Rockland County, New York




































































Rockland County, New York
County of New York State
County of Rockland

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View of the Hudson River looking southward from Hook Mountain State Park.





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Location in the U.S. state of New York

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Founded 1798
Seat New City
Largest CDP New City
Area
 • Total 199 sq mi (515 km2)
 • Land 174 sq mi (451 km2)
 • Water 25 sq mi (65 km2), 13%
Population (est.)
 • (2017) 328,868[1]
 • Density 1,890/sq mi (730/km2)
Congressional district 17th
Time zone
Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website www.co.rockland.ny.us


Interactive map of Rockland County, New York


Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county's population, as of the 2010 census, was 311,687, increasing by 5.5% to a 2017 Census estimate of 328,868,[1] making it the third-most densely populated county outside New York City within New York State (after Nassau and neighboring Westchester counties, respectively). The county seat is New City.[2] Rockland County is a suburb of New York City that borders the boroughs about 9 miles northwest of the city at their closest points, and is accessible via the New York State Thruway, after 10 exits. The name derives from "rocky land", as the area has been aptly described.


Rockland County is the smallest county by area in New York State outside New York City. It comprises five towns and nineteen incorporated villages, with numerous unincorporated villages (sixteen) and hamlets. Rockland County is designated as a Preserve America Community, and roughly one-third of the county is parkland. The county has the largest Jewish population per capita of any U.S. county, with 31.4%, or 90,000 residents, being Jewish. Rockland also ranks 9th on the list of highest-income counties by median household income in the United States with $75,306 according to the 2000 census. In 2015, Suffern was named as the best place to start a business in New York by NerdWallet. NerdWallet also included the villages of Haverstraw (73), West Haverstraw (76) and Spring Valley (83) in their report.[3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Adjacent counties




  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Education


    • 4.1 Colleges and universities


    • 4.2 High schools


    • 4.3 School districts




  • 5 Transportation


    • 5.1 Major highways


    • 5.2 Bus


    • 5.3 Railroad


    • 5.4 Ferry


    • 5.5 Airports




  • 6 Law, government and politics


    • 6.1 United States House of Representatives


    • 6.2 New York State politicians


    • 6.3 County politicians


    • 6.4 Town governments


    • 6.5 County courts


    • 6.6 National politics




  • 7 Sports


  • 8 Media


  • 9 Pollution


  • 10 Solar field


  • 11 Municipalities


    • 11.1 Towns (5)


    • 11.2 Villages (19)


    • 11.3 Census-designated places (17)


    • 11.4 Hamlets (7)


    • 11.5 Defunct communities (10)




  • 12 Points of interest


    • 12.1 Educational and cultural


    • 12.2 Commercial and entertainment


    • 12.3 Parks




  • 13 See also


  • 14 References


  • 15 External links





History






Henry Hudson's Halve Maen (Half Moon) on the Hudson River.




The Carson McCullers House in South Nyack.





DeWint House (circa 1700) is the oldest home in Rockland County




Historic Rockland County Courthouse in New City


The area that would become Rockland County was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Aboriginals, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape.


In 1609, Henry Hudson, thinking he had found the legendary "Northwest Passage", sailed on the Half Moon up the river that would one day bear his name and anchored near the area that is now Haverstraw before continuing to disillusionment north of Albany. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in the area, around 1675.[4] These settlers, eager to escape "city life", moved from Manhattan to Rockland. A number of unique Dutch-style red sandstone houses still stand, and many place names in the county reveal their Dutch origin. When the Duke of York (who became King James II of England) established the first twelve counties of New York in 1683, present-day Rockland County was part of Orange County, known then as "Orange County South of the Mountains". Orangetown was created at the same time under a royal grant, originally encompassing all of modern Rockland County. Around this time, as the English began to colonize Nyack and Tappan, the Native Americans began to leave Rockland in search of undisturbed land further north.[4]


The natural barrier of the Ramapo Mountains and the size of the county made it difficult to carry out governmental activities. At one point there were twin governments, one on each side of the Ramapo Mountains. For this reason, Rockland split off from Orange in 1798 to form its own county. That same year the county seat was transferred from Tappan to New City, where a new courthouse was built.


Haverstraw was separated from Orangetown in 1719 and became a town in 1788; it included the present-day Clarkstown, Ramapo and Stony Point. Clarkstown and Ramapo became towns in 1791, followed by Stony Point in 1865.




