The village of Amenia, N.Y., tucked along the Connecticut border in eastern Dutchess County, is both close and just remote enough for New Yorkers. Roughly a third of new buyers are Brooklynites moving to Amenia full time thanks to the rise in working from home, said Diana Bisselle, a real estate agent with Sotheby’s International Realty.
Like the center of a wagon wheel, Amenia is convenient to the greater Hudson Valley, to the west; Litchfield, Conn., to the east; and the Berkshires in Massachusetts, to the northeast.
It’s minutes from the Wassaic train station, the last stop on Metro-North’s Harlem Line and a two-hour ride from Grand Central Terminal.
“People don’t have to drive out. Their friends don’t have to drive out. You can just hop on the train,” Ms. Bisselle said. That convenience has long made the area a popular choice for weekenders and second-home buyers, a trend that amplified during the pandemic-era exodus to the Hudson Valley.
Today, the village and the surrounding area are increasingly drawing attention, with new restaurants and a growing artistic community. But change is proceeding at a slower pace and on a smaller scale than in well-established Hudson Valley hipster havens like Beacon and Hudson.
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