Scouts BSA Troop 5173 - Yorktown Heights, NY

01/21/2026

Team work makes the dream work! Or at least helps get the Phoenix Patrol to have the fastest time!

01/20/2026

A little history on our Scout home.

A new and weekly series of postings detailing the role of Historical Cortlandt in America!!
In honor of our 250th Anniversary, the Town of Cortlandt is creating a weekly series of postings about historic sites within our town. Cortlandt was founded 12 years after Independence, in 1788. But the original settlers came much earlier, in the 17th century. The Town of Cortlandt played a major part in the fight for freedom and the founding of our country. Each week, we will showcase a different location within Cortlandt, providing the historical significance of each with photographs and descriptions.
PLEASE HELP US…if you know of historically significant areas in your part of town, please let us know! Send us the locations and what you know about them. Provide information and photographs. We will choose one area each week to highlight. Don’t be discouraged if it takes some time for us to post about your area; it is a big town of almost 50 square miles, with a tremendous treasure trove of history. But we have the whole year! Send your suggestions to [email protected].
We are grateful for the input of the Van Cortlandt Historical Society’s Jeff Canning and Hendrick Hudson’s Living History Teacher Joseph Ryan for their professional assistance.
Here's our first posting: The Little Red School House, on Locust Avenue, just south of Oregon Road. It is now the home of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society.
The Little Red Schoolhouse was erected in 1772 as a Baptist Church and remained a church until 1814, when it was converted into a one-room school house. It served as a school continuously from 1814 until 1935 , and then again from 1952 thru 1972, serving as a kindergarten-- as part of the Lakeland Central School District. In 1989, it was officially recognized on both the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places. It subsequently became the home and meeting place of The Van Cortlandville Historical Society, which began conducting its Early School Days program at the Schoolhouse in 1975, to enable local fourth graders to experience classroom life in the 1840s. Thus, it provided the rare opportunity for young learners to step into a preserved piece of educational history. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era.

01/17/2026

Congratulations to Troop 5173’s Phoenix Patrol for winning first place at today’s Klondike Derby at Durland Scout Reservation!

12/05/2025

12/01/2025

Please come by Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Croton-On-Hudson this Saturday. The Scouts have been very crafty and we have a vendor table at the fair this year and all proceeds go to Troop 5173's camping trips and updating our gear. We hope to see you there!

11/12/2025

This past weekend, we participated in a Trek-O-Ree at Durland Scout Reservation. The event was a combination of a nearly 5 mile hike combined with several stations where the Scouts could show how well they could work together as a Patrol showcasing various scout skills. The Phoenix Patrol succeeded in scoring 100/100 at the lashing and flag etiquette stations, earning them first place ribbons for the highest score at those stations. Good going, Scouts!

05/24/2025

At our Court of Honor, 7 Scouts were awarded 11 merit badges, 2 rank advancements, 3 Tote ‘N Chits, 3 Fire M’n Chits, 3 Recruiter Awards, and one BSA Lifeguard award. Congratulations to all!

05/24/2025

Last weekend, we finally had a campout at Durland Scout Reservation with a lot of dry weather. Two new Scouts earned their Tote’n Chits and Fire M’n Chits. We hiked to an old cemetery that is located at Durland, went fishing and reluctantly befriended far too many caterpillars. We were even women up by the gobbling of a wild turkey walking through our site!

04/17/2025

Our mid-April campout at Camp Bullowa started out with a promise of wet weather and cooler than average temperatures. What we did not expect was a sudden change in weather that surprised us with heavy wet snow and sleet in the early morning hours just before dawn. In the interest of the safety, we ended a campout early for the first time in the history of our troop. Until then, we made the most of it. After packing up, we got in a short hike to show our new members what the camp looks like.