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Pocantico Hills
Hamlet
Pocantico Hills Pocantico Hills within the state of New York
Coordinates: 41°5′40″N 73°50′9″W / 41.09444°N 73.83583°W / 41.09444; -73.83583
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Westchester County
Town	Mount Pleasant

Pocantico Hills is a hamlet in the Westchester County town of Mount Pleasant, New York, northeast of the village of Sleepy Hollow and southwest of the village of Pleasantville, in the United States.^{[citation needed]} The area was originally settled by Native Americans of the Wecquaesgeek tribes; "Pocantico" means "running between two hills",^{[This quote needs a citation]} and the name is a reference to the meandering Pocantico River.^{[citation needed]} Nestled between the Hudson River on the west and the Saw Mill River Parkway on the east, one finds pristine woodlands, brooks, 1,000 acres (400 ha) of hiking trails, and nature walks an hour's drive from downtown Manhattan.^{[peacock prose][citation needed]}

The Rockefeller family estate, anchored by Kykuit, the family seat built by John D. Rockefeller, Sr., is located in Pocantico Hills, as is the adjacent Rockefeller State Park Preserve.^{[citation needed]}

The Union Church of Pocantico Hills is also in the hamlet.^{[citation needed]} This quaint stone church was built by the Rockefeller family for their and the communities' use.^{[peacock prose][citation needed]} It features beautiful stained glass originals, including one by Henri Matisse and nine by Marc Chagall.^{[citation needed]} The Matisse window was his final piece prior to his death in 1954 and was commissioned by Nelson A. Rockefeller in memory of his mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art.^{[citation needed]}

The Stone Barns agricultural center in Pocantico Hills was established in 2003 to demonstrate multi-cultural, self-sustaining farming techniques; it is host to the Blue Hill restaurant, a high-end eatery which features foodstuffs grown (or raised) on the Stone Barns property.^{[citation needed]}

The hamlet and park have invited countless photographers from the National Audubon Society to filmmakers. Woody Allen's A Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy and The Rebound (2009) with Catherine Zeta-Jones, have been filmed amongst the wooded trails and quaint country lanes.^{[citation needed]}

The areas was once called Beeckmantown, after the family of Stephen D. Beeckman, who had lived in a residence on the highest ground of the area, just west of the "Irving Institute".^[1]

When the De La Salle Brothers' property in Amawalk was condemned to make way for the New Croton Reservoir, they relocated their novitiate to Pocantico. Around 1929, the Rockefeller family purchased the property.^[2]

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Emergency services stem from a variety of sources, with policing services provided by the Town of Mount Pleasant Police Department, fire protection services provided from the all-volunteer Pocantico Hills Fire Department, and emergency medical services from Westchester EMS.

• Marianne Hagan (b. 1968), actress and writer, currently^[when?] of New York City, comes from Pocantico Hills.^{[citation needed]}
• David Rockefeller (1915–2017), philanthropist and head of Chase Manhattan, died in Pocantico Hills on March 20, 2017.^[3]

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