Sleepy Hollow, New York

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municipality settlement village

Sleepy Hollow, New York is a historic Hudson River village in Westchester County best known as the setting of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and its associated folklore.

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality →
settlement →
village →
adjacentTo Tarrytown, New York →
areaCode 914 →
associatedWithAuthor Washington Irving →
climate humid continental climate →
containsGraveOf Washington Irving →
country United States of America →
county Westchester County, New York →
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone →
surface form: "Eastern Daylight Time"
demographicCategory suburban community →
distanceToNewYorkCity approximately 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan →
formerlyKnownAs Tarrytown, New York →
surface form: "North Tarrytown"
governmentType village government →
hasCemetery Sleepy Hollow Cemetery →
hasFestival Halloween and Headless Horseman-themed events →
hasHistoricDistrict Philipsburg Manor →
surface form: "Philipsburg Manor historic area"
hasLandmark Headless Horseman →
surface form: "Headless Horseman Bridge (site)"

Kingsland Point Park →
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow →
Philipsburg Manor →
Pocantico River →
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery →
incorporatedIn late 19th century →
knownFor Halloween-themed tourism →
Headless Horseman folklore →
being the setting of Washington Irving’s short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" →
historic Hudson River estates →
literaryAssociation The Legend of Sleepy Hollow →
surface form: ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow""
locatedIn Hudson Valley →
locatedInMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area →
locatedNear New York City →
locatedNorthOf Tarrytown, New York →
locatedOn Hudson River →
nameChangeYear 1996 →
partOf town of Mount Pleasant, New York →
postalCode 10591 →
primaryEconomicActivity residential community for New York City commuters →
tourism →
primaryRiver Hudson River →
region Northeastern United States →
religiousSite Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow →
state New York →
timeZone Eastern Time Zone →
touristSeason peak in October →
transportation served by Metro-North Railroad via nearby Philipse Manor and Tarrytown stations →
Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Briarcliff Manor, New York → adjacentTo → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Pocantico River → associatedWith → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
this entity surface form: "Sleepy Hollow region"
Louise Whitfield Carnegie → burialPlace → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Margaret Carnegie Miller → burialPlace → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Philipse family → centerOfOperations → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Westchester County, New York → contains → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Pocantico River → hasNearbySettlement → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
subject surface form: "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
Albany Post Road → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Astor Mausoleum → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Chrysler Mausoleum → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Philipsburg Manor → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
subject surface form: "Sleepy Hollow Cemetery"
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → locatedIn → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Rockefeller State Park Preserve → locatedInOrNear → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Tarrytown, New York → locatedNear → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow → locationBasis → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Pocantico River → mouthLocation → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Lyndhurst Mansion → near → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York → near → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Tappan Zee (wide section of the Hudson River) → near → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Albany Post Road → passesThrough → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Pocantico River → passesThrough → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
this entity surface form: "Village of Sleepy Hollow"
Aaron Copland → placeOfDeath → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Washington Irving's Sunnyside → region → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
this entity surface form: "Sleepy Hollow–Tarrytown area"
Katrina Van Tassel → setInPlace → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → setting → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Sleepy Hollow (TV series) → setting → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
Philipsburg Manor → tourismRegion → Sleepy Hollow, New York →
this entity surface form: "Sleepy Hollow–Tarrytown historic area"
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