Stony Point District School No. 4, also known as the Pyngyp School, is a historic one-room school building located near Stony Point in Rockland County, New York. It was built about 1915, and is a one-story, rectangular wood-frame building with modest Gothic style detailing. It has a steeply pitched gable roof topped by belfry and two entry doors.
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The Town of Stony Point is a town situated in the northeastern corner of Rockland County, New York, located within the Hudson Valley and the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the town's population was 14,813.
Geographically, the town is bounded to the north and west by Orange County, to the east by the Hudson River and Westchester County, and to the south by the Town of Haverstraw. The town's name is derived from a prominent projection into the Hudson River, which served as a significant site during the American Revolution.
Stony Point is characterized as the most rural of the county's five towns. It is served by several major transportation arteries, including U.S. Route 9W, U.S. Route 202, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway, which provides vital north–south access through the region.
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Stony Point Center is one of three conference centers of the Presbyterian Church. The other two conference and retreat centers are Ghost Ranch and Montreat. Stony Point Center welcomes people of all faiths and nations to discern, discover, learn, and lead.
Stony Point Center is located on 32 acres in the Hudson River Valley in the town of Stony Point, New York, 30 miles north of Manhattan. The facility began about 150 years ago as a ministry of hospitality shaped by four daughters of a Presbyterian minister.
In a given year, the center with its 180-bed campus welcomes a wide variety of groups who come to hold their own programs/retreats. Stony Point Center sponsors programming focused on nonviolence, peace and justice, environment, spiritual practices, and church issues. Since 2009, it has been the spiritual home of the Community of Living Traditions.
Stony Point Center is a Ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
In 2000, Stony Point Center established the "John Garcia Gensel Award for Integrating Faith and the Arts"; the first award was given that year to Dave Brubeck.
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Penguin Rep is a nonprofit theater company in Stony Point, New York, now in its 42nd season. Penguin Rep, dubbed "the gutsiest little theatre" by the New York Times, was founded by Joe Brancato, artistic director, with the aim of adding a new kind of theatre to the local cultural landscape: a professional enterprise dedicated to promoting new voices and works which enrich the body of American drama; nurturing and developing new talent for the stage; and reaching new audiences for theatre.
Under the leadership of Mr. Brancato, cited by The New York Times as "one of America's insightful young directors", and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, the company has attracted more than 150,000 audience members from the lower Hudson Valley and beyond to its intimate 108-seat theatre.
Penguin Rep has presented more than 100 critically and popularly acclaimed productions, including premieres by such playwrights as Warren Leight, Arthur Laurents, Elizabeth Swados, William Mastrosimone, and Ronald Harwood.
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Letchworth Village was a residential institution located in Rockland County, New York, in the hamlet of Thiells built for the physically and mentally disabled of all ages, from the newborn to the elderly. Opened in 1911, Letchworth Village at its peak consisted of over 130 buildings spread out over many acres of land. It was named for William Pryor Letchworth, who espoused reform in the treatment and care of the insane, epileptics, and poor children.
Reports of inadequate funding and improper care of the residents, including children, were present dating back to the 1920s. Accounts surfaced of residents being found unclothed, unbathed, and neglected. In addition to rampant abuse among the institution's residents, staff also suffered abuse at the hands of co-workers, which included incidents of rape. The institution gained national attention in 1972 from an exposé by Geraldo Rivera.
In 1996 the institution was permanently closed, and many of its abandoned structures have since fallen into serious disrepair.
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North Rockland High School is public, co-educational high school located in Thiells, New York, serving 9th to 12th grade students from the northern section of Rockland County, in southern New York. The building was formerly used as an education center for the nearby Letchworth Village mental institution. In the 1970s it transitioned to a high school for the public following an expansion of the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York. Today, it is the only high school in the North Rockland Central School District.
In 2018, U.S. News & World Report recognized North Rockland High School in its annual national rankings and earned a bronze medal based on their performance on state-required tests and how well they prepare students for college.
During the COVID-19 global pandemic, NRHS was one of the first school districts in the Hudson Valley area to launch an experimental hybrid learning program.
A rear frame addition was constructed in the 1970s. The school closed in 1945, after which it was used as a community center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.