Editing Spring Valley, New York

{{Short description|Village in Rockland County, New York, United States}}
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Ramapo, New York|Ramapo]] and [[Clarkstown, New York|Clarkstown]]
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Alan M. Simon ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{cite web|title=New Spring Valley board reverses outgoing panel on ward voting system|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2017/12/04/spring-valley-ward-system/918621001/|website=[[lohud]]|access-date=December 7, 2017|date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = Deputy Mayor
| leader_name1       = Joseph Gross
| leader_title2      = Trustees
| leader_name2       = Asher Grossman Shmuel Smith, and Yisroel Eisenbach
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = July 9, 1902

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| population_total   = 33066
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| area_code          = [[Area code 845|845]]
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'''Spring Valley''' is a  [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in the town of [[Ramapo, New York|Ramapo]] and [[Clarkstown, New York|Clarkstown]] in [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. It is located north of [[Chestnut Ridge, New York|Chestnut Ridge]], east of [[Airmont, New York|Airmont]] and [[Monsey, New York|Monsey]], south of [[Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York|Hillcrest]], and west of [[Nanuet, New York|Nanuet]]. The population was 33,066 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> making it the second most populous community in both Clarkstown and Rockland County, after [[New City, New York|New City]].

Spring Valley spans the border of two towns, occupying an eastern portion of the town of Ramapo and a small western portion of the town of [[Clarkstown, New York|Clarkstown]]. The village is next to the [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]]) and is served by a [[New Jersey Transit]] [[Spring Valley (Metro-North station)|train station]] at the terminus of the [[Pascack Valley Line]].

Spring Valley is {{convert|22|mi}} north of [[Manhattan]] and {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of the [[New Jersey]] border.

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=November 2008}}
[[File:North Main Street School, Spring Valley, NY.jpg|thumb|Former North Main Street School, now a satellite campus of Rockland Community College]]
Before the opening of the railroad, there were no homes in Spring Valley.

In 1842, the [[Erie Railroad|New York & Erie Railroad]] called this part of the territory "Pascack", after a stream by the same name. The residents of the area decided to call the place Spring Valley&nbsp;– one certain large spring in the Valley Pond being responsible for the name. Before naming the territory Spring Valley, it was called [[Scotland]], named after their homeland, by Scotsmen who had settled in the area.

In 1885, E. P. Lespenasse, of Spring Valley, walked from [[Haverstraw, New York]] to [[Washington, D.C.]] to settle an election bet. He carried a live pig and a rooster on his month-long journey. Lespenasse sold over 600 copies of picture post cards of himself and the animals he carried before the start of his walk and along the way as souvenirs and to support his journey.
<ref>"[http://cbsheridan.tumblr.com/post/114080617590/in-honor-of-national-poultry-day-march-19-enjoy In Honor of National Poultry Day March 19 Enjoy]" March 19, 2015.</ref>

In 1914, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], visited Spring Valley to discuss the political issues of the day, speaking at Lyceum.

On July 21, 1919, the Valley Theatre was first opened.

In 1923, the [[Edwin Gould I|Edwin Gould]] Foundation was incorporated. The Lakeside School for Girls and the Kingsland Industrial Schools for Boys opened on South Main street.

In 1929, Governor [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was the principal speaker at the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] celebration in Spring Valley.

In 1948, President [[Harry S. Truman]] stopped at Spring Valley while touring the country in the last [[whistle stop train tour|whistle-stop campaign]] by train.

Around [[World War II]], Spring Valley had summer resorts that had many [[New York City]] [[Jews|Jewish people]] as customers. After World War II large resorts in the [[Catskill Mountains]] and other areas began to attract Jews instead, leaving the Spring Valley hotels empty. William Casey, Rockland County historian, said that many [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] groups began to settle during this period.<ref>Zeliger, Robert. "[http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/CUSTOM04/709300304/1277 Culture clash]." ''[[Rockland Magazine]]''. August 31, 2007.</ref>

The final [[steam locomotive]]s on the Erie Railroad were commuter engines that ran between [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and Spring Valley. Steam last operated on the Erie on March 17, 1954, when the fires were dropped on K-1 class [[4-6-2|Pacific]] locomotive No. 2530.<ref>Ball Jr., Don, "America's Colorful Railroads", Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publisher's, Inc., Bonanza 1979 Edition, (Don Ball copyright 1978), Library of Congress card number 79-54682, {{ISBN|0-517-30488-0}}, page 53.</ref>

In 2007, Spring Valley Mayor George Darden was elected vice president of the World Conference of Mayors during the organization's 23rd annual mayors' conference held in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]. The organization includes mayors from the National Conference of Black Mayors and the Union of African Villages, whose goal is to foster constructive relationships among mayors around the world.

Revitalization measures are currently underway in the downtown area of the village, including a mass demolition of abandoned buildings on Main Street and the construction of new mixed-use commercial/residential buildings in its place.<ref>http://www.communityp.com/press_releases_detail.php?id=53 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

For over 50 years, Spring Valley was the site of a military parts distributor, Sarafan Auto Supply, which supplied military parts all around the world. This third-generation business became part of the community; as business expanded, it grew to take up a large portion of the industrial section of the downtown area. Recently the business moved out of Spring Valley, but the lot which it occupied still has many of the original buildings built by Jacob Sarafan in the early 1900s.

