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If you need to sleep over at SUNY at Purchase or Manhattanville College and don't have a friend you can stay with, you may be able to pay for a room on campus overnight, or if you are a visiting lecturer and the university may put you up in one as part of your compensation. Otherwise, you might want to check accommodation options in nearby towns like those mentioned in "Go next." | If you need to sleep over at SUNY at Purchase or Manhattanville College and don't have a friend you can stay with, you may be able to pay for a room on campus overnight, or if you are a visiting lecturer and the university may put you up in one as part of your compensation. Otherwise, you might want to check accommodation options in nearby towns like those mentioned in "Go next." | ||
Latest revision as of 03:11, 21 September 2024
Purchase is a small town in Westchester County, New York (state) | New York, home to State University of New York at Purchase and Manhattanville College, and the headquarters of PepsiCo.
ManhattanvilleCollegeCastleSpringtime - A pleasant springtime view of Manhattanville College; the building in the picture is Reid Hall
Contents
Travel to Purchase
By car
From points south: Take the Hutchinson River Parkway and exit onto Lincoln Av.
From points west: Take the Cross-Westchester Expressway (I-287) and exit onto Anderson Hill Road.
From Connecticut: Take the Merritt Parkway, which becomes the Hutchinson River Parkway, and exit onto Lincoln Av., or take the Connecticut Turnpike.
From points due north (and inland from the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound), I-684 is a good road that seldom backs up.
Travel on a Bus in Purchase
Take the Bee-Line Westchester County #12 bus from the White Plains TransCenter, Lane B (across from the Metro North train station). Download a schedule from this page.] Service ends early, with the last bus scheduled to leave the TransCenter at 6:10 PM on weekdays, 5:40 on Saturdays and 5:00 on Sundays.
By Plane
Westchester County Airport (IATA Flight Code: HPN) is right beyond the SUNY at Purchase campus, on the border with Connecticut.
Get Around
To get around Purchase, unless you are just going from one building to another on an academic mall, will require at a minimum a bicycle and, more likely, a motorized vehicle. It is not very feasible to walk the long distances within Purchase or between Purchase and neighboring towns.
Travel on a Bus in Purchase
The Westchester County 12 bus stops at both SUNY at Purchase and Manhattanville College, connecting them with the Metro-North Train Station in White Plains, but it is not useful to travel to diners on Anderson Hill Road, etc.
Best way to travel in Purchase by a Taxi
If you need a taxi, you have to call one. You will not be able to flag cabs down on the street. Ask the people wherever you are who you should call; everyone who's ever needed a cab is likely to know.
What to See
PepsiCoHQPurchaseNY - PepsiCo Headquarters
- Neuberger Museum of Art - 735 Anderson Hill Road 41.048195, -73.702512 On the campus of SUNY at Purchase ☎ +1 914-251-6100 (operator available Monday to Friday 8:30AM Monday - 5:30PM), +1 914-251-6117 (operator available South and Sunday 11AM Monday - 5PM) | Opening Hours: T-F, 10AM Monday - 4PM; South and Su, 11AM Monday - 5PM Neuberger Museum of Art Neuberger Museum of Art main entrance.jpeg Features modern, contemporary, and African art.
- Donald Monday Kendall Sculpture Gardens 700 Anderson Hill Road 41.0342, -73.6908 PepsiCo ☎ +1 914 253-3433 | Opening Hours: April–October 7AM Monday - 7PM and November–March 7AM Monday - 4:30PM Free admission Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens Moore reclining woman Corporate collection of PepsiCo, comprising more than 40 major sculptures among 12 gardens. Reopened in March 2017 following renovations.
Things to Do
Artscenter - |A view of the SUNY at Purchase Performing Arts Center from the main plaza. Its acoustics are better than its looks.
- SUNY at Purchase Performing Arts Center - 735 Anderson Hill Road ☎ +1 914 251-6200 +1 914-251-6171 - The Performing Arts Center has a full season of professional performances in music, dance, and theater, and also screens movies. There are also some student performances in the PAC. SUNY at Purchase is considered the top undergraduate SUNY school for music, dance and theater, and also has graduate programs in music and dance, among other subjects.
Shopping
Halal Restaurants in Purchase
Purchase does not have a wide variety of food options. However and there are a few (2 to 4) restaurants down Anderson Hill Road past Purchase Street. In addition and there are two colleges in Purchase (SUNY at Purchase and Manhattanville) which possess college food for students to eat.
Muslim Friendly Hotels
If you need to sleep over at SUNY at Purchase or Manhattanville College and don't have a friend you can stay with, you may be able to pay for a room on campus overnight, or if you are a visiting lecturer and the university may put you up in one as part of your compensation. Otherwise, you might want to check accommodation options in nearby towns like those mentioned in "Go next."
News & References
Travel Next
Purchase is not far from the Long Island Sound, where there are several nearby well-to-do towns with charming houses, Sound views, and hills, including Greenwich (Connecticut) | Greenwich, Connecticut; Rye (New York) | Rye; and Mamaroneck.
White Plains is much less picturesque, but it's where the nearest easily accessible Metro-North station lies, and from there, a train ride to Manhattan takes about 30-40 minutes.
Port Chester and the nearest town on the Long Island Sound, though charming as other towns on the Sound mentioned above, has another train station, on the New Haven Line, which connects New York City with New Haven, Connecticut.
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