{"id":7540,"date":"2019-10-23T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:45:35","slug":"fall-getaway-tarrytown-sleepy-hollow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/7540\/fall-getaway-tarrytown-sleepy-hollow\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Haunts: Tip Toeing Over Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to embrace the most colorful and eerie of all the four seasons, Sleepy Hollow\u2014home to Washington Irving\u2019s horror novel about Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horsemen\u2014is a good place to go. 30 minutes after departing from Grand Central Station, your trip begins at the Tarrytown Station.<\/p>\n

From Depot Plaza, a six-block meander down Main Street leads to the dividing line between North and South Broadway, one of the main vessels of its charming, historic downtown.<\/p>\n

Walking down Broadway, there are as many antique venues as there are Starbucks in Manhattan. The line between junk store and antique shop can often blur, but in Tarrytown, you are granted both quality and quantity in all of the numerous shops. Filled with rare old objects, Pretty Funny Vintage<\/strong><\/a> offers a wide selection of furniture, clothing, and trinkets.<\/p>\n

Turn the corner down Main Street, popping into Carol Master Antiques<\/strong>\u00a0which offers a more retro spin on the antiquing experience. Across the street, the historic Tarrytown Music Hall<\/strong><\/a>, built in 1885, is a historic theater which hosts a ghost tour<\/a> each fall highlighting historic spirits and spooks. Next door, Flying Fingers Yarn Shop<\/strong><\/a> is a destination for knitters and carries a quality inventory of supplies. As an added bonus for the knitting enthusiasts, Flying Fingers has a free Yarn Bus that picks up at multiple locations in Manhattan on Saturdays and Sundays. Just set up a reservation by emailing them. Grab a cone of homemade Bumpy Road ice cream at old-fashioned parlor-like Main Street Sweets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You have two options for exploring historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery<\/strong> from the corner of Main Street and North Broadway in Tarrytown. Travel route #1:<\/strong> You could walk or bike north on N. Broadway 1.3 miles. Travel route #2:<\/strong> You could turn back to the Tarrytown station on the Hudson line, and head outbound one stop to Philipse Manor. The time difference according to the Google Maps estimate is negligible, leaving the choice up to what your legs are ready for.<\/p>\n

Opting to walk, one can cross over the bridge featured in the fabled chase sequence of The Legend of Sleep Hollow<\/strong><\/em> and enter the portal of yesteryear’s haunted masterpiece. Just off the grand gated entrance of the cemetery is The Old Dutch Church<\/strong><\/a>, which was constructed in 1685.<\/p>\n

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