Ridgefield is a charming upscale New England town situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in central Fairfield County, CT. Ridgefield has great schools and is an ideal location for family living and outdoor enjoyment.
The town is most famous for its historical Main Street, which anchors the town’s village center, stretches more than a mile and is lined with grand stately Victorian homes, excellent restaurants, library, Prospector movie theater, museums, churches, and boutique retail shops. historic street that has been the pulse of the town for the past three centuries.
Ridgefield is rich is entertainment and culture, home to the nationally known Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Ridgefield Playhouse is a year-round venue for concerts and performances. The town’s natural hilly terrain includes over 5,000 acres of preserved open space, parks and sizable lakes that you can enjoy a plethora of outdoor activities such as walking, hiking, biking trails, swimming, fishing and boating. Ridgefield borders against Westchester County, where many of its residents work and is located 1 hour north of NYC and 30 minutes from Stamford, CT.
85 percent of the Ridgefield’s real estate inventory consists of single-family homes. Colonials, Contemporaries, and Capes are predominant, though antique mansions, equestrian horse farms, converted barns and large gated luxury estates with sizable private lot acreage embellish the countryside.
NYC commuters leave from the Branchville station or the Railroad station in Katonah, N.Y. It takes about 65 minutes hour to get from Ridgefield to Grand Central via Metro-North.
As of February, 2021 the median home price is $697,000.