The territory of the Lenape in present-day southern New York, New Jersey and eastern sections of Delaware and Pennsylvania


During the American Revolution, when control of the Hudson River was viewed by the British as strategic to dominating the American territories, Rockland saw skirmishes at Haverstraw, Nyack and Piermont, and significant military engagements at the Battle of Stony Point, where General "Mad" Anthony Wayne earned his nickname. George Washington had headquarters for a time at John Suffern's tavern, the later site of the village of Suffern. British Major John André met with American traitor Benedict Arnold near Stony Point to buy the plans for the fortifications at West Point. André was captured with the plans in Tarrytown on his way back to the British lines; he was brought to Tappan for trial in the Tappan church, found guilty, hanged and buried nearby. Still another important chapter in the story of the Revolution was written on May 5, 1783, when General Washington received Sir Guy Carleton at the DeWint House, where they discussed the terms of the peace treaty. Two days later Washington visited Sir Guy aboard a British war vessel. On this day the King's Navy fired its first salute to the flag of the United States of America.


In the decades following the Revolution, Rockland became popular for its stone and bricks. These products, however, required quarrying in land that many later believed should be set aside as a preserve. Many unsuccessful efforts were made to turn much of the Hudson Highlands on the northern tip of the county into a forest preserve. However, Union Pacific Railroad president E. H. Harriman donated land as well as large sums of money for the purchase of properties in the area of Bear Mountain. Bear Mountain/Harriman State Park became a reality in 1910, and by 1914 it was estimated that more than a million people a year were coming to the park.


Rockland remained semi-rural until the 1950s when the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Tappan Zee Bridge, and other major arteries were built. The idea of suburbia also helped transform the county. The county's population flourished, from 89,276 in 1950 to 265,475 in 1990.




Ramapo Torne in Harriman State Park, part of the Ramapo Mountains.



Geography




Overlooking Rockland County with NYC skyline in far background





Pine Meadow Lake in Harriman State Park




Haverstraw along the Hudson River


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 199 square miles (520 km2), of which 174 square miles (450 km2) is land and 26 square miles (67 km2) (13%) is water.[5] It is the smallest county in the state outside New York City.


Rockland County lies just north of the New Jersey-New York border, west of Westchester County across the Hudson River, and south of Orange County.


The county's elevations range from 1,283 feet (391 m) atop Rockhouse Mountain to sea level along the Hudson River. Approximately 30% of Rockland County is devoted to parkland, belonging to either the five towns, incorporated villages, the state, or the county. These parks provide walking and hiking trails, ballfields, dog runs, historic sites, ponds, streams, salt marshes, and equestrian trails. Some popular state parks include Bear Mountain State Park on the northernmost tip of the county, Harriman State Park also along the county's northern boundary, and Nyack Beach State Park along the Hudson River, with trails connecting to Rockland Lake State Park. In addition to parks, Rockland is home to numerous public and private golf courses, with the towns of Orangetown, Ramapo, Stony Point, and Haverstraw all operating public golf courses within their towns, offering discounted rates to their respective residents. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission also operates two golf courses in Rockland Lake State Park with sweeping views of the park. Notable private courses in the county include Paramount Country Club, Manhattan Woods Golf Course (designed by PGA great Gary Player), and Rockland Country Club (Sparkill).



Adjacent counties




  • Orange County (northwest)


  • Putnam County (northeast)


  • Westchester County (east)


  • Passaic County, New Jersey (west)


  • Bergen County, New Jersey (south)


  • New York City (southeast)


Rockland's borders with Putnam and Passaic counties are short, totaling less than one mile (1.6 km).



Demographics





















































































































































Historical population
Census Pop.

1800 6,353
1810 7,758 22.1%
1820 8,837 13.9%
1830 9,388 6.2%
1840 11,975 27.6%
1850 16,962 41.6%
1860 22,492 32.6%
1870 25,213 12.1%
1880 27,690 9.8%
1890 35,162 27.0%
1900 38,298 8.9%
1910 46,873 22.4%
1920 45,548 −2.8%
1930 59,599 30.8%
1940 74,261 24.6%
1950 89,276 20.2%
1960 136,803 53.2%
1970 229,903 68.1%
1980 259,530 12.9%
1990 265,475 2.3%
2000 286,753 8.0%
2010 311,687 8.7%
Est. 2017 328,868 5.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010, 2017[1]

As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 286,753 people, 92,675 households, and 70,989 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,646 people per square mile (636/km²). There were 94,973 housing units at an average density of 545 per square mile (210/km²). However, residents live closer together than the census numbers indicate, as 30% of the county is reserved as parkland. 9% of residents reported speaking Spanish at home, 5% Yiddish, 3% French-based creole, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.3% Hebrew, 1.2% French, and 1% Russian. Other languages spoken at home by at least 1000 people include Malayalam, Korean, Chinese, German, and Polish.



