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27 unusual facts about Rockland County


Cedar Street Presbyterian Church

The Reformed Church of Tappan, in Tappan, Rockland County, New York was founded in 1694, and the current church building dates from 1835.

Cheesecocks Patent

The Cheesecock or Cheesecocks Patent, in the southern part of what became Orange County, New York State, was a tract of land that now covers the towns of Monroe and Tuxedo and extends over part of Rockland County, which was separated from Orange County in 1798

Damian Rolls

In 2011 The Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York in the County of Rockland and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball hired Rolls to serve as the club’s hitting coach for the 2011 season.

Dan Spitz

Spitz was born in a small town in Rockland County, New York as the second son of a lawyer and a high school substitute teacher.

Doug Allen

Allen and his wife and two children live in Rockland County, New York.

Five Families

In the state of New York the families have increased their criminal rackets in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) and the counties of Westchester, Rockland and Albany.

Green Meadow Waldorf School

Green Meadow Waldorf School (GMWS) is an independent Waldorf school located in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County, New York.

John Frederick Mowbray-Clarke

The Mowbray-Clarkes lived in Rockland County, New York at a farm and studio called Brocken, just six miles from Arthur B. Davies.

In the 1930s and 40s Mary Mowbray-Clarke established herself as an award-winning landscape architect, designing public spaces in Rockland County.

Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke

In the 1930s and 40s Mary Mowbray-Clarke established herself as a landscape architect, designing the award-winning Dutch Garden in Rockland County, as well as a number of gardens found in homes near that area.

The Mowbray-Clarkes lived in Rockland County, New York at a farm and studio called Brocken, just six miles from Davies.

New Jersey Route 17

Route 17 interchanges with Stag Hill Road just before merging with six-lane Interstate 287, which it follows to the New York border, where the road continues into Hillburn, Rockland County as Interstate 287 and New York State Route 17, intersecting Interstate 87 (the New York State Thruway) shortly after the state line.

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) is the metropolitan planning organization for New York City, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley (Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties).

New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble

The centerpiece of the ensemble’s current activities is their annual concert series in New York City and the parallel series in nearby Rockland County, New York.

New York State Route 210

From 1930 to 1982, NY 210 extended eastward into Rockland County.

New York State Route 303

New York State Route 303 (NY 303) is a north–south state highway in eastern Rockland County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 304

New York State Route 304 (NY 304) is a north–south state highway located in central Rockland County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 305

At the same time, what is now NY 45 in Rockland County was designated as NY 305.

New York State Route 306

New York State Route 306 (NY 306) is a north–south state highway in western Rockland County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 45

After NY 45's intersection at Hillcrest with CR 74 (the location of several small shopping centers), traffic tends to ease up.

New York State Route 45 (NY 45) is a north–south state highway in central Rockland County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 59

New York State Route 59 (NY 59) is an east–west state highway in southern Rockland County, New York, in the United States.

A local company carried out work to convert the highway into a shopping center access road; however, Rockland County asserted that the town—and by extension the company—had no rights to perform this action.

NY 59 originated as the Nyack Turnpike, which was the first major thoroughfare in Rockland County.

News 12 Networks

News 12 Hudson Valley, based at 235 West Nyack Road in West Nyack, New York, launched in 2005 and reaches more than 140,000 homes through the Cablevision and Time Warner Cable (channel 156) systems serving Rockland and Orange counties.

USS Nyack

The name "Nyack" is taken from Nyack, a village in Rockland County, New York, which derives its name from the Indian word meaning "point" or "corner".

Willie Worsley

After this organization became bankrupt, Worsley became coach of the Spring Valley High School boy's basketball team in Rockland County, New York.


George A. Blauvelt

George Alanson Blauvelt (November 11, 1866 in Ramapo, Rockland County, New York – October 16, 1924 in Monsey, Rockland Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York

In 1955, the Tappan Zee Bridge opened (connecting Tarrytown in Westchester County with Nyack in Rockland County), increasing traffic into the community and making access to New York City easier for the local population.

Marion K. Sanders

In 1952, she ran a grassroots campaign as a Democrat-Liberal for the U.S. Congress in what was then the 28th Congressional District of New York, at the time a heavily Republican District encompassing Delaware County, Orange County, Rockland County, and Sullivan County.

New York Comptroller election, 2006

There were reports that state party leaders were trying to recruit Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef to run for comptroller against Treasurer Callaghan.

Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15

Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15 is a historic carousel formerly located at the Palisades Center, West Nyack in Rockland County, New York.

Rockland Country Day School

It is located in Congers, New York and was founded in 1959 as an alternative to public education in Rockland County.

Skvyra

The Twersky Skver Hasidic dynasty line emanating from Skvyra eventually settled in the United States where part of the community founded their own township called New Square (Skvyra being pronounced as "Skver" in Yiddish) in Rockland County, New York.

Weehawken Terminal

Suburban service to the Northern Valley in Bergen County and Rockland County included stops at Bogota, Dumont, Tappan, and Nyack.

WRCR

In 2011, The Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York in the County of Rockland and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, also known as the Can-Am League, announced that WRCR 1300 AM will be the club’s official flagship station for all Boulders’ broadcasts 2011 season.