Port Chester is a village founded in 1868 within the  borders of the Town of  Rye. Located on the Byram River and Long Island Sound, it was originally a  small community, then a population center. The  North New Haven line has  service to Grand Central Station. Community residents are offered a wide  range of recreational facilities. Its five parks include playgrounds, basketball and  tennis courts and baseball fields. Village youngsters can enjoy camp at Crawford  Park, and a Summer Youth Theater. There is also the  Port Chester Summer Theater. The Port Chester  Council of the Arts, established in 1981, provides  programs in the visual and performing arts for  residents of all ages. It includes an art series for children ages 5-12, a Summer Camp Program  and a Senior Workshop. Known for its many fine restaurants, diners are attracted to Port Chester from all over the county. Port Chester High School and a modern Middle School receive students from four public elementary schools, including  Kennedy Magnet School. All-day kindergarten  programs are offered in the elementary schools. There are also three parochial schools. Today, true to its original spirit, Port Chester is a center of diverse cultural backgrounds with an ever-changing downtown area offering some of the trendiest restaurants tucked beneath the warm glow of reproduction gas street lamps, yet not far from the everyday fare of hardware stores, leather goods shops and fresh produce markets. The 61,00 volume Port Chester Library is also located near the downtown area, making it easy to drop by for a video on the way home from work or take the kids for story hour after school. Downtown Port Chester is also the site of top-flight medical facilities at United Hospital, recently affiliated with New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, nearby White Plains Hospital and St. Agnes Hospital.