Racial demographics of Rockland according to 2016 U.S. Census Bureau data:[11]

































Rockland County Demographics
Race
Percentage

White (Whites of non-Hispanic origin: 63.0%)

77.5%

Hispanics and Latinos (of any race)

17.6%
Black
13.3%
Asian
6.5%
Multiracial
2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons
0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons
0.1%


In 2000, there were 92,675 households out of which 38% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63% were married couples living together, 10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23% were non-families. 19% of all households were made up of individuals and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3 and the average family size was 3.5.


In the county, the population was spread out with 28% under the age of 18, 8% from 18 to 24, 28% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 12% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were 95 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 91 men.


The median income for a household in the county was $68,000 and the median income for a family was $80,000. Males had a median income of $58,000 versus $39,000 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,000. The mean, or average, income for a family in Rockland County is $73,500 according to the 2004 census. About 6% of families and 10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over.



Education




Blue ribbon School Logo




Cherry Lane Elementary School


The county is home to several Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award winners, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education.



  • In 2000–2001, Liberty Elementary School in Valley Cottage (semi-finalists in 2004)

  • In 2007, Strawtown Elementary School in West Nyack

  • In 2008 & 2014, Franklin Avenue Elementary School in Pearl River

  • In 2009, George W. Miller Elementary School in Nanuet

  • In 2011, Pearl River Middle School in Pearl River

  • In 2013, Cherry Lane Elementary School in Suffern

  • In 2016, Nanuet Senior High School In Nanuet

  • In 2018, Clarkstown High School South



Colleges and universities


The county is home to several colleges and universities, including Nyack College, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Rockland Community College (SUNY), Long Island University, Dominican College, Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, and others.



High schools




School districts




  • Clarkstown Central School District

    • In 2015 U.S. News & World Report ranked Clarkstown North Senior High School with a Silver award as the 135 Best High School in New York State and 1,329 nationally[12]

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked Clarkstown South Senior High School with a Silver award as the 116 Best High School in New York State and 1,219 nationally.

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked Clarkstown North Senior High School with a Silver award as the 117 Best High School in New York State and 1,224 nationally.

    • In 2018, ranked 78 Best School Districts in Clarkstown by Niche's.



  • East Ramapo Central School District


  • Nanuet Union Free School District

    • In 2018, ranked 89 Best School Districts in Nanuet by Niche.

    • In 2018, National School Boards Association 2018 Magna Award was awarded to the Nanuet Public Schools, Nanuet, New York in recognition of the Outdoor Education Center (OEC)[13]




  • North Rockland Central School District

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked North Rockland Senior High School with a Bronze award as the 219 Best High School in New York State

    • In 2018, ranked 179 2018 Best School Districts in North Rockland by Niche.




  • Nyack Public Schools
    • In 2018, ranked 68 Best School Districts in Nyack by Niche.



  • Pearl River School District

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked Pearl River High School with a Silver award as the 76 Best High School in New York State and 727 nationally.

    • In 2018, ranked 214 Best School Districts in Pearl River by Niche.




  • Suffern Central School District

    • Suffern Senior High School was ranked #53 (out of 938 public high schools) on Niche's 2016 Best Public High Schools in New York, and #343 (out of 16,464 public high schools) in the country, also according to Niche.

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked Suffern Senior High School with a Silver award as the 111 Best High School in New York State and 1179 nationally.

    • In 2018, ranked 26 Best School Districts in Suffern by Niche




  • South Orangetown Central School District

    • In 2017 U.S. News & World Report ranked Tappan Zee High School with a Silver award as the 66 Best High School in New York State and 643 nationally.

    • In 2018, ranked 71 Best School Districts in Orangetown by Niche.





Transportation




The Tappan Zee Bridge crosses the Hudson River between Rockland County and Westchester County. This bridge has been replaced by a new span in 2017.


