Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Valhalla, NY

Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, served by ZIP code 10595 and a Metro-North Harlem Line station on its main street, Columbus Avenue.

The community was originally called Davis Brook, and it took the name Valhalla after a post office opened in the train station in 1861 - the name was chosen by the wife of postmaster Andrew J. Kirch, an admirer of Richard Wagner, after Valhalla, the hall of the slain in Norse mythology.

Valhalla had a population of 3,213 at the 2020 census, with 1,198 households packed into just 0.83 square miles.

Kensico Cemetery, founded in 1889 and covering about 460 acres, is the final resting place of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, author Ayn Rand, NBC founder David Sarnoff, entertainer Danny Kaye and bandleader Tommy Dorsey.

Valhalla is a major medical center: it is home to Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College and the Westchester County jail.

The John A. Hartford House, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, serves as the administrative offices of Westchester Community College, the SUNY community college whose main campus is in Valhalla.

The Kensico Dam and Reservoir sit at the hamlet, and Kensico Dam Plaza is home to The Rising, Westchester County's 9/11 memorial, dedicated on September 11, 2006 to honor the 109 county residents killed in the attacks.

Valhalla hosted the opening ceremony of the 2007 Empire State Games in July 2007.

The area around Valhalla, then known as Four Corners or Young's Corners, saw the Revolutionary War Battle of Young's House on February 3, 1780.

On February 3, 2015, a Metro-North train crashed into a vehicle at a Valhalla grade crossing, killing six people in one of the deadliest crashes in the railroad's history; an F2 tornado had also struck the hamlet's Stonegate section on July 12, 2006.