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Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in
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in the state of
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, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the
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, approximately north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the
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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. The town lies on
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, "Broadway", along with the Saw Mill River Parkway and
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.


History

The area that is now Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry was the primary settlement of the
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Algonquian people, who called the community Wysquaqua. In the summer, the Weckquaesgeeks camped at the mouth of the ravine running under the present Warburton Avenue Bridge. There they fished, swam and collected oysters and clamshells used to make wampum. On the level plain nearby (which is now Maple Avenue), they planted
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and possibly
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. The findings of large numbers of artifacts have suggested that there was significant tribal activity in the confluence of Factory Brook and Scheckler's Brook just behind what is now the Cropsey Studio, but the interest in the site failed to generate any archeological inquiry.


Pre-1920

Around 1650, a Dutch carpenter, named
Frederick Philipse Frederick Philipse (born Frederick Flypsen;Appleton, W.S. ''The Heraldic Journal, Recording the Amorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families'', Wiggen & Lunt, Boston, 1867 1626 in Bolsward, Netherlands – December 23, 1702), first Lord ...
, arrived in
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. In 1682, Philipse traded with the Native Americans for the area that is now Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson. In 1693, the English Crown granted Philipse the Manor of Philipsburg, which included what is now Hastings-on-Hudson. After dividing the area into four nearly equal-sized farms, the Philipses leased them to Dutch, English and French
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settlers. During the
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, what is now Hastings-on-Hudson, lay between the lines of the warring forces and was declared neutral territory. In reality, the area became a no-man's land and was raided repeatedly by both sides. The minor Revolutionary War skirmish known as the Battle of Edgar's Lane was fought in Hastings. Following the Revolution, the Philipses, who had been loyal to
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, saw their vast lands confiscated and sold by the newly established American state. In 1785, the four farms comprising today's Hastings-on-Hudson were bought by James DeClark, Jacobus Dyckman, George Fisher, and tavern keeper Peter Post. Around the same time, Westchester County, which had been established as one of the 10 original counties in New York, was divided into towns, and the area that is now Hastings-on-Hudson became part of the town of Greenburgh. The village was incorporated in 1879 and its name changed from Hastings-Upon-Hudson to Hastings-on-Hudson. Stone
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ing was the earliest industry in Hastings-on-Hudson. From 1865 to 1871, hundreds of
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laborers blasted huge quantities of dolomitic marble from a white
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quarry. An inclined railroad carried the marble down to the quarry wharf where it was dressed by skilled stonecutters and loaded onto ships bound for cities like
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and
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. By the 1880s, Hastings Pavement was producing hexagonal paving blocks which were used extensively in
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and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Between 1895 and 1900, Hastings Pavement produced 10 million such blocks and shipped them throughout the United States and to cities in Canada, Brazil and England. By 1891, the National Conduit and Cable Company had established an operation on the waterfront producing cables for utility companies here and abroad. In 1912, labor strife between striking workers and their employer, the National Cable and Conduit Company, left two striking workers and two bystanders dead. Similar labor unrest occurred in 1916, whereby the Village was put under house arrest. During World War I, 200 National Guardsmen were stationed in Hastings-on-Hudson because of the security interests of the National Conduit plant and a chemical plant opened by Frederick G. Zinsser that produced a wood alcohol called Hastings Spirits.Hastings History


1920-recent

The
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Company took over National Conduit in 1929, and a few years later acquired the Hastings Pavement property. By the end of World War II, Anaconda owned most of the industrial waterfront. Anaconda closed its Hastings-on-Hudson plant in 1975, bringing to an end the century-long era of heavy industry on the Hastings-on-Hudson waterfront. The 1926-founded '' Hillside-on-Hastings'' sanitarium and hospital opened in 1926. They relocated to
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in 1941.
Billie Burke Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
, actress (the "Good Witch" in the ''Wizard of Oz'') lived in Hastings-on-Hudson and left her property to the school district, which still owns it, and uses it for various sports. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, from
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, in western New York, used real estate profits to purchase the Hudson River Rubber Company, a small business in Hastings-on-Hudson. The following year, Goodrich relocated the business to
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. Children's Village, a boarding facility for children in difficult circumstances, located in neighboring Dobbs Ferry, sold about of its property in Hastings-on-Hudson to a developer in 1986. The developer was planning to build close to 100 homes that would result in traffic on the roads adjoining Hillside Elementary School. Local residents formed a committee called "Save Hillside Woods" and raised close to $800K. As a result of the
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and the subsequent receivership of the bank that held the mortgage on the property, the Village purchased this parcel from the FDIC with the funds accumulated and a bond floated by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson to expand and maintain Hillside Woods. The Jasper F. Cropsey House and Studio and Hastings Prototype House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The John William Draper House is listed as a
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Geography

Hastings-on-Hudson is located at (40.991102, -73.874114) in an area of hills on the
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opposite the Palisades cliffs, north of the city of Yonkers. The Village is bordered by the
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to the west, and the Saw Mill River to the east. The areas facing the Hudson River have views of the Palisades to the west, Manhattan to the south and the Mario Cuomo Bridge to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 32.65%, is water. Several small
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and
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of the Hudson River are located in the village, including Scheckler's Brook which originates in Hillside Woods and Factory Brook which begins in a spring in the southern end of the Burke Estate, these merge behind the Cropsey Studio west of the Aqueduct Trail.


