Tarrytown is a

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in the

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of Greenburgh in

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. It is located on the eastern bank of the

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, approximately north of

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, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line. To the north of Tarrytown is the village of Sleepy Hollow (formerly "North Tarrytown"), to the south the village of Irvington and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. The Tappan Zee Bridge crosses the

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at Tarrytown, carrying the

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(Interstates 87 and 287) to South Nyack,

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and points in

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. The population was 11,860 at the 2020 census.

History

The Native American Weckquaesgeek tribe, who were closely related to the

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Confederacy and further related to the

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, lived in the area prior to European settlement. They fished the

for

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s and other shellfish. Their principal settlement was at what is now the foot of Church Street near the Hudson River shore, between the current location of Losee Park and the Tappan Zee Bridge, at a place they called ''Alipconk'', or the "Place of Elms". The first European settlers of Tarrytown were Dutch farmers, fur trappers, and fishermen. Records show that the first Dutch residence in Tarrytown was built in 1645; however, the exact location of this residence is not known. Tarrytown sits within the lands of the former Dutch Colony of

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which fell under English rule in 1674 with the signing of the Treaty of Westminster. The name may come from the Dutch ''tarwe'', meaning "wheat". In 1780, in a famous

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incident, British Major

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was arrested in Tarrytown, which exposed the plans of American defector

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. André was traveling south through the village on the

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when he was stopped and searched by three local militiamen David Williams, John Paulding, and Isaac Van Wart. When suspicious papers were found in his boot, he was arrested as a spy, and later convicted and hanged. A circumstantial account of André's capture by militiamen was written in 1903 by the owner and publisher of the ''Tarrytown Argus'', Marcius D. Raymond. The writer

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy ...

described Tarrytown in " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). Irving began his story, "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators of the

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, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port which by some is called Greenburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days." The

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ran through Tarrytown prior to the end of the U.S. Civil War. Tarrytown later became a favorite residence for many rich New Yorkers, including

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, who first moved to Tarrytown in 1893.

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, Rockefeller's elaborate mansion, was completed in 1906. In 1914, Kykuit became the site of numerous labor protests by radical

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s, which protests were broken up by police in a series of violent clashes. Kykuit was the intended target of at least two bombing attacks planned by anarchists associated with the radical journalists

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and

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. On November 19, 1915, a powerful dynamite bomb was discovered at Cedar Cliff, the Tarrytown estate of John D. Archbold, President of the

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. Police theorized the bomb was planted by anarchists and

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(IWW) radicals as a protest against the execution of IWW member Joe Hill in

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. The bomb was discovered by a gardener, John Walquist, who found four sticks of dynamite, weighing a pound each, half hidden in a rut in a driveway 50 feet from the front entrance of the residence. The dynamite sticks were bound together by a length of wire, fitted with percussion caps, and wrapped with a piece of paper matching the color of the driveway, a path used by Archbold when going to or from his home by automobile. The bomb was later defused by police. The Christ Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church of Tarrytown, Foster Memorial AME Zion Church, Washington Irving High School, North Grove Street Historic District,

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, and Tarrytown Music Hall are listed on the

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. Lyndhurst and Sunnyside are listed as

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s. The

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car manufacturing plant North Tarrytown Assembly was located in North Tarrytown until 1996. Today's

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's Hudson Line runs through the abandoned property. Sleepy Hollow Mayor Philip Zegarelli, in March 2007, met with Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell and district superintendent Howard Smith to discuss forming a blue-ribbon panel that would explore the pros and cons of an intermunicipal agreement. The two villages have shared a school district for 55 years. The villages already shared some services, as well, to lower their expenses, but the greatest reductions, especially in school and property taxes, would come from merging the two villages. However, each village has its own assessment roll. Zegarelli, who led an unsuccessful attempt in the mid-1970s to disaffiliate Sleepy Hollow from the town of Mount Pleasant, continues to advocate for

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– Sleepy Hollow from Mount Pleasant and Tarrytown from Greenburgh – as another way to save money. "If the idea is to save money, why have two levels of government?" he asked. The town of Mount Pleasant blocked Sleepy Hollow's effort to secede, largely because it did not want to lose tax revenue from

, Zegarelli said. In 2014, Tarrytown was ranked second in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York, according to the national online real estate brokerage Movoto.

