Balmville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States.

Susan Drive is accredited for housing the former Delano Family Estate (Algonac).

Many homes in Balmville are incredibly expensive due to their pristine views of the Hudson River.

On August 5, 2015, because of safety concerns caused by the rapid deterioration of the tree, it was cut down and removed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all land.

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (located only about 17 miles away), Gen Hughes continued to live in Balmville with his family for most of his life.

Rapid deterioration of the condition of the tree resulted in its removal by the New York State Department of Conservation on August 5, 2015.

In fact, Interstate 84, which crosses the bridge, bisects Balmville just south of the Powelton Club.

constructed parking lots on Grand Avenue to accommodate hikers who utilize the pedestrian path on the bridge.

When that building (which has long since been demolished) outgrew its space, it was replaced by a new building built on land donated by Warren Delano of the Delano family with funds donated by his daughter, Annie Delano-Hitch.

It is immediately north of the current elementary school, at the southeast corner of 9W and Fostertown Road, which was initially constructed in 1953-54, but was added onto many times since, most recently in 2007.

The school board concluded that the building is "unstable" and poses a "health and safety hazard even to those just walking or parking outside."

Local developers Rick Milton and Keith Libolt stepped forward and offered buy the building, restore it, and lease it back to the school district.

Milton charged that District Administrators and the architect's report "scared the board into thinking that the building is going to fall down.

[citation needed] A large number of graduates from Balmville have attended Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.