Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County located in the southwestern part of the town of Greenburgh in the state of New York, United States. It's a suburb of New York City, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of midtown Manhattan, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line. To the north of Hastings-on-Hudson is the village of Dobbs Ferry, to the south, the city of Yonkers, and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. As of the 2020 US Census, it had a population of 8,590.^[2] The town lies on U.S. Route 9, "Broadway" and the Saw Mill River Parkway.

This article is about the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. For the town in Oswego County, New York, see Hastings, New York.

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

2.92 sq mi (7.56 km²)

1.98 sq mi (5.13 km²)

0.94 sq mi (2.43 km²)

8,590

4,340.58/sq mi (1,675.90/km²)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

10706

914

36-32710

http://hastingsgov.org/

Education[edit]

It is in the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District.^[19] Hastings-on-Hudson has three public schools, in the Hastings Union Free School District: Hillside Elementary School, Farragut Middle School, and Hastings High School. All three have been awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award.

Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School District is of a special needs school facility in Hastings.

Government[edit]

Hastings-on-Hudson is one of six incorporated villages that lie within the town of Greenburgh. The village is governed by a mayor, who is elected every two years in odd-numbered years, and four trustees, who also serve two-year terms. Two of the trustees are elected in even-numbered years, with the mayor and the other two in odd-numbered years. A paid village manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the village.

Chemka Pool, a community outdoor swimming pool near the Hillside Woods/School

Hillside Woods, a large wooded area with hiking trails

Two north-south : the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway state park, and the South County Trailway county park

linear parks

Sugar Pond, a small pond located in the Riverview Manor portion of the Hillside Woods; open to in the winter

ice skating

Numerous including the Burke Estate, Zinsser Park, Reynolds Field, and Uniontown Field

playing fields

Downtown Hastings-on-Hudson, with retail stores and restaurants

the homestead and studio of painter Jasper Cropsey (1823–1900), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New York.

Ever Rest

A public library

A farmer's market on Saturdays (outdoors June–November; indoors twice monthly December–May)

The VFW building with a dance studio and karate school

Hastings High School, which presents productions and other shows

theatre

"Museum of the Streets", a with historic markers maintained by the Hastings Historical Society.^[21]

walking tour

A new free outdoor Concert Series was launched at MacEachron Waterfront Park in 2018.

The River Spirit Music and Arts Festival, the Village's annual event, at Draper Park, on the second Saturday of September.

In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of The New York Times stated that it was one of several "Rivertowns" in New York State, which she described as among the "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life."^[20] Of those, Foster stated that Irvington was the "artsiest".^[20]

Attractions and places for recreation include:

Village of Hastings-on-Hudson official website

Hastings-on-Hudson School District

Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Hastings Historical Society

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York