Mount Vernon City School District (New York)

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, making it the eighth most populous city in the state (2010).Mount Vernon has two major sections. South-side Mount Vernon is more urban while north-side Mount Vernon is more residential. Mount Vernon's downtown business district is on the city's south side, which features the City Hall, Mount Vernon's main post office, Mount Vernon Public Library, office buildings, and other municipal establishments.

Mount Vernon East station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Mount Vernon, New York. The station is the first station north of the junction where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the northernmost station on the line before it changes from third rail power to overhead catenary power, which takes place between the Mount Vernon East and Pelham stations.

The September 2013 New Haven Line power outage was an unplanned electrical power outage that impacted service on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line for twelve days in 2013. On September 25, 2013, a 138-kV main feeder cable from Con Edison that provided electricity to an AC catenary-powered 8-mile (13 km) segment of the New Haven Line failed, causing electric train service over the line to halt between Mount Vernon, New York and Harrison, New York.

US Post Office-Mount Vernon is a historic post office building located at Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1915 and is one of a number of post offices designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under direction of Oscar Wenderoth. It is a two to three story, symmetrical building faced with limestone in the Classical Revival style. It is composed of a five bay central section with flanking one bay recessed wings.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

First United Methodist Church, also known as Chester Hill ME Church, is a historic United Methodist church at 227 E. Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1900-1901 and is a Romanesque Revival style building. It is constructed of granite with limestone details and a red slate roof. It features an 85-foot bell and clock tower and multi-gabled roof. The interior features a semi-circular, amphitheater-like seating plan in the Akron Plan.It was a work of architect George W. Kramer.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital is an 1890s-founded hospital that had been "designated a total-care trauma facility since 1984." In 1986 they expanded and added "a new 20-bed psychiatric unit and a rehabilitation unit." The hospital also formed an AIDS program.The Mount Vernon hospital changed its name to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital when it was taken over by Montefiore Health Systems.

John Stevens House is a historic home located at Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York. It was built between 1849 and 1851 and is a five-by-three-bay, 2+1⁄2-story, substantial frame farmhouse. It features a 1-story porch across the front elevation that incorporates six Doric order columns and a dentiled cornice. It was the home of John Stevens (1803–1882), founder of Mount Vernon.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Trinity Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex at 335 Fourth Avenue in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York. It is two blocks south of its mother church, Saint Paul's Church. The complex consists of the church (1859), old parish hall (1892), new parish hall (1909; 1954), and rectory (1893). The church, old parish hall, and new parish hall are connected to form an "L" shaped building. The church was designed by Henry Dudley and built in the Gothic Revival style and enlarged and substantially redecorated in the 1880s. It is a one-story masonry structure with a steeply pitched, slate covered gable roof.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The church closed in 2016.

Willson's Woods Park is a park located in Mount Vernon, New York. The Park is owned by Westchester County and operated by its Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. Acquired in 1924, Willson's Woods is one of the oldest parks in the County's parks system. The Park was named for the former owner of the land, Charles Hill Willson of the Willson & Adams Lumber Company. The park is flanked to the east by the Hutchinson River Parkway and by Pelham Lake. It was built with the northern entrance passing under the now defunct New York, Westchester and Boston Railway line, and the southern under the still working New Haven Line. Consisting of twenty-three acres, the Park contains amenities and facilities for a variety of activities, including birding, fishing, walking, ice skating, picnicking, and swimming. In 2010, Willson's Woods received the highest inspection scores out of all the county's active parks. Willson's Woods Park contains all of Pelham Lake, the only lake in the city of Mt. Vernon. More than 50 species of birds have been seen at Willson's Woods. The most common as of 5 January 2021 are Mallards. However more Canada Geese have been seen than any other bird in the past. Up to 250 geese have been seen in one flock. A resident Pekin lived at the park from sometime before July 2020 until September 2020.

Fleetwood station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon, New York. It is 14.3 miles (23.0 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time there is approximately 34 minutes. As of August 2006, daily commuter ridership was 2,355 and there are 654 parking spots. The station is located in the Zone 3 Metro-North fare zone.

The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF) is a US nonprofit organization conducting research into and applying music therapy. It is located in Mount Vernon, New York.

Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) is a public high school in the Chester Heights section of the City of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon City School District. The current Mount Vernon High School came into existence from the merger of the former A.B. Davis High School and Edison Tech in 1964.