Briarcliff is a small, wealthy village in Westchester County, New York. Briarcliff is known for its excellent school district. Most residents in Briarcliff live in middle class to upper middle class homes. Briarcliff is surrounded by
Ossining to the north, Mount Pleasant to the south and east, and the
Hudson River to the west.
Briarcliff's "downtown" is on Pleasantville Road, which has a lot of nice restaurants and shops, like The Patio. Residents refer to it as "town". Briarcliff has a really nice park called Law Park near town that has the town pool (which is very nice, by the way) and the library. Some people might say that Briarcliff is a snobby town, but there are plenty of nice people living in the town.