Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
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- This article is about the villiage of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The town of Hastings, New York is a different town, in Oswego County, New York.
Geography
Hastings-on-Hudson is located at (40.991102, -73.874114)[Geographic references#1GR1].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
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] 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.
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
Famous Hastings residents
- Billie Burke, actress
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Carhart 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.
- Keith Olbermann, an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.
- 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.
External links
- [Village of Hastings-on-Hudson official website]
- [Hastings-on-Hudson official school district website]
- [Famous Hastings Residents from the Hastings Historical Society]
- [Hastings-on-Hudson Town Page]
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