===Corruption in Spring Valley===
*On August 4, 2014, Mayor Demeza Delhomme was locked up in the county jail after a state Supreme Court justice found him in contempt of a court order to open the village's civic center to host its summer camp.
*In 2015 the former mayor of Spring Valley, Noramie Jasmin, was convicted in federal court in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|Southern District of New York]] of taking kickbacks to push through a community center and catering hall. She was also convicted of extortion and wire fraud and for selling her vote for $5,000 and a 50-percent ownership stake in the building. She served out a four-year prison term at [[Federal Prison Camp Alderson]] in [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-spring-valley-mayor-noramie-jasmin-sentenced-four-years-prison-extortion-and | title=Former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Extortion and Fraud Charges | date=August 7, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-state-sen-malcolm-smith-corruption-case-spreads-spring-valley-article-1.1305905|title=New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith corruption case: trail leads to probe of real estate dealings by Spring Valley, New York, Mayor Noramie Jasmin, Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret|first=Corky|last=Siemaszko|website=New York Daily News}}</ref>
*In June 2015 former Spring Valley deputy mayor Joseph Desmaret was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his part in a corruption scheme involving a proposal to build a village-owned catering hall on Route 45 in Spring Valley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/18/joseph-desmaret-sentence-spring-valley/28934221/|title=Spring Valley: Desmaret gets 3 years for corruption|first=Jane|last=Lerner|website=The Journal News}}</ref>
*In November 2017 Spring Valley trustee Vilair Fonvil was found guilty of corruption charges that accused him of stealing $11,000 from a summer camp program, which ended his career as a village official.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/17/spring-valley-fonvil-corruption-trial/871789001/|title=Spring Valley corruption trial: Trustee Vilair Fonvil found guilty|first=Kim Redmond and Steve|last=Lieberman|website=The Journal News}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:NJ Transit Comet V 6037.jpg|thumb|[[Pascack Valley Line]] train at the [[Spring Valley station (New York)|Spring Valley Transit Center]]]]
Spring Valley is located at {{coord|41|6|52|N|74|2|52|W|type:city}} (41.114445, −74.047771).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|5.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.10%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Spring Valley village, New York| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref>

The village is approximately {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of the [[New Jersey]] border.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 810
|1890= 1028
|1910= 2353
|1920= 3818
|1930= 3948
|1940= 4308
|1950= 4500
|1960= 6538
|1970= 18112
|1980= 20537
|1990= 21802
|2000= 25464
|2010= 31347
|2020= 33066
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> 2020<ref name="Census 2020">[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/springvalleyvillagenewyork U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Spring Valley village, New York]</ref>
}}

As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 31,347 people living in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 39.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 36.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|American Indian]], 3.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% Pacific Islander, 15.6% from some [[Race (United States Census)|other race]] and 3.7% from two or more races. 30.6% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/NY/Spring+Valley|title=Spring Valley, NY Population - Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts - CensusViewer|website=censusviewer.com}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 25,464 people, 7,566 households, and 5,523 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|12,122.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,812 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,719.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 32.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 59.98% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.56% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.25% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 6.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 15.40% of the population.

There were 7,566 households, out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 21.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.79.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,311, and the median income for a family was $42,097. Males had a median income of $31,182 versus $26,350 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,861. 18.7% of the population and 15.2% of families were below the poverty line, 24.2% of those under the age of 18 and 16.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Spring Valley has the highest African American and [[Caribbean]] population in Rockland County. Spring Valley has a large [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]] and [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]] population, along with a large and growing [[Hispanic]] population.

==Tourism==

===Historical markers===
* United States Post Office – 7 North Madison Avenue

===Landmarks and places of interest===
[[File:Spring Valley, NY, post office.jpg|thumb|U.S. Post Office, Spring Valley, NY, USA]]
[[File:ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Spring Valley, New York.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Saint Paul's Episcopal Church]]
* Finkelstein Memorial Library – 24 Chestnut Street – Built in 1940. Books, maps and news-clipping files on Rockland County history and local newsworthy events.
* Holocaust Museum & Study Center – 17 South Madison Avenue – Permanent exhibit combines graphics, montages, artifacts, and audiovisual displays to detail every phase of the Holocaust. Changing art exhibits.
* [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Spring Valley, New York)|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]] – 26 South Madison Ave – The church was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008. The first service took place in 1868, four years before the first service in the new church was held December 18, 1873. ([[National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York|NRHP]])
* Spring Valley's Columbian Fire Engine Co. No. 1 celebrated its 150th anniversary with a county fire parade on September 10, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Demarest |first1=William |title=Volunteer Firefighters Get Set For Convention, Parade |url=https://patch.com/new-york/newcity/volunteer-firefighters-get-set-for-convention-parade |website=patch.com |publisher=Patch |access-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514165313/https://patch.com/new-york/newcