Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Peekskill, NY: what to set up and who to call
All of Peekskill gets its mail under one ZIP code, 10566. Trains stop in Peekskill.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Peekskill, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Peekskill.
Power comes from Con Edison
Con Edison (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Peekskill. Its homes paid an average of 36.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 10% of Con Edison’s home customers do, and Con Edison still delivers it.
Start or move service: coned.com · (800) 752-6633
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Peekskill City water system
The Peekskill City water system supplies almost all of Peekskill. It draws surface water (EPA lists Northern Westchester Joint Water Works as seller) and serves 24,272 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY5903452.
3 home internet providers serve Peekskill
99% of 4,454 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 95% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 37% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Peekskill depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Peekskill, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofpeekskillny.gov →
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Highway Garage (Department of Public Works), Louisa Street
- Sat9 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic take-out food containers
- Cardboard beverage cartons
- Aluminum foil, plates, pans, take-out food containers
- Newspapers
- Corrugated cardboard
- Egg cartons, cardboard only
From cityofpeekskillny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Peekskill (83%) is in Peekskill City School District; parts are in Hendrick Hudson Central School District (17%).
C−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Peekskill is in ZIP code 10566
ZIP codes where Peekskill residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Peekskill | ZIP’s residents in Peekskill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10566 | Peekskill, NY | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 10567.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Peekskill
Who supplies Peekskill’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Peekskill City water system (EPA ID NY5903452). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Peekskill?
Con Edison (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 36.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Peekskill?
Verizon, Optimum, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Peekskill?
10566. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Peekskill in?
Peekskill City School District. Parts of the city are in Hendrick Hudson Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Peekskill?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Westchester County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Peekskill’s own website (cityofpeekskillny.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.