The Tappan Zee Bridge connects South Nyack in Rockland County and Tarrytown in Westchester County across the Hudson River in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York State. The old bridge was replaced with a new span in 2017.[14]President Barack Obama visited Tarrytown in May 2014 to promote the construction of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge, as well as other infrastructure projects ongoing in the United States.



Major highways



The county is served by several major highways, including Interstate 87/287 (the New York Thruway), opening from Suffern to Yonkers in 1955. The Tappan Zee Bridge also opened the same year, finally connecting Rockland and Westchester, allowing the population in Rockland to grow rapidly over the next several decades. The Palisades Interstate Parkway, built by master planner Robert Moses between 1947 and 1958, connects the county directly to the George Washington Bridge due south. Another vital artery, the Garden State Parkway, opened in 1955, connecting New Jersey to I-87/287.




  • I-87


  • I-287


  • US 6


  • US 9W


  • US 202


  • Garden State Parkway


  • Palisades Parkway


  • NY 17


  • NY 45


  • NY 59


  • NY 210


  • NY 303


  • NY 304


  • NY 340


For further information



  • List of county routes in Rockland County, New York

  • List of county routes in Rockland County, New York (1–38)

  • List of county routes in Rockland County, New York (41–75)

  • List of county routes in Rockland County, New York (76–118A)



Bus




Transport of Rockland Hybrid Electric Bus


The Transport of Rockland operates several local bus routes throughout the county, as well as an express bus route to Tarrytown and White Plains in Westchester County. TOR provides connections to other neighborhood bus operations – Minitrans[15] and connections to commuter lines, Rockland Coaches and Short Line providing service to northern New Jersey and New York City.




Transportation map



Railroad


NJ Transit/Metro-North Railroad operates the Port Jervis Line, which stops at the Suffern Railroad Station and Sloatsburg Station, and the Pascack Valley Line, whose stops include Pearl River, Nanuet, and Spring Valley. in their respective hamlets and village of the same name. Connections on this line are available at Secaucus for service to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and service to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The southern terminus of both lines is Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey, where connections can be made to several NJ Transit bus lines, ferries, and PATH trains to New York City.



Ferry


NY Waterway operates a ferry service between Haverstraw and Ossining in Westchester County for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Commuters are able to take the Transport of Rockland's Ferry Express route to the Haverstraw ferry terminal for service to Metro-North's Hudson Line service to Grand Central Terminal. Ferry service is typically suspended in the colder months when the Hudson River freezes over, and commuters must take shuttle buses across the Tappan Zee Bridge.



Airports


Nearby airports include:



  • New York: John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Westchester County Airport, and Stewart International Airport

  • New Jersey: Newark Liberty International Airport, Teterboro Airport



Law, government and politics



United States House of Representatives


All of Rockland County falls within the 17th Congressional District, along with central and western Westchester County and is represented by Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey.



New York State politicians


The county of Rockland is represented in the New York State Senate by David Carlucci (D) of the 38th district and William Larkin (R) of the 39th district.[16][17]



















Rockland County Assemblymen & Women

Name

NYS Assembly

Party
Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr. 96th District
Democrat
Ellen C. Jaffee 97th District
Democrat



County politicians


The head of Rockland County is the county executive, Ed Day, a Republican first elected in 2013, and was re-elected to a second term in 2017. The previous county executive was Republican C. Scott Vanderhoef, who was re-elected in 2009 to his fifth four-year term. Day is the third county executive in Rockland history, with Vanderhoef having defeated the incumbent, John T. Grant (D), in 1993. Prior to 1985, Rockland County did not have a county executive. County Executive Day was sworn in for his second term on January 1, 2018.


The county is divided into 17 single-member Elected Officials. There are 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans. The Chairman of the Legislature is Toney L. Earl. The other legislators are - as of the November 2016 elections:


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Rockland County District Legislatures
District
Legislator
Party
Area Represented
1 Douglas J. Jobson Republican
Stony Point
2 Michael M. Grant Democrat
West Haverstraw
3 Jay Hood Jr. Democrat
Haverstraw
4 Itamar Yeger Democrat
Wesley Hills
5 Lon M. Hofstein Minority Leader
Republican
New City
6 Alden H. Wolfe Deputy Majority Leader
Democrat Suffern
7 Philip Soskin Democrat Monsey
8 Toney L. Earl Chairman
Democrat
Hillcrest
9 Christopher J. Carey Republican
Bardonia
10 Harriet D. Cornell Democrat
West Nyack
11 Laurie A. Santulli Republican
Congers
12 Charles J. Falciglia Republican
Airmont
13 Aron B. Wieder Democrat Monsey
14 Aney Paul Majority Leader
Democrat Nanuet
15 Patrick J. Moroney Republican
Pearl River
16 Vince D. Tyer Deputy Minority Leader
Republican Pearl River
17 Nancy Low-Hogan, Ph.D. Vice Chairwoman
Democrat
South Nyack