Transportation

Although a suburb of New York City, Hastings-on-Hudson enjoys better mass transit service than many other suburbs in the United States. Commuter rail service is available via the
Hastings-on-Hudson 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 is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of midtown Man ...
railway station, served by the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line to
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, Croton-on-Hudson and Poughkeepsie; transfers to
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's Empire Corridor are available three stops south, at the Yonkers railway station. Additionally, several
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operated by the
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, connect Hastings-on-Hudson with other places in Westchester and northern sections of the Bronx. The Saw Mill River Parkway has exits in Hastings-on Hudson - Northbound at Exit 12 at Farragut Parkway and Exit 13 at Farragut Avenue, and Southbound Exit 14 at Clarence Avenue and Exit 15 at Cliff Street. US Route 9 runs through the Village, as Broadway.


Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 8,590 people residing in the Village. The population density was 4,020.2 people per square mile (1,674.46/km2). There were 2875 housing units at an average density of 1,665.7 per square mile (642.9/km2), with 94.63% (3,121) of units occupied, and 5.37% (177) vacant. The racial makeup of the Village was 86.8% (7456) White, 2.9% (249)
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, 5.2% (446) Asian, and 2.50% (215) from
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. White alone, no Hispanic or Latino were 81.7% (7018) Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.6% (567) of the population. As of the census of 2020, the median income for a household in the Village was $139,879. The per capita income for the Village was $79,190. About 2.9% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,093 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.05. In the Village, as of the census of 2000, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males. As of the census of 2000, the median income for a household in the Village was $83,188, and the median income for a family was $129,227. Males had a median income of $76,789 versus $50,702 for females. The per capita income for the Village was $48,914. About 1.5% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over. In 2013, the infusion of urban professionals from New York City resulted in characterization of the town as an example of "hipsturbia", a neologism coined by '' The New York Times'' to describe the hip lifestyle as lived in suburbia by " hipsters." However, this article has been the subject of much controversy both within and with-out the community, with the '' New York Observer'' publishing one particularly scathing commentary.


Education

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.


Government

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.


Attractions and recreation

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." Of those, Foster stated that Irvington was the "artsiest". Attractions and places for recreation include: * Chemka Pool, a community outdoor swimming pool near the Hillside Woods/School * Hillside Woods, a large wooded area with hiking trails * Two north-south linear parks: the
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state park, and the South County Trailway county park * Sugar Pond, a small pond located in the Riverview Manor portion of the Hillside Woods; open to
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in the winter * Numerous
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s including the Burke Estate, Zinsser Park, Reynolds Field, and Uniontown Field * Downtown Hastings-on-Hudson, with retail stores and restaurants * Ever Rest, the homestead and studio of painter
Jasper Cropsey Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Early years Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York ...
(1823–1900), listed on the
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. * 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 theatre productions and other shows * "Museum of the Streets", a walking tour with historic markers maintained by the Hastings Historical Society. *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.


Notable people

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, Grammy winner * Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and co-founder of Tumblr * Edoardo Ballerini, actor, audiobook narrator *
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, author * Michael Brecker, jazz saxophonist and composer *
Billie Burke Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
, actress best known for playing the Good Witch of the North in ''The Wizard of Oz'' *
Daniel Callahan Daniel John Callahan (July 19, 1930 – July 16, 2019) was an American philosopher who played a leading role in developing the field of biomedical ethics as co-founder of The Hastings Center, the world's first bioethics research institute. He ser ...
, medical ethicist, co-founder, Hastings Center * Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark, influential civil rights pioneers and psychologist *
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, actor *
Jasper Francis Cropsey Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Early years Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York ...
, painter * William Daley, ceramist, professor. *
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, novelist, children's book writer, cookbook author; daughter of Maurice Zolotow and Charlotte Zolotow * Henry Draper,
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and author; first to discover that oxygen is present in the sun * John W. Draper, first president of
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between 1876 and 1877 *
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, American Civil War Admiral * Martin Gardner, author of the "Mathematical Games" column in '' Scientific American'' * Giuseppe Garibaldi, key figure in
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, co-founder, Hastings Center, psychiatrist and medical ethicist * Seth Godin, entrepreneur, author and public speaker * Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, founder of Goodrich Corporation * Zack O'Malley Greenburg, author and former child actor * Harry Hillman, 1904 Olympic gold medalist in the 400m, 200mH, & 400mH. Silver medalist in 1908 in the 400mH. *
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, photographer * Roger Howarth, actor, '' One Life to Live'' *
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, actor * David Leonhardt, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times * Barron H. Lerner, internist, medical historian and ethicist, professor of medicine. Author of "The Good Doctor," "When Illness Goes Public," and other books. *
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, sculptor * Steven Lysak, 1948 Olympic gold medalist in canoeing *
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, son of
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, who were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage * Robert C. Merton, 1997 winner of the
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External links


Village of Hastings-on-Hudson official website

Hastings-on-Hudson School District

Famous Hastings Residents
, Hastings Historical Society
''The Rivertowns Enterprise'', official newspaper of Hastings-on-Hudson
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