Editing Croton-on-Hudson, New York (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Croton-on-Hudson Dummy Light.jpg|thumb|[[Dummy light]] at the intersection of Grand Street and Old Post Road.|alt=A traffic light in the middle of a street intersection.]]

Croton Point Park hosts the [[Clearwater Festival]], an annual folk music, art and environmental festival.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Summerfest is an annual even featuring music, food, and artists.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}

The Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger is an annual 10k race founded in 1981.<ref>"[http://www.hvgatewaychamber.com/events/details/harry-chapin-memorial-run-against-hunger-10-16-2017-138 Harry Chapin Memorial Run Against Hunger]". Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce. hvgatewaychamber.org. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref><ref>"[http://www.runagainsthunger.com Harry Chapin Memorial Run/Walk Against Hunger]". runagainsthunger.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref>

Founded in 2005, The Blaze is an annual pumpkin carving contest at Van Cortlandt Manor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glenza|first=Jessica|title=Blaze Becomes Biggest Halloween Event in HV|date=September 25, 2011 |url=http://rivertowns.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/blaze-becomes-biggest-halloween-event-hv|publisher=The Rivertowns Daily Voice|access-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Asbury United Methodist Church and Bethel Chapel and Cemetery]], [[Croton North Railroad Station]], and [[St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complex]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Van Cortlandt Manor]] is listed as a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

From the 1910s to the 1960s, Croton was a popular location for the summer homes of American communists, socialists and other radicals and many important artists and writers. This gave the Mt. Airy area in Croton the nickname "Red Hill".<ref>Chambers, Whittaker, "Witness" (1952). pp. 240-241 of the 50th Anniversary Edition published by Regnery.</ref>

Croton-on-Hudson is the original location of the [[Hudson Institute]], a [[Cold War]] think tank where the "[[Mutual Assured Destruction]]" strategy for nuclear war deterrence was developed.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

A [[dummy light]]&mdash;a traffic signal located in the centre of an intersection&mdash;has been located in downtown Croton-on-Hudson since the 1920s.<ref name="CROTON">[https://www.crotonfriendsofhistory.org/dummy-forever Croton Friends of History, ''A Dummy Forever!'', Carl Oechsner (edited by Gretchen Bock)], Retrieved July 10, 2023.</ref>