Central Nyack
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Central Nyack is an unincorporated community (hamlet) in the Town of Clarkstown
Clarkstown, New York
Clarkstown is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States. The town is on the eastern border of the county, located north of the town of Orangetown; east of the town of Ramapo; South of the town of Haverstraw and west of the Hudson River. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total...

 Rockland County
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...

, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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 approximately 20 miles north of New York
New York
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 City located north of Pearl River
Pearl River, New York
Pearl River is a hamlet , in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located east of Nauraushaun; north of the state of New Jersey; south of Nanuet and west of Blauvelt...

; east of Nanuet
Nanuet, New York
Nanuet is a hamlet , in the Town of Clarkstown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Pearl River; south of New City; east of Spring Valley and west of West Nyack. It is 19 miles north of Manhattan, and 2 miles north of the New Jersey border...

; south of West Nyack
West Nyack, New York
West Nyack is a hamlet in the Town of Clarkstown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Central Nyack; east of Nanuet; south of Valley Cottage and west of Upper Nyack. It is approximately 18 miles north of New York City...

 and west of the Village of Nyack
Nyack, New York
Nyack is a village in the towns of Orangetown and Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of South Nyack; east of Central Nyack; south of Upper Nyack and west of the Hudson River, approximately 19 miles north of the Manhattan boundary, it is an inner suburb of New...

. As an unincorporated community, governmental functions default to the town level (Clarkstown). The community is located at latitude 41.094 and longitude -73.95. The elevation is 62 feet.

History

Central Nyack grew up along the old Nyack Turnpike (present-day State Route 59). Anecdotally, travelers looking to avoid the toll on this road just outside of the village of Nyack developed a path into the hills just south of the toll gate. This path eventually became Waldron Avenue, and a hamlet grew up around it. Most of the community was built between the 1880s and the 1920s. Outlying tracts were developed in the 1970s.

Hub Shopping Center

The Hub Shopping Center include Stop and Shop, Hot Bagels, Rose Nails, a liquor Store and Drug World. It also includes Amici Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria and a Japanese Restaurant called Sakurabana.

Transportation

The community straddles State Route 59. Transport of Rockland
Transport of Rockland
The Transport of Rockland is the bus system for Rockland County, New York, providing service along major routes in Rockland County, as well as connections to Clarkstown Mini-Trans in Clarkstown, Spring Valley Jitney in Spring Valley, the Bee-Line Bus System in Westchester as well as connections to...

 county buses provide service along this route to Suffern, Spring Valley
Spring Valley, New York
Spring Valley, incorporated on July 9, 1902 is a village spanning the Town of Ramapo and Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Nanuet; east of Airmont and Monsey; south of Hillcrest and west of West Nyack...

, Nyack, and the MetroNorth commuter rail station in Tarrytown
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line...

. Clarkstown MiniTrans provides circulator buses within the community.

Land Use

The primary housing type is single-family, detached dwellings. One sub-division, Ward Drive, has semi-attached units. There is one garden apartment complex. Several older single-family homes have been converted to multiple dwellings. There are apartment complexes located on Pine Street and Waldron Avenue, both built in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

There is highway commercial use along State Route 59. There is a small business district located at West Broadway and Waldron Avenue [this area no longer contains any businesses as if mid 1990s]. The community center and fire station are also located here.

A shopping plaza was built on the wooded area north of Route 59 and east of Route 303 in the late 1980s which contains a supermarket and several restaurants.

There are no significant industrial uses in the hamlet.

The area abuts Buttermilk Falls County Park to the south. This park is largely undeveloped, with a small parking area and three improved hiking trails. There are no schools located in the community.

Education

The western portion of Central Nyack is part of the Clarkstown Central School District. Students here attend West Nyack Elementary School, Felix V. Festa Middle School and Clarkstown Senior High School South.

The eastern portion of Central Nyack is part of the Nyack Public Schools
Nyack Public Schools
Nyack Public Schools is a school district headquartered in the Town of Orangetown, New York, United States. It serves several areas in Orangetown, including the villages of Nyack, South Nyack, and Upper Nyack, Upper Grand View, and the hamlet of Valley Cottage...

 system. Students here attend Valley Cottage Elementary School, Nyack Middle School and Nyack High School.

Nyack College
Nyack College
Nyack College is a private, evangelical, liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and home to the Alliance Theological Seminary, one of the denomination's seminaries. The main campus is located in Nyack, New York...

is also located in eastern Central Nyack.

Demographics

Central Nyack is composed of Block Group 3 of Rockland County Tract 111.02.

2000 U.S. census data gives:
  • Population: 1,845
  • Non-Hispanic White: 31%
  • Non-Hispanic Black: 40%
  • Non-Hispanic Asian: 8%
  • Hispanic: 11%
  • Other: 10%
  • Housing Units: 574
  • Rented Units: 39%
  • Owner-Occupied Units: 61%
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