Town governments


The five towns of Rockland County are led by Town Supervisors and Town Boards. The villages encompassed in the towns are led by Mayors and Village Trustees.

As of the November 2017 elections, the town supervisors are:


































Rockland County Town Supervisors

Town

Supervisor

Party
Clarkstown George A. Hoehmann
Republican
Haverstraw Howard T. Phillips, Jr.
Democrat
Orangetown Christopher Day
Republican
Ramapo Michael Specht
Democrat
Stony Point Jim Monaghan
Republican



County courts


There are three types of general trial courts in Rockland County: the New York Supreme Court, the County Court and the Justice Courts. The Supreme Court is the trial level court of the New York State Unified Court System, which presents some confusion as the Supreme Court is the highest court of appeals in the federal system as well as in most states (the Court of Appeals is the highest court in New York State). The Supreme Court has broad authority over all categories of cases, both civil and criminal. Generally the Supreme Court in Rockland County hears civil cases involving claims in excess of $25,000. While the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over criminal cases in most counties this is handled by the County Courts. In Rockland however, the Supreme Court does exercise jurisdiction over some criminal cases.


The County Court is inferior to the Supreme Court and is authorized to hear all criminal cases that have occurred in the county as well as limited jurisdiction over civil cases. The County Court handles felony cases exclusively and shares jurisdiction with the town and village justice courts on misdemeanor cases and other minor offenses and violations. The County Court's jurisdiction on civil cases is limited to those involving less than $25,000.


Each of the towns and fifteen of the villages have Justice Courts. These courts mostly hear routine traffic ticket cases, especially from the New York State Thruway and the Palisades Interstate Parkway. They also handle drunk driving charges, lower-level criminal misdemeanor matters, and they will occasionally perform arraignment on felonies (most felony proceedings are heard in County Court). These courts generally handle the highest volume of cases, which, considering the population density and highways in the county, is not surprising.



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Presidential elections results[18]
Year

