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HUDSON VALLEY
ROCKLAND COUNTY
Just 30 miles from New York City, Rockland County delights with thriving business communities, stellar school districts, and entertainment for the whole family. A federally designated Preserve America Community, Rockland is 30 percent parkland, with Bear Mountain, Harriman, Nyack Beach, High Tor, and Rockland Lake State Parks all within its boundaries. Shopaholics get their fix at The Shops at Nanuet and the expansive Palisades Center, which also provides hours of family fun, with a bowling alley, ice rink, and the world’s tallest indoor ropes course.
Downtown Nyack
Industries that thrive here include health, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and research businesses, including Columbia University’s Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, while groups like the Rockland Business Women’s Network and Rockland Business Association actively support the county’s lively business scene.
Outside of the 9-to-5, Rockland is heavy on waterfront and sidewalk dining, golf courses and country clubs, mom-and- pop shops, and historic sites, including
The ’76 House (the oldest tavern in New York State). Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club, which opened in Sloatsburg in 2019, is the area’s ultimate luxury wellness retreat, with private guest houses, a pool, its own organic fields, and fitness- focused programming.
Right on the river with a charming Main Street, Nyack is a popular destination — and an endpoint for the newly opened Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path, a three-mile, bike-and-walking pathway with scenic views of the Hudson River and public art.
The walkable downtown is also home to the Edward Hopper House museum, and first-class dining, including The Greekish mezze bar, DPNB Pasta and Provisions, and Filipino Karenderya, one of Esquire’s 2018 Best New Restaurants in America.
In historic Haverstraw, visit the Haverstraw Brick Museum to learn how the town’s 42 brickyards shaped Manhattan, then grab a Wrench IPA at Industrial Arts Brewing, housed in a pre-Civil War industrial complex in Garnerville (a hamlet of Haverstraw). The town also has one of the Valley’s most scenic commutes — locals ferry across the Hudson to Ossining’s Metro-North station, and on to Grand Central via the river-view Hudson Line.
Rockland County is home to top-rated schools, with several districts (Suffern Central, Nyack, Clarkstown Central, South Orangetown, and Nanuet) ranking among the top 100 in New York State according to Niche.com. Set amid a bucolic landscape, Clarkstown ranked among the 100 best places to live in the United States — with relative affordability — by Money magazine in 2019.
BEST OF
ROCKLAND COUNTY
Hudson Valley Magazine found lots to love in Rockland, including these top picks:
Best All-You-Can-Eat Sushi:
AJ’s Sushi and Cajun Seafood, Suffern
Best Botanical Shop:
Bridge Street Botanical, Nyack
Best Bargain Shopping: Elite Repeat Consignment Boutique, New City
Best Global Grocery Store:
Old World Market, Nyack
Bear Mountain Inn
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