Bedford Hills History
In 1910 the Harlem Line railroad station stop (which since
1847 had been known as Bedford Station) was renamed Bedford Hills. Bedford Hills extends from
its bustling business center at the railroad station to farms and estates as it
spreads eastward along Harris, Babbitt and Bedford Center roads and south along
the busy Route 117 business corridor toward Mt. Kisco.
This hamlet is the site of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the largest
women's prison in New York State. Bedford Hills is also the seat of Town
government and home to the Town House, built in 1927, and several other Town
buildings where the Police Department and Town offices are located.
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