Republican

Democratic

Third parties

2016
45.1% 60,911

51.3% 69,342
3.6% 4,834

2012
46.1% 57,428

52.8% 65,793
1.1% 1,424

2008
46.7% 61,752

52.6% 69,543
0.7% 898

2004

49.6% 65,130
48.9% 64,191
1.5% 1,910

2000
39.5% 48,441

56.7% 69,530
3.8% 4,619

1996
36.0% 40,395

56.2% 63,127
7.8% 8,719

1992
40.7% 49,608

46.6% 56,759
12.7% 15,464

1988

56.8% 63,825
42.4% 47,634
0.8% 842

1984

60.9% 70,020
38.9% 44,687
0.3% 311

1980

56.3% 59,068
33.6% 35,277
10.1% 10,648

1976

51.3% 52,087
47.9% 48,673
0.8% 780

1972

64.3% 64,753
35.5% 35,771
0.2% 196

1968

49.1% 40,880
44.4% 36,948
6.6% 5,479

1964
36.2% 26,187

63.7% 46,173
0.1% 82

1960

54.8% 33,107
45.0% 27,178
0.2% 113

1956

71.0% 34,049
29.0% 13,881
0.0% 0

1952

64.4% 27,657
35.1% 15,084
0.5% 212

1948

57.8% 20,661
36.6% 13,066
5.6% 2,001

1944

59.0% 19,471
40.7% 13,437
0.3% 91

1940

56.8% 20,040
42.2% 14,897
1.0% 362

1936
48.6% 15,583

49.5% 15,876
2.0% 631

1932

49.9% 13,963
47.7% 13,347
2.4% 672

1928

60.3% 15,732
37.5% 9,769
2.2% 571

1924

60.9% 11,915
28.8% 5,640
10.3% 2,004

1920

66.1% 11,169
29.9% 5,057
4.0% 671

1916

52.2% 5,041
46.3% 4,469
1.5% 149

1912
24.6% 2,221

46.9% 4,241
28.6% 2,586

1908

52.6% 4,857
42.7% 3,937
4.7% 433

1904

49.0% 4,283
48.6% 4,246
2.4% 213

1900

50.2% 4,187
48.2% 4,021
1.7% 139

1896

57.0% 4,336
39.4% 3,002
3.6% 276

1892
41.0% 2,909

53.4% 3,789
5.6% 395

1888
41.8% 3,013

54.7% 3,939
3.5% 251

1884
40.3% 2,593

57.4% 3,697
2.3% 151

Like most of the Hudson Valley, Rockland County historically voted Republican. Between 1892 and 1992, Rockland County only voted Democratic three times–Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory of 1964, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's landslide victory in 1936 (in which it was the only New York City suburb to vote Democratic), and Woodrow Wilson's first campaign in 1912. Rockland shifted Democratic in 1992, and has since only voted Republican once, in 2004 for George W. Bush; however, Bush only won that contest by less than 1,000 votes. Despite this shift, national elections have remained close in Rockland County as compared to neighboring Westchester County, which has witnessed dependable double-digit Democratic victories since the 1990s.



Sports




Provident Bank Park, home of Rockland Boulders



  • The Rockland Boulders, a member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball was founded in 2011 by former Yankee catcher John Flaherty of Pearl River, Clarkstown resident Michael Aglialoro (president of Clarkstown Education Foundation) and Stephen Mulvey (whose family once owned a piece of the Brooklyn-Los Angeles Dodgers). The team, owned by Bottom 9 Baseball, play their home games at the 4,350-seat, 16-suite Palisades Credit Union Park.


  • Rockland Country Club is located in Sparkill, New York and features an 18-hole golf course.

  • The New York Raiders, an American semi-professional rugby league football team based in Congers, New York, currently play in the American National Rugby League (AMNRL) competition. They play their home games at Rockland Lake State Park, and are a team partner of the Canberra Raiders of Australia's National Rugby League (NRL).



Media



  • The Journal News

  • Our Town


  • WRKL AM 910

  • WRCR AM 1700

  • Left of the Hudson

  • Rockland World Radio

  • Nyack News and Views

  • Rockland County Times

  • Rockland Review

  • The Hook

  • Rockland County's Best Magazine

  • Clipper

  • The 2017 CW series, Riverdale, is believed to take place in Rockland County, having been referenced in the series pilot episode.



Pollution


According to Scorecard.org, which integrates data from different sources including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2002, Rockland County ranked among the worst 10% in the United States in terms of air releases.[19] Recent EPA statistics show that a total of 66 facilities active today in Rockland County are currently regulated.[20] In Scorecard's list of Top 10 polluters from 2002, the Lovett generating station, located in Tompkins Cove, is the top polluter, releasing 1,523,339 pounds of toxic emissions into the air.[21] Two studies, one in 2000 and the other in 2004, were issued by the Clean Air Task Force to study the impacts of power plant emissions in the United States. Data specific for Rockland county shows that a total of $2,150,800 was paid in compensation for numerous illnesses caused by power plant pollution, including asthma attacks, heart attacks and death.[22] Prior to 2014 the Lovett generating station was closed and dismantled. It no longer exists.



Solar field


Clarkstown is building a first-of-its-kind in New York State, a 2.3-megawatt solar system consisting of about 4,300 panels on top of a closed, highly regulated, flat shadeless 13-acre section of the former garbage landfill in West Nyack which will generate 3 million kilowatt-hours – enough power to supply about 200 homes, that will cover about one-third of the electric needs of the Town of Clarkstown government. The Clarkstown solar field project is at the maximum size that is currently allowed by New York State. Of the 1,200 installations in Orange and Rockland system, 450, or 32 percent, are in Rockland County and will save taxpayers as much as $4 million over 30 years by reducing the amount of the town’s annual electric bill – which is about $2 million and produce 10 percent of all the electricity that O&R gets through solar power. This project was scheduled to be on line by the fall of 2014.[23]



Municipalities




County map, with town and village boundaries


Paul W. Adler, the chairperson of the Rockland County's Jewish Community Relations Council, said in a 1997 New York Times article that "There are two reasons villages get formed in Rockland. One is to keep the Hasidim out and the other is to keep the Hasidim in."[24]


There are five towns in Rockland County. The most populous is Ramapo, with 126,595 people, while the least populous is Stony Point, with 15,059 people, according to the 2010 US Census.