Geography and climate

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (47.54%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 11,090 people, 4,533 households, and 2,765 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 4,688 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 77.44%

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, 7.04%

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, 0.22% Native American, 6.49% Asian, 0.05%

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, 5.29% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 16.17% of the population. There were 4,533 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.95. In the village, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 34.8% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $68,762, and the median income for a family was $82,445. Males had a median income of $61,699 versus $41,054 for females. The

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for the village was $39,472. About 1.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the

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, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Tarrytown has access to highways I-87 and I-287, and is the site of the eastern end of the

's Tappan Zee Bridge. I-87 continues south to

, while I-287 heads east across Westchester to link up with the

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, the Sprain Brook Parkway, the

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and

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railway station is served by

commuter service. Metro-North trains go to New York City's

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, and also go as far north as

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. Tarrytown is a major stop on the Hudson Line due to a large number of commuters crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge on Hudson Link buses from

to catch express service to

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service is also provided within Tarrytown: * BL1T: Tarrytown Railroad Station,

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intermodal transit hub in

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, or IRT 242nd Street Station, Bronx * BL1W: White Plains,

intermodal transit hub in

, or IRT 242nd Street Station, Bronx (via NY 119) * BL13/BL13B: Ossining Railroad Station or

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Points of interest

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* Lyndhurst, a Gothic Revival mansion formerly owned by

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* Sunnyside, historic home of author

* Tarrytown Music Hall, one of the oldest surviving theaters in Westchester County; one of 6% in the US built before 1900 * Tappan Z Gallery Contemporary and Fine Art Gallery in the heart of Main Street * Marymount campus of Fordham University * Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns * Foster Memorial AME Zion Church * Hackley School * Historical Society Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown * Carrollcliffe * Tarrytown Reservoir * Tarrytown Lighthouse * Washington Irving High School

Education

Tarrytown was home to Marymount College, an independent

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established in 1907. Amid financial struggle, Marymount was taken over by

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in 2002, but the effort was unsuccessful: the last graduates of "Marymount College of Fordham University" received diplomas in 2007. The historic hilltop campus was sold to the Swiss firm EF and became a branch of its foreign exchange secondary school, the EF International Academy. Washington Irving School far angle jeh

Tarrytown is divided between two

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: Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns and Irvington Union Free School District. The former school district also includes most of Sleepy Hollow. The Tarrytown school district supervises four separate

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s, as well as Sleepy Hollow High School. A Roman Catholic elementary, the Transfiguration School (of the

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), was established in 1949 and is maintained by the local parish. Tarrytown is also home to the Hackley School, a private

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. Situated on Castle Ridge, the school first opened in 1899. The Westchester Library System has its headquarters just outside Tarrytown in an

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of Greenburgh.

Culture

In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of ''

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'' 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 most charming".

Religion

Tarrytown's churches (many of which are located on Broadway, the village's largest thoroughfare) cover all major denominations. Tarrytown is served by Episcopalian, Baptist, Catholic, Christian Science, Methodist, Reformed, and Korean churches. The Foster Memorial AME Zion Church on Wildey Street is the oldest

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in Westchester County. Tarrytown's single largest religious denomination is Roman Catholicism, with over 60% of residents of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow identifying as Catholics. Three Roman Catholic churches (Church of the Transfiguration, Immaculate Conception Church, and St. Theresa's) serve the community's Catholics and provide numerous social services including the Transfiguration School. Tarrytown is also the home of the motherhouse of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, a Catholic woman's religious order that founded and staffed the now-defunct Marymount College (now EF School). Tarrytown also has a large

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community, which encompasses all major denominations. Temple Beth Abraham, located on Leroy Avenue, services both the Reform and Conservative communities. The DoubleTree Inn features a Glatt Kosher kitchen, as well as an Orthodox prayer service (minyan) on the Jewish sabbath (Shabbat). The local Jewish Community Center, JCC on the Hudson, features family programs, camps, and educational opportunities from a non-denominational approach.

