Welcome to White Plains
White Plains is the entertainment, dining and shopping capital of Westchester County. Located only 28 miles from midtown Manhattan, White Plains is easily reached by a 35 minute express Metro North ride from Grand Central Station. If you prefer to drive, you can reach us by several thoroughfares including I-87, I-287, the Bronx River Parkway, the Sprain Parkway, the Hutchinson River Parkway or I-95. The train will leave you just a short walk from everything. That’s one of the great benefits of our highly-accessible community and the reason why our downtown has a walkscore of 90 (Walker’s Paradise) from Walkscore.com.
Our downtown offers a “who’s who” of retailers, including the the high-end stores of the Westchester Mall, value oriented shopping in the Galleria Mall and Walmart, traditional department stores like Macy’s and Sears to specialty audio visual, home decorating, and clothing stores like Lyric HiFi and Video, Eva’s Design and Decorating, Lieberts Royal Green Appliance Center, Mary Jane Denzer, Loola Doola Boutique, BeadeEverything and others. There are also over 90 different restaurants in our downtown. There is a restaurant here for every palate, from fine dining to fast casual, including a plethora of outdoor cafes. Enjoy food from all over the world, go to wpbid.com “Things to Do” and search our restaurant directory by type of cusine.
Downtown White Plains also features some of the best hair salons, nail salons and spas in the businesses. Pamper yourself with a new hairstyle, color, manicure, and pedicure or spa treatment. Or if you prefer sweating, you can make good on those New Year’s Eve resolutions by hitting one of over a dozen downtown gyms and specialty fitness facilities. Bring your bikes and ride the downtown bike paths and Bronx River Parkway trails.
Need an exciting event to go to? Come to one of our many outdoor celebrations. No other community in Westchester offers so many events in its downtown. A sample of these events includes a farmers market, Outdoor Arts Festival, Saint Patrick’s Day celebration, Cinco de Mayo celebration, Arts Bash, Summer Solstice Concert, Criterium Bike Race, outdoor yoga, five day JazzFest, OktoberFest celebration, Juneteenth celebration, summer concerts at Renaissance Park and City Center, and a spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration. These events feature delicious food, stimulating art, great music, dancing, fireworks and most of all, people enjoying each other’s company. In addition to our street festivals and fairs, you can enjoy performances at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Westchester Music Conservatory and Arts’ Westchester.
With so much to offer so close to NYC, you can easily come for a full day or half day visit. Better yet, stay for an entire weekend and enjoy the ambiance, comfort and central location of one of our downtown hotels. It’s a great way to explore the city and surrounding Westchester towns and villages. Come visit, I know you will have a great time.
Maybe you will ultimately decide to move your residence or business to downtown White Plains or to one of our outstanding nearby neighborhoods. If so, I hope the information provided herein is helpful. If you need more information about White Plains let me know, I would be glad to help.
Sincerely, Executive Director White Plains Business Improvement District