TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK

'Tarrytown' is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 11,090 at the 2000 census.
The 'Village of Tarrytown' is located in the northwest part of the Town of Greenburgh, New York.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Possible Merger

Points of interest

Economy

Foot Notes

External links

Geography

Tarrytown is adjacent to the Hudson River, Sleepy Hollow of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" fame, and the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Tarrytown is located at (41.069108, -73.859773).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 14.7 km² (5.7 mi²). 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and 7.0 km² (2.7 mi²) of it (47.54%) is water.
Commuter service to New York City is available via the Tarrytown train station, served by Metro-North Railroad.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,090 people, 4,533 households, and 2,765 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,436.9/km² (3,724.7/mi²). There were 4,688 housing units at an average density of 607.4/km² (1,574.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 77.44% White, 7.04% African American, 0.22% Native American, 6.49% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.29% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 per capita income for the village was $39,472. About 1.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Possible Merger

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Philip Zegarelli, in March 2007 met with Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell and district superintendent Dr. 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 to lower their expenses, but the greatest reductions, however, especially in school and property taxes, would come from merging the two villages
The problem, Zegarelli said, is that each village has its own assessment role. “People complain about taxes overall. In particular, they’re talking about school taxes,” he said. “By definition it’s not equal. It’s very important to have a standardized assessment role.”
Zegarelli, who led an unsuccessful attempt in the mid-1970s to disaffiliate Sleepy Hollow from the town of Mount Pleasant, continues to advocate for secession — 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 General Motors, Zegarelli said.[1]

Points of interest

★ Lyndhurst, a Gothic Revival mansion formerly owned by Jay Gould

★ Sunnyside, historic home of author Washington Irving

★ Tarrytown Music Hall, one of the oldest surviving theatres in Westchester County

★ Marymount campus of Fordham University

★ Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns

★ Christ Church of Tarrytown

★ Hackley School

★ First Baptist Church of Tarrytown

★ Historical Society Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown

★ Kykuit, the family compound of the Rockefeller family

Economy

Tarrytown serves as the headquarters for the following businesses:

★ Aegis Mortgage Corporation

★ Crompton Corporation

★ Comview Corporation

★ Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, North American Headquarters

★ Hitachi America, Ltd, Eastern Region Center

★ Hitachi Medical Corporation of America

★ Recovery National Corporation

★ MKR Group, Inc.

★ LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.

★ Kraft Foods

★ PGMS, a healthcare technology consulting firm.

★ Hudson Health Plan, nonprofit medicare facilitator.

Foot Notes

1. ^''To Merge or Not to Merge by Andrea Kott, The Hudson Independent 04/30/07

External links

★ Tarrytown official website

★ Tarrytown information from Historic River Towns of Westchester

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★ Brief history of Tarrytown

★ Information about Tarrytown from westchestertowns.com

★ Art of the area

★ Local Business Listings

★ The Hudson Independent (Local Newspaper)