Beecher-McFadden Estate

Villa Loretto is a historic institutional building located at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1928 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for the housing and treatment of young delinquent women. It is a three to four story, "H" shaped brick building containing more than 175,000 square feet. The facility closed in June 1975. It has been converted to condominium residences known as Villa at the Woods. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Van Cortlandtville School, also known as Common School District No. 10, is a historic school building located at Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York. It was built about 1850 and is a small, one story, brick vernacular Gothic Revival style building. It has a steeply pitched, slate covered gable roof and board and batten siding. Additions were made to the original building in the early 20th century and in 1940. The building serves as headquarters of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Old St. Peter's Church and Old Cemetery, also known as St. Peter's Church of Cortlandt is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery at Oregon Road and Locust Avenue in Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York. The church was built in 1766 and measures 28 feet by 36 feet. It is a wood-frame building sheathed in clapboards and was restored in 1964. The nearby Elmsford Reformed Church was built in 1793 and is a close replica.The church served as a military hospital during 1781–1782. The cemetery includes graves of eight French soldiers, from Rochambeau's army, who died there.The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 with reference number 73001292. In an "additional documentation approval" listing, for the same reference number, the National Register included more information about the property in an expanded listing, in 2004. The documentation itself, dated 2003, describes one contributing site (the cemetery) and one contributing object, in addition to the already listed one contributing building of the property.

Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House is a historic home of the van Cortlandt family located in Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. The original house was built about 1773 and subsequently enlarged and altered a number of times.

Thomas Nelson House is a historic home located at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. It was built about 1860 and is a two-story, frame dwelling with a slightly hipped roof in the Italianate style. It has a two-story rear wing. It is clad in clapboard and sits on a stone and brick foundation. It features a one-story, open front porch with scrolled brackets, paired posts, and bracketed eaves. Also on the property is a contributing well house.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Major George Lawrence Lloyd (1 October 1892 – 15 July 1955) was a Rhodesian-born flying ace of the First World War, credited with eight aerial victories.

John Jones Homestead is a historic home located at Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York. It is a large, 1+1⁄2-story, 18th-century residence with Federal-style detailing. The five-bay, timber-frame dwelling sits on a massive rubble stone foundation. It has a gambrel roof with three dormers and pierced by three massive stone chimneys. A 1-story rectangular wing is sheathed in clapboard. Also on the property is a contributing small barn.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

WLNA is the call sign of an AM radio station licensed to Peekskill, New York, and serving the Hudson Valley. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 1420 kHz at 5,000 watts daytime and 1,000 watts nighttime, both directional, from a five-tower array located just north of Peekskill in the Town of Cortlandt, New York. (The day and night patterns use two different arrays of three towers, with only one tower shared by both arrays.) Its studios are in Beacon.

Ford Administration Building is a historic school located at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1925 and is a two-story, "I"-shaped, red brick building in the Colonial Revival style. It features a central portico with four Doric order columns. The slate covered hipped roof is topped by a cupola. It houses the 500-seat Ford Auditorium. It was built for the Peekskill Military Academy (1833–1968) and is the last significant structure remaining from the academy.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

The Peekskill meteorite is among the most historic meteorite events on record. Sixteen separate video recordings document the meteorite burning through the Earth's atmosphere in October 1992, whereupon it struck a parked car in Peekskill, New York, United States. The Peekskill meteorite is an H6 monomict breccia; its filigreed texture is the result of the shocking and heating following the impact of two asteroids in outer space. The meteorite is of the stony variety and approximately 20% of its mass is tiny flakes of nickel-iron. When it struck Earth, the meteorite weighed 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) and measured one foot (0.30 m) in diameter. The Peekskill meteorite is estimated to be 4.4 billion years old.

Peekskill High School, established in 1929, is located at 1072 Elm Street in Peekskill, New York, United States. It educates most of the district's ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. The school's current principal is Dr. Jenna Ferris. Peekskill students prepare for the New York State Regents Exams in science, language, mathematics, history and English. In addition to the Regents curriculum, the high school also offers Advanced Placement courses, which prepare students to take the AP Exams offered by the College Board in early May. A new course at the school as of the 2007–2008 school year is the three-year Authentic Science Research program. Several college courses are also offered. The school replaced the Peekskill High School at 212 Ringgold Street (1929 to 1972). Prior to 1929, Drum Hill School served as the high school, and is now a senior living community. The current school is located on the former grounds of the original Peekskill Military Academy, which closed in 1968.

Peekskill Military Academy was a military academy for young men and women, founded in 1833 as Peekskill Academy, located in Peekskill, New York, United States.