In 2015, ValuePenguin ranked the Towns of Clarkstown(119), Haverstraw(102), Orangetown(72), Ramapo(55) and Stony Point(52) as the Safest Places in New York with population of over 5,000 and other criteria. The villages of Spring Valley (169) and Suffern (42) also made the list. Ramapo ranked 7th place among big cities - population of over 20 thousand.[25]


There are nineteen incorporated villages in Rockland County, twelve of which are located at least partially in the town of Ramapo, and none of which are in Stony Point. There are seventeen Census-designated places and seven Hamlets within the five towns of Rockland County.



Towns (5)





Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument located in Downtown Suffern, New York, in the Town of Ramapo.



  • Clarkstown

  • Haverstraw

  • Orangetown

  • Ramapo

  • Stony Point



Villages (19)




  • Airmont

  • Chestnut Ridge

  • Grand View-on-Hudson

  • Haverstraw

  • Hillburn

  • Kaser

  • Montebello

  • New Hempstead

  • New Square

  • Nyack

  • Piermont

  • Pomona

  • Sloatsburg

  • South Nyack

  • Spring Valley

  • Suffern

  • Upper Nyack

  • Wesley Hills

  • West Haverstraw




Census-designated places (17)




  • Bardonia

  • Blauvelt

  • Congers

  • Hillcrest

  • Monsey

  • Mount Ivy

  • Nanuet


  • New City (county seat)

  • Orangeburg

  • Pearl River

  • Sparkill

  • Stony Point

  • Tappan

  • Thiells

  • Valley Cottage

  • Viola

  • West Nyack




Hamlets (7)




  • Central Nyack

  • Garnerville

  • Jones Point

  • Palisades

  • Rockland Lake

  • Tallman

  • Tomkins Cove




Defunct communities (10)




  • Doodletown

  • Grassy Point

  • Johnsontown

  • Ladentown

  • Middletown

  • Nauraushaun

  • Sandyfield

  • Sickletown

  • St. John's in the Wilderness

  • Sterlington




Points of interest



Educational and cultural




  • Major John Andre Monument - Tappan, New York. Honors the great British army officer John André, well known for assisting Benedict Arnold in his attempted surrender in West Point during the American Revolutionary War


  • Camp Shanks - Orangetown, New York. A museum that was once a military camp. It is named after Major General David Carey Shanks (1861–1940).


  • Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home- Nyack, New York. This was the home of American realism painter Edward Hopper. It is now an art center.


  • Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle - Suffern, New York. This is a memorial honoring George Washington and Rochambeau, where they encamped at the site of the memorial during the American Revolutionary War.


  • The Old 76 House- Tappan, New York. One of the oldest bars in America. It was originally a meeting place for Patriots during the Revolutionary War. The house was the headquarters of Nathaniel Greene.



Commercial and entertainment




  • Palisades Center - West Nyack, New York. Opened in 1998, it is one of America's largest shopping malls.


  • The Shops at Nanuet - Nanuet, New York. Opened in 1969, it was formerly named the Nanuet Mall. It was the site of the notorious 1981 Brinks Robbery.


  • Palisades Credit Union Park - Ramapo, New York. A baseball stadium home to the Rockland Boulders and the St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team.


  • Lafayette Theatre - Suffern, New York. A movie palace located in the downtown area of Suffern, New York.


  • Blue Hill Plaza - Pearl River, New York. 21-story office tower and an eight-story office building on 90-acres of landscaped and wooded property.



Parks




  • Bear Mountain State Park - Stony Point, New York


  • Blauvelt State Park - Blauvelt, New York


  • Harriman State Park (bordered between Rockland and Orange County, New York)


  • High Tor State Park - Clarkstown, New York


  • Nyack Beach State Park - Upper Nyack, New York


  • Rockland Lake State Park - Congers, New York


  • Tallman Mountain State Park - Orangetown, New York



See also



  • Downstate New York

  • Hudson Valley

  • List of counties in New York

  • List of New York State Historic Markers in Rockland County, New York

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York

  • Rumachenanck tribe

  • Brink's robbery (1981)

  • Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident



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External links



  • Rockland County official website

  • The Historical Society of Rockland County

  • Journal-News Rockland


  • Rockland Review weekly newspaper






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