"Rye is notable for its waterfront, and two National Historic Landmarks: the Boston Post Road Historic District, designated in 1993 and the only National Historic Landmark District in Westchester County, which includes the Jay Estate, the childhood home and final resting place of John Jay, a Founding Father and the first Chief Justice of the United States, and Playland, a historic amusement park designated in 1987, which features one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the Northeast, the Dragon Coaster" ("Rye, New York" at Wikipedia: The Free Dictionary [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye,_New_York : accessed 26 August 2025[).
The town of Rye is a separate municipality from the adjacent city of Rye. The Town of Rye contains the villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook, and the Rye Neck section of the village of Mamaroneck (the remainder of the village of Mamaronec…