Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

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This article is about the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The town of Hastings, New York is a different town, in Oswego County, New York.

Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. As a village, it is located in the southwest part of the Town of Greenburgh. It is a suburb of New York City.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Attractions and recreation
4 Famous Hastings residents
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Hastings-on-Hudson is located at 40°59′28″N, 73°52′27″W (40.991102, -73.874114)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 7.5 km² (2.9 mi²). 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 2.5 km² (0.9 mi²) of it (32.65%) is water.

Commuter rail service to New York City is available via the Hastings-on-Hudson train station, served by Metro-North Railroad's Hudson line.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 7,648 people, 3,093 households, and 2,090 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,506.6/km² (3,899.7/mi²). There were 3,193 housing units at an average density of 629.0/km² (1,628.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 89.79% White, 2.35% African American, 0.17% Native American, 4.14% Asian, 1.82% from other races, and 1.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.50% of the population.

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 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.

The median income for a household in the village was $83,188, and the median income for a family was $111,227. 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.

[edit] Attractions and recreation

Hastings-on-Hudson has many attractions and places for recreation, including:

Chemka Pool, a public swimming pool
Hillside Woods, a large wooded area with hiking and biking trails
Sugar Pond, a small pond located in Hillside Woods; open to ice skating in the winter
Numerous playing fields including the Burke Estate, Zinsser Field, Reynolds Field, and Uniontown Field
Hastings High School, where there are often theatre productions and other shows
Downtown Hastings, which offers a variety of retail stores, selling for example: shoes, toys, stationery, and pizza.
"Ever Rest", the homestead and studio of Hudson River School painter Jasper Cropsey (1823-1900). The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New York.
A large public library

[edit] Famous Hastings residents

Billie Burke, actress best known for playing the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz
Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark, Influential civil rights pioneers and psychologists. Kenneth Clark was the first African-American to earn a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University, the first to become a tenured instructor in the City College system of New York, and the first African-American elected to the New York State Board of Regents. Mamie Clark was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia. They founded the Northside Center for Child Development, which helped thousands of emotionally troubled Harlem children. The couple's research on African-American children's perceptions of themselves was instrumental in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that found segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Jasper Francis Cropsey, painter
Albert Dekker, actor
Henry Draper, astronomer and author; first to discover that oxygen is present in the sun
John W. Draper, served as the first president of American Chemical Society between 1876 and 1877.
Keith Fagan, three sport varsity athlete at Hastings High School, All-Time Leading Receiver at Western New England College and member of inagural Class of Downes Athletic Hall of Fame.
Bonnie Fuller
David Farragut, American Civil War Admiral
Giuseppe Garibaldi, a key figure in Italian Unification
Seth Godin, author of numerous business and marketing books
Lewis Hine, an American photographer.
Ricki Lake, television talkshow host.
Jacques Lipchitz, sculptor
Antonia Maury, astronomer
Abel Meeropol, an American writer best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allan, under which he wrote the anti-lynching poem Strange Fruit which he subsequently set to music and was famously performed by Billie Holiday.
Robert Meeropol, is the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Meeropol was born in New York City. His father Julius, an electrical engineer, was a member of the Communist Party. His mother Ethel (née Greenglass), a union organizer, was also active in the Communist Party. When Robert was six years old, his parents were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage.
Robert C. Merton, 1997 Nobel prize laureate for Economics
Frank Morgan, an American character actor best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz.
George Newall, writer for the children's educational television series, "School House Rock"
Keith Olbermann, an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.
Edmund Phelps, Columbia University professor who won the Nobel Prize in Economics
Leo James Rainwater, physicist
Margaret Sanger, an American birth control activist, an advocate of certain aspects of eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League
Max Theiler, Nobel prize laureate
William Vickrey, was a Columbia University professor, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He died three days after the announcement, and was awarded the prize posthumously.
Fats Waller, jazz musician
Florenz Ziegfeld, an American Broadway impresario who achieved fame by perfecting the United States revue. He is best known for his series of theatrical spectaculars, the Ziegfeld Follies, based on the Folies Bergères of Paris.