Hastings-on-Hudson

Get in

By plane

By train

  • Metro-North Railroad - Hudson line. Express service between Hastings-on-Hudson station and New York City's Grand Central Terminal is about 25 minutes. Local rail service is available between other Metro-North commuter stations. Taxis are usually available at the arrival of trains from New York City. On all Metro-North trains on-board fares are subject to a stiff surcharge, so buy your tickets at the station or at the vending machines.
  • Amtrak. Long distance connections are available in New York City's Penn Station and at Metro-North's Yonkers and Croton-Harmon stations.

Hastings-on-Hudson is boat accessible.

By bus

  • Bee Line System. Westchester County's bus service provides access to White Plains and other locations in the county. Schedules and route maps are available on-line and at the Hastings-on-Hudson train station.

Get around

  • Rivertowns Taxi at 58 Main Street will get you from A to B, but it is easy and pleasurable to walk in and around Hastings and the other river towns of Dobbs Ferry and Irvington.
  • Around Town Taxi - ☏ +1 914-361-0139. Fast and reliable serving the Rivertowns.

See

  • 🌍 Jasper Francis Cropsey Home Studio and Gallery, 49 Washington Ave, ☏ +1 914 478-7990. Cropsey was a painter of the Hudson River school and an architect (Cropsey designed the stations of the now-demolished 6th Avenue elevated railway in New York City). Home and grounds are beautifully maintained, and are tucked away on a quiet side street in the center of the village. Open by appointment only.
  • 🌍 Upstream Gallery, 8 Main St, ☏ +1 914-674-8548, . Th–Su 12:30–5:30PM. Westchester's oldest cooperative gallery, the gallery was started in 1991 by a group of Westchester artists who were looking for a venue to show their works outside that of commercial galleries. The gallery has two street level exhibition spaces.
  • The Hudson River: This river can be seen from several parts of the town.

Do

  • 🌍 Old Croton Aqueduct. Go hiking or biking on the aqueduct's trailway. The original water supply to New York City is now a walking trail that runs from Croton-on-Hudson in the north to Yonkers in the south. Over the 180 years since it was built, portions have disappeared from the downtown areas of several river towns, but it is mostly intact through Hastings-on-Hudson. Two shops sell maps of the trail: Good Yarns at 8 Main St. and The Office Ink at 572 Warburton Ave.

Buy

Wine

Eat

Splurge

  • 🌍 Harvest on Hudson, 1 River St, ☏ +1 914 478-2800. A top restaurant on the Hastings waterfront, with a garden patio for drinks or dinner and views of the majestic Palisades. Try to catch dinner at sunset on a gorgeous day.

Sleep

Stay safe

Dial 911 from any telephone for emergency police, medical, and fire services.

Go next

Routes through Hastings-on-Hudson
Katonah ← Dobbs Ferry ←  N  S  β†’ Yonkers β†’ New York City
Albany ← Dobbs Ferry ←  N  S  β†’ Yonkers β†’ New York City
Croton-on-Hudson ← Dobbs Ferry ←  N  S  β†’ Yonkers β†’ New York City


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