Sleepy Hollow RiverWalk Opens At Edge-On-Hudson

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — A new park along the Hudson River waterfront in Sleepy Hollow is now open to the public.

The Sleepy Hollow RiverWalk at Edge-on-Hudson was formally dedicated to the village of Sleepy Hollow, which now owns it, in a ceremony Monday along the waterfront.

The park restores access to a section of the Hudson River that has been inaccessible to the community for more than a century.

Designed by internationally renowned Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, the RiverWalk allows visitors to stroll along the waterfront from River Street in Sleepy Hollow to as far north as the historic 1883 lighthouse.

Phase two construction of the RiverWalk, which will continue north to Kingsland Point Park, is expected to begin in 2023.

A temporary path from the Sleepy Hollow RiverWalk at Edge-on-Hudson to Kingsland Point Park has been established in the meantime.

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray said this was a historic moment for village residents who have not had access to this section of the shoreline for more than 100 years.

“This new RiverWalk will serve as a gateway to the Hudson Valley and as a welcome new link to our nearby parks, trails and historic attractions,” he said.

The $2 million RiverWalk is a public/private partnershi8p funded by Edge-on-Hudson, a mixed-use, transit-oriented community rising along the waterfront in Sleepy Hollow. The project is supported by a $500,000 Market New York grant from Empire State Development and I Love NY/New York State’s Division of Tourism, awarded through the Regional Economic Development Council initiative.