murdock Woods (Town of Mamaroneck)
- North End of Eastchester
- North End of New Rochelle
- Wilmot (City of New Rochelle)
- Wilmot Woods (City of New Rochelle)
[edit] Notable people
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People associated with Scarsdale include:
[edit] Television, film, music and radio personalities
- Liza Minnelli, singer and actress, lived in Scarsdale with her mother, Judy Garland and attended Scarsdale High School. She also toured Europe and Israel in an SHS production of The Diary of Anne Frank.[3]
- Susan Lucci, born in Scarsdale and the star of soap TV series All My Children as well as many other notable films and television shows.
- Aaron Sorkin, writer and creator of the TV series Sports Night and The West Wing. Raised in Scarsdale.
- Yoko Ono, singer. Her family moved to Scarsdale in the early 1950s; she later joined them from Japan.[4]
- Linda McCartney (Linda Eastman), actress, writer, cinematographer, producer, photographer, and wife of Beatles star Paul McCartney, went to Scarsdale High School[5]
- Bruce Beck, television sportscaster for WNBC-TV. [6]
- Bryan Reynolds, critical theorist, playwright, graduated SHS in 1983.
- Aaron Brown, former host of NewsNight with Aaron Brown on the television network CNN [7]
- Will Hawkins, singer-songwriter and playwright attended SHS from 1981 until 1985. [8]
- Nina Totenberg, NPR legal correspondent. (SHS graduate)[9]
- Eve Ensler, dramatist. Raised in Scarsdale, attended SHS.
- L B Fisher, born in Scarsdale and acted on popular shows such as Felecity, ER, Boston Public.
- Rupert Holmes,composer and writer, resides in Scarsdale.[10]
- Dorothy Dalton, silent-film actress.[11]
- Bill Pankow, film editor of "The Black Dahlia," "Assault of Precinct 13," "Paid In Full," etc.
- Lisa Donovan, (LisaNova) YouTube celebrity and current featured cast member of MadTV, graduated from SHS in 1998. [12]
- David Lascher, sitcom actor from such shows as Hey Dude, Blossom, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Beverly Hills, 90210, was born and raised in Scarsdale.
- Joseph Kaiser, opera, theater, and film actor, grew up in Scarsdale.
- Beyonce and Jay-Z Scarsdale village clerk Donna Conkling told the Associated Press that a marriage license for Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, dated April 4 and signed by the person who officiated at the wedding, is being filed with the state.[2]
[edit] Writers
- Jacob M. Appel, short-story writer (Creve Coeur), playwright (Arborophilia), bioethicist. (SHS graduate)
- James Fenimore Cooper, writer (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851). Author of many classic books, including The Spy (set in an extant Scarsdale historical home--The Locusts--and Last of the Mohicans.
- Gish Jen (pseudonym of Lillian Jen), novelist. Born in Scarsdale, 1956. A thinly disguised version of Scarsdale is a subject of some of her works.[13]
- Harold Krents (1944-1987), lawyer, whose life story inspired the drama Butterflies Are Free. Author of To Race the Wind. (SHS graduate)[14]
- Nicholas Kristof Journalist and Columnist for The New York Times, and twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Most recent Pulitzer Prize was in 2006 for his columns regarding the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.[15] [16]
- Sheryl WuDunn, Journalist and Columnist for The New York Times. She is married to Nicholas Kristof, also of Scarsdale. [17]
- G. Adrienne Lopez, attorney, author and film producer resided with her family in Scarsdale for two decades. Author of To Love, Honor and Betray: The Secret Life of Suburban Housewives. Executive Producer of award-winning film Dirty Laundry (2005). [18] [19]
- Dan O'Brien, playwright, Dear Boy, The Voyage of the Carcass
- Carl Schorske, Historian and author of Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture[3] with his sister, Florence Wald, former Dean of Yale Nursing school and Founder of American Hospice
- Richard Kostelanetz, writer and artist, graduated from SHS in 1958.
[edit] Doctors
- Gerald B. Appel,Chief of Nephrology at Columbia University, noted for his television appearances, celebrity patients and his role in saving the career of NBA star Alonzo Mourning.[citation needed]
- Anthony Avellino, Professor of Neuro Science Univ. of Washington grew up on Garth Road. World acclaimed pediatric neurosurgeon, involved with the separation of several sets of conjoined twins in the 1990s, and notable tumor removal surgery.[20]
- Emily Barringer (1876–1961), the world's first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency, was born in town.[4]
- Neil Cobelli, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center, lives on Carthage Rd. Considered one of the top in his field in the North East.