Notable people

Notable current and former residents of Tarrytown include: * Louis Klopsch, world famous Christian philanthropist and editor of the Christian Herald, buried in the Tarrytown Cemetery *

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, author * Adam Badeau, Union Army brevet brigadier general and

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* Jaswant Basuta (born 1942), Pan Am Flight 103 survivor; lived in Tarrytown at the time of the incident but failed to board the flight. * J. David Bleich (born 1936), rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics *

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, Brazilian singer, a.k.a. "Jimmy the Brazilian", lived in Tarrytown for a time during the late 1950s and early 1960s (1959–1963) before being arrested in Miami and deported back to his South American home country after a stint of six months in jail. * Cabell "Cab" Calloway, III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994), jazz singer and bandleader * Greg Fitzsimmons, comedian * Stuart W. Frost, entomologist, author, and professor at

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, actress in ''

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'' *

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, former band member of

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, composer and educator *

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, early 20th century

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writer and health food advocate *

, writer and diplomat *

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, Olympian athlete *

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, professional

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player * Moon Kook-jin, founder of Kahr Arms * Carolyn Ringer Lepre, academic administrator * Kevin Meaney, stand-up comedian and actor *

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In popular culture

Films

*The 1962 release of '' The Brain That Wouldn't Die'' was shot in and around Tarrytown in 1959 * In the movie ''

On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film de ...

'', Edie mentions that St. Ann's, the Catholic college where she is studying to be a teacher, is in Tarrytown, out in the country. *Main character in the movie '' The Commuter'' (2018) lives in Tarrytown. *The 2000 festive movie The Family Man was filmed in and around Tarrytown.

Music

* The Frankie Valli song "Patch of Blue" (1970) references the town. * The Vampire Weekend song "Finger Back" (2013) references the town.

Literature

* Washington Irving's story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in and around Tarrytown. The name "Sleepy Hollow" comes from a secluded glen located north of Tarrytown. In 1996, the residents of North Tarrytown (a village north of Tarrytown around the area of Sleepy Hollow) voted to formally change the village's name to Sleepy Hollow. ** Jessica Verday's young adult novel ''The Hollow'' is a modern interpretation of the events of Irving's story, and is likewise set in the Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow area. * The

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novel '' The Dragon's Teeth'' is set primarily in Tarrytown. * Gabrielle Zevin's young adult novel ''Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac'' is set primarily in the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow area. *

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's children's novel '' Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great'' is mostly set in Tarrytown, where the title character and her family spend their summer vacation. * In F. Scott Fitzgerald's '' The Beautiful and Damned'', millionaire Adam Patch's estate is said to be in Tarrytown.

Television

* In the TV series ''

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'', Frances Dufresne lives in nearby Hastings and opens an art gallery on Main Street in Tarrytown. * In the TV series ''

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'', episode 21 takes place in Tarrytown. * In the TV series ''

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,'' Marion, the ex-wife of Rhoda's husband Joe, lives in Tarrytown. * In season 3 episode 25 (''Sons and Lovers, Part 2'') of the TV series "

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", Karen Walker says that she can imagine her friend Grace Adler living in Tarrytown. * The children's TV series '' Jay Jay the Jet Plane'' centered on aircraft that live in Tarrytown.

Theater

* ''The Tarrytown Widow'', farcical comedy written by Charles T. Dazey, 1897. * ''Tarrytown,'' a chamber musical by Adam Wachter which premiered in 2017.

Video games

* In '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' and '' The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'', Tarrey Town and its founder Hudson are named after Tarrytown and the nearby Hudson River. * Tarrytown is going to be included as a playable location in the upcoming '' Penny Blood'' video game (spiritual successor of the '' Shadow Hearts'' series of games, a franchise well known for its usage of places which exist, or existed before, in real life).

References

External links

Village of Tarrytown official website

The Hudson Independent
local newspaper
''Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch''
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