Neighborhoods

Once Tarrytown and North Tarrytown, respectively, the latter’s residents voted to rename their village in 1996, paying homage to historic area resident Washington Irving. While you won’t cross paths with a headless horseman stalking the foggy, lantern-lit streets of these sisterly river towns, you’ll certainly stumble upon eclectic haunts pouring local craft beer and retailing seashell-shaped chairs. If any legends are true here, it’s how these charming commuter-friendly communities blend together so effortlessly with their breezy, ethereal waterfront. They’re tethered together by a school district and a chamber of commerce, and across both you’ll find art galleries, eclectic design shops and specialty food stores to fill a canvas tote with local fresh pasta. Whether catching a show at the ornate Music Hall or sojourning to the storied gardens of Lyndhurst, the Gothic manse a rosebud’s throw from Main Street, it’s a fine part of Westchester to tarry awhile.