River corridor
Hudson Valley river towns
River landings, rail towns, old estates, bridge crossings, arts districts, and commuter edges from Westchester through the mid-Hudson.
The places
Yonkers
A large Hudson River city with its own local income-tax wrinkle and major waterfront neighborhoods.
Open the place page ->Tarrytown
Bridge paths, river views, and a village tied closely to Sleepy Hollow.
Open the place page ->Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving, cemetery tourism, and Hudson Valley identity in one small village.
Open the place page ->Beacon
Dia Beacon, Mount Beacon, Metro-North access, and a river-town revival story.
Open the place page ->Newburgh
Historic architecture, a riverfront, Washington's Headquarters, and serious local context.
Open the place page ->Hudson
Warren Street, antiques, whaling-era history, and a compact city above the river.
Open the place page ->Kingston
The first state capital, Rondout waterfront, stone houses, and Ulster County context.
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Almanac notes from this shelf
Short, sourced notes tied to this part of New York.
How a Nabisco factory and a mountain railway brought Beacon back
Dia Beacon turned an old box-printing plant by the Hudson into a modern-art anchor, while Mount Beacon's old railway route is now a free trail to a fire-tower view.
Read the note ->How Nantucket whalers built Hudson — and antique dealers brought it back
Hudson was founded in 1783 by Nantucket whaling families who wanted a safe harbor inland from the sea. Two centuries later, antique dealers on Warren Street helped revive the old port town.
Read the note ->You Can Walk or Bike Across the Hudson on the Mario Cuomo Bridge
The crossing folks here still call the Tappan Zee has a 3.6-mile shared path with six river overlooks, and it starts right in Tarrytown at 333 South Broadway.
Read the note ->Washington Irving rests in the cemetery that gave the village its name
Sleepy Hollow got its name from Washington Irving's 1820 tale of the Headless Horseman. Irving himself is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where his simple gravestone is the most-visited spot.
Read the note ->Newburgh's East End: one of the state's great collections of old homes
The blocks rising from the Hudson hold Newburgh's East End Historic District, with 1800s architecture that a long preservation push keeps bringing back to life.
Read the note ->River-town checks
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