- Anil K. Lalwani, Mendik Foundation Professor of Otolaryngology and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at New York University's Medical School. Pediatric Otolaryngologist, renowned for placing cochlear implants in children as young as 9 months old.[24]
- Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Program Director, Nuclear Medicine Service, Depatment of Radiology, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, lives in Scarsdale with her family. [She is] a nuclear medicine physician with a special interest in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. [Her] research has shown that PET imaging following treatment for small-cell lung cancer can accurately predict patient outcome. [She is] also exploring the role of PET imaging and the development of new diagnostic methods that use radiolabelled antibodies to detect recurrent gynecologic cancers. [25][26]
[edit] Sports personalities
- Hugh White (athlete) Captain of nation champion 1901 University of Michigan football team, winners of first Rose Bowl (1902), combined score for season (550-0). Engineer and businessman. Scarsdale village president.
- James Cogswell and Fessenden Blanchard invented platform tennis in Scarsdale. [27]
- David Stern, current Commissioner of the National Basketball Association. [28]
- Paul Heyman, professional wrestling manager and former promoter, best known for his role in Extreme Championship Wrestling. [29]
- Joe Garagiola (1926- ) is a former major league catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. He later became a popular broadcaster. He and his wife raised their children in Scarsdale.[30]
- Bill Mazer (1920- ) is a famous New York sports and talkshow personality. He has resided in Quaker Ridge since the mid 1960's.
[edit] Legal
- William Glendon, argued the Pentagon Papers case before the Supreme Court of the United States of America on behalf of The Washington Post.[31]
[edit] Political figures
- Daniel Tompkins, 6th Vice President of the United States. Vice President Tompkins was born in Scarsdale.[32]
[edit] Gangsters and spies
- Gregory DePalma, Gambino crime family Capo.[33]
- Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, gangster and Las Vegas resort builder. He owned a house in Scarsdale from 1929 on; he was increasingly absent in later years but his family continued to live there. [34]
- Robert Hanssen, Soviet spy, lived at 150 Webster Road in Scarsdale from 1978 until 1981; his children attended IHM. His wife told the FBI that he had had dealings with Moscow during that time[5]
[edit] Science, space and technology
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman Ph.D., astronaut. Born in Brooklyn but "considers Scarsdale to be his hometown", see bio at NASA website. (SHS graduate)
- Joseph Capecci, Scientist, Architect, Dean-CCNY, holder of several US patents critical in the evolution of nuclear weapons, NASA consultant during the space race has resided in Scarsdale since 1970.[citation needed]
- Ivan Sutherland, computer graphics pioneer. (SHS graduate)[citation needed]
- Brewster Kahle, Internet Pioneer. Founded Wide Area Information Servers, Alexa Internet, Internet Archive.[citation needed]
[edit] Artists
- Salih Memecan, Turkish cartoonist. [35]
[edit] Scarsdale in popular culture
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[edit] In the arts
[edit] Film
- Seconds - John Frankenheimer's 1966 film, starring Rock Hudson, opens with the central character taking a Metro North train to Scarsdale, where he lives with his wife.
- Bugsy - Barry Levinson's 1991 Oscar-winning film features Warren Beatty as gangster Benjiman Siegel, who lived in Scarsdale during the 1940s. The film opens at Siegel's house in Scarsdale (actually filmed in Hancock Park, Los Angeles), and Scarsdale is mentioned numerous times throughout the film. The movie's Co-Producer Charles Newirth grew up in Scarsdale[citation needed].
- Johnny Cool - The 1963 film features Elizabeth Montgomery as a young woman in New York City who grew up in Scarsdale, and considers going back for a brief, restful break from her chaotic situation[citation needed].
- Hell High - The 1989 B-grade horror film was partially shot on location at Scarsdale High School, in hallways, classrooms, a parking lot, and at the Brewster Road entrance.
- Charlie Wilson's War - Mike Nichols's 2007 film, starring Tom Hanks contains a line regarding the placement of a crèche on city property. A constituent from Nagadoches, Texas who has traveled to DC to press Wilson to take action says: “It’s East Texas. Who are we offending? This isn’t Scarsdale, for goodness sakes.”[citation needed] The line is a reference to an early 1980s Supreme Court case regarding a nativity scene in the village center[citation needed]. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale[citation needed].
- Wait Until Dark - In Terence Young's 1967 adaptation of Frederick Knott's play, the character Harry Roat (played by Alan Arkin) hails from Scarsdale.
[edit] Television
- Seinfeld - Kramer is accidentally rewarded with a Tony Award for the fictional musical "Scarsdale Surprise", supposedly based on the Scarsdale Diet doctor murder.[36]
- Will and Grace - In the episode, "Secrets and Lays," Karen Walker says: "Stan had to take his kids to Scarsdale to see their real mother. What was her name? Wait a minute it'll come to me... 'Stan, take the kids to see that bitch ... Cathy!' Cathy."[citation needed]
- Gossip Girl - Aaron's hometown.[citation needed]
- Taxi - Tony Danza's character, Tony Banta, attempts to adopt a young boy from a wealthy foster family in Scarsdale in several episodes.
- Star Trek Voyager - Mentioned in the episode Death Wish.[citation needed]
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien - On the thirteenth anniversary of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", the show is "Bar Mitzvahed" and Scarsdale is cited as the home of Temple Emanuel, the fictional temple of the fictional Rabbi Grossman, who performs the Bar Mitzvah ceremony.[citation needed]
- Entourage - Billy Walsh grew up in Scarsdale.
- Mr. Show - One sketch involves a black-influenced, white singing duo named Three Times One Minus One being introduced as "coming straight outta Scarsdale!" a la "straight outta Compton". The joke here being that Scarsdale, unlike Compton, is an all-white neighborhood.[citation needed]
- Ugly Betty - Amanda and Marc visit Amanda's parents in Scarsdale in the second season of the show.[citation needed]
[edit] Broadway
- Rent - The main character, Mark, makes two references to Scarsdale as his hometown. Scarsdale is mentioned within the song "Tango: Maureen"[citation needed]
- Guys and Dolls - A Broadway man chides a woman's marital aspirations by saying "You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Galahad, a breakfast-eating, Brooks Brothers, type."[citation needed]
[edit] Literature
- Sleepless In Scarsdale - John Updike uses Scarsdale as the setting for his poem.
- See How They Run - James Paterson uses Scarsdale as the setting in his novel.
- Next - Michael Crichton uses Scarsdale in parts of his novel as the residence of an overspending eldery couple
- Inca Gold - Clive Cussler briefly mentions Scarsdale.
- Against the Day - Thomas Pynchon names a major character in the novel "Scarsdale Vibe".
- Jane Austen in Scarsdale -The Quiet Room
- The Spy - James Fennimore Cooper sets his novel in a house in Scarsdale (The Locusts)
[edit] Music
- Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan mentions Scarsdale in this song[citation needed]
- WP (White Plains) - Matisyahu raps about Westchester NY[citation needed]
[edit] Events
Scarsdale Town Pool was the swimming venue for the 2007 Empire State Games[37].
Scarsdale is home to the Scarsdale Concours, an annual auto show for charity.
[edit] The 2002 "homecoming bacchanal"
What the New York Times termed a "homecoming bacchanal" made regional news in 2002 and sent five students to the hospital with acute alcohol poisoning. Reportedly scores of students arrived drunk at the dance, some so drunk that they vomited in the principal's wastebasket and passed out on his floor. Twenty-eight of them received suspensions. The Times said the incident evoked "soul-searching" in "this iconic suburb, which prides itself on giving children every advantage." A student was quoted as saying "We are supposed to be Scarsdale, the rich people, the good people, the studious." Principal John Klemme told student government leaders that "the world is taking a perverse pleasure in Scarsdale's humiliation" and challenged them to "reclaim your school."[38][39]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "Scarsdale School Suspends 28 Students for Drunkenness", The New York Times, September 27, 2002, pp. 6.
- Gross, Jane. "Teenagers' Binge Leads Scarsdale to Painful Self-Reflection", The New York Times, October 8, 2002, pp. 1.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Associated Press (2008-04-22). Scarsdale official: Beyonce, Jay-Z filed marriage license. LoHud.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ (1980) Fin-De-Siecle Vienna : Politics and Culture.
- ^ [1]National Library of Medicine Web site, Web page titled "Celebrating America's Women Physicians: Changing the Face of Medicine: Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer" accessed November 1, 2006
- ^ Adrian Havill, 2002, The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FBI Double Agent Robert Hanssen, p. 56. St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-98629-7.
[edit] External links
- Scarsdale official website
- Scarsdale schools official website
- SHS Maroon official website
- Scarsdale Magazine
- The Journal News, the local newspaper
- SHS Technology Club official website
- Scarsdale, New York is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Scarsdale train station
