Only 38 miles from Columbus Circle and 8 miles from the New Jersey border at Mahwah, Tuxedo is served by Metro North's Port Jervis to Hoboken Line for those who work in the Wall Street area and the Short Line Bus to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Both trips take less than one hour. The Tappan Zee Bridge is 20 miles away, via the New York State Thruway whose nearest exit to the south is 7 miles and to the north is 10 miles. Here is a link to the . The offers directions from your location to your station of choice.

With about 75% of the Town owned or to be owned by the Palisades Interstate Park and other governments or environmental organizations, Tuxedo offers tranquility and access to open space unmatched in the New York Metropolitan area. The Appalachian Trail traverses the northern part of town and is connected to a number of other hiking trails in the Bear Mountain Harriman and Sterling Forest State Parks.

In addition to its lakes, hills and forests, Tuxedo and Tuxedo Park boast well-sited buildings of first-rate architects, especially from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Many of the Hamlet area buildings--both residential and commercial, were designed by such noted architects as Bruce Price, James Brown Lord, and Walker & Gilette.

The southern part of Tuxedo, including Tuxedo Park, is served by the Tuxedo School District and the balance by the Monroe-Woodbury School District. The independent Tuxedo Park School draws pupils in grades Kindergarten through Nine from as far as one hour away.

A 60,000 item library in a newly renovated facility is the focal point for a number of programs for children.

The Town Recreation Department sponsors a summer program for children in Kindergarten up through eighth grade. Recreational areas include Quarry Field with a baseball diamond and running track adjacent to Tuxedo Park; Tichy Field with a tennis court in Laurel Ridge; The Lucky Recreation Center in the Hamlet; and a playground, as well as a baseball diamond and soccer field, in Eagle Valley.

The Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center provides winter sports, while fishing, hunting, hiking and other passive recreation is available in the new Sterling Forest State Park. Swimming, boating, fishing and hunting are attractions of the Bear Mountain Harriman State Park.

Neighborhood shopping and services are available in the Hamlet and Southfields. There are four churches in Tuxedo, two in the Hamlet, one in Southfields, and one in Eagle Valley.

Tuxedo's apprximately 1,300 housing units range from rental apartments, condominiums and townhouses to 25,000 square-foot mansions, and from shingle style cottages to European derivative style chateaux to contemporary style houses. New building is taking place on lots as well as in the Woodlands and in a 49 lot single family home development in Eagle Valley. There is a size and a style to suit everyone's taste and means.

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