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==Culture== In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that it was one of several "Rivertowns" in New York State, which she described as among the "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life."<ref name=Fostercomparingsuburbs>{{cite news|author=Foster, Brooke Lea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/realestate/comparing-suburbs-montclair-in-new-jersey-vs-dobbs-ferry-in-new-york.html|title=Comparing Suburbs: Montclair in New Jersey vs. Dobbs Ferry in New York|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2018}}</ref> Of those, Foster stated that Irvington was "the most charming".<ref name=Fostercomparingsuburbs/> ===Religion=== Tarrytown's churches (many of which are located on Broadway,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&hl=en&q=category:+Church+%26+Religious+Associations+%26+Organizations&near=S+Broadway,+Tarrytown,+Westchester,+New+York+10591,+United+States&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,41.062230,-73.862310&ei=iOCoR8maA4OeqwL84uzcDg&radius=5.000000 |title=Church & Religious Associations & Organizations within 5 Miles of S Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 |access-date=February 5, 2008 |publisher=Google Maps }}</ref> the village's largest thoroughfare) cover all major denominations. Tarrytown is served by Episcopalian, Baptist, Catholic, Christian Science, Methodist, Reformed, and Korean churches. The [[Foster Memorial AME Zion Church]] on Wildey Street is the oldest [[black church]] in Westchester County.<ref name="Foster AME Zion Church NRHP nom">{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Karen Morey|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, Foster Memorial AME Zion Church|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10750|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|access-date=June 9, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219184826/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10750|archive-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> Tarrytown's single largest religious denomination is Roman Catholicism, with over 60% of residents of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow identifying as Catholics. Three Roman Catholic churches (Church of the Transfiguration, Immaculate Conception Church, and St. Theresa's) serve the community's Catholics and provide numerous social services including the Transfiguration School. Tarrytown is also the home of the motherhouse of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, a Catholic woman's religious order that founded and staffed the now-defunct Marymount College (now EF School). Tarrytown also has a large [[Jewish]] community, which encompasses all major denominations. Temple Beth Abraham, located on Leroy Avenue, services both the Reform and Conservative communities. The DoubleTree Inn features a Glatt Kosher kitchen, as well as an Orthodox prayer service (minyan) on the Jewish sabbath (Shabbat). The local Jewish Community Center, JCC on the Hudson, features family programs, camps, and educational opportunities from a non-denominational approach.
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