Port Chester, New York, is a small village community on the shores of the Atlantic near the border with Connceticut. It's roughly 40 miles from New York City, and serves as a medium-length commuter base for the massive New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area.

Original settlers of the area were from the Mohegan Indian Tribes, while the first white settlers were mainly English settlers from the Connecticut colony in 1660. Through intensive negotiations, a number of English speculators headed by Peter Disbrow managed to scoop up the lands that now spreads across the region known as Rye.

For nearly a century, the city of Rye was a contentious spot of land contested by Connecticut and New York. By 1788, New York State legislated the official town boundaries, forcing many settlers to move out. They went on to develop Peningo Neck (currently part of Rye) and the Saw Pits (now Port Chester). The saw pits wer located at the mouth of the Byram River where a flourishing community evolved. The harbor and ship-building industry eventually turned the small settlement into the Port of Chester in 1837.

Today, Port Chester has revitalized its community with new retail and service economies. Its downtown restaurant row is a famous attraction in the region, along with a great redeveloped waterfront. Residents are now bracing themselves on the brink of a commercial explosion as the village moves to expand its resources.