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====Westchester County==== [[File:US_Route_9_-_North_Broadway_-_Yonkers,_NY.jpg|thumb|upright=1|North Broadway ([[U.S. Route 9 in New York|U.S. 9]]) in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]]]] [[File:Washington Irving Memorial Irvington.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Washington Irving Memorial]] on North Broadway in [[Irvington, New York|Irvington]], not far from [[Washington Irving]]'s home in [[Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)|Sunnyside]]]] The northwestern corner of the park marks the New York City limit and Broadway enters [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], where it is now known as South Broadway. It trends ever westward, closer to the [[Hudson River]], remaining a busy urban commercial street. In downtown Yonkers, it drops close to the river, becomes North Broadway and 9A leaves via Ashburton Avenue. Broadway climbs to the nearby ridgetop runs parallel to the river and the railroad, a few blocks east of both as it passes [[St. John's Riverside Hospital]]. The neighborhoods become more residential and the road gently undulates along the ridgetop.<ref name="nymap07"/> In Yonkers, Broadway passes the historic [[Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site|Philipse Manor]] house, which dates back to colonial times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nysparks.com/historic-sites/37/details.aspx |title=Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site |access-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-date=December 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218230528/http://nysparks.com/historic-sites/37/details.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> It remains Broadway as it leaves Yonkers for [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York|Hastings-on-Hudson]], where it splits into separate north and south routes for {{convert|0.6|mi|km|1}}. The trees become taller and the houses, many separated from the road by stone fences, become larger. Another National Historic Landmark, the [[John William Draper House]], was the site of the first [[astrophotograph]] of the [[Moon]].<ref name="nymap07">{{cite map|title=1977β2007 I Love New York State Map|year=2007|publisher=[[I Love New York]]}}</ref> In the next village, [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]], Broadway has various views of the Hudson River while passing through the residential section. Broadway passes by the [[Old Croton Aqueduct]] and nearby the shopping district of the village. After intersecting with Ashford Avenue, Broadway passes [[Mercy University]], then turns left again at the center of town just past [[South Presbyterian Church]], headed for equally comfortable [[Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York|Ardsley-on-Hudson]] and [[Irvington, New York|Irvington]]. [[Villa Lewaro]], the home of [[Madam C. J. Walker]], the first African-American millionaire, is along the highway here.<ref name="Villa Lewaro">{{cite web |title=Villa Lewaro |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny22.htm |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |work=Places Where Women Made History |date=March 30, 1998 |access-date=May 31, 2009 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101319/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny22.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> At the north end of the village of Irvington, a [[Washington Irving Memorial|memorial]] to writer [[Washington Irving]], after whom the village was renamed, marks the turnoff to his home at [[Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)|Sunnyside]]. Entering into the southern portion of Tarrytown, Broadway passes by historic [[Lyndhurst (mansion)|Lyndhurst mansion]], a massive mansion built along the Hudson River built in the early 1800s. North of here, at the [[Kraft Foods]] technical center, the [[Tappan Zee Bridge (2017-present)|Tappan Zee Bridge]] becomes visible. After crossing under the [[New York State Thruway|Thruway]] and I-87 again, here concurrent with [[Interstate 287|I-287]], and then intersecting with the four-lane [[New York State Route 119|NY 119]], where 119 splits off to the east, Broadway becomes the busy main street of [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]]. [[Christ Episcopal Church (Tarrytown, New York)|Christ Episcopal Church]], where Irving worshiped,<ref name="Christ Episcopal Church NRHP nom">{{cite web |last=Larson |first=Neil |title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, Christ Episcopal Church |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10711 |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |date=February 1987 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219184842/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10711 |archive-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> is along the street. Many high-quality restaurants and shops are along this main road. This downtown ends at the eastern terminus of [[New York State Route 448|NY 448]], where Broadway slopes off to the left, downhill, and four signs indicate that Broadway turns left, passing the [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow]], another NHL. The road then enters [[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]] (formerly North Tarrytown), and forks: To the right is Bedford Road which traverses the hills up to [[Pocantico Hills, New York|Pocantico Hills]] and [[Kykuit]], the [[National Historic Landmark]] that was (and partially still is) the [[Rockefeller family]]'s [[Estate (house)|estate]].<ref name="nymap07"/> To the left of the fork, Broadway passes down hill to pass the visitors' center for [[Philipsburg Manor]]. Broadway then crosses the [https://sleepyhollowcountry.com/headless-horseman-bridge/ Headless Horseman Bridge] and then passes the historic [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]], which includes the resting place of Washington Irving and the setting for "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org/ |title=The Original Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York |access-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607234853/http://www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org/sleepy_country.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Broadway expands to four lanes at the trumpet intersection with [[New York State Route 117|NY 117]], where it finally ends and U.S. 9 becomes [[Albany Post Road]] (and Highland Avenue) at the northern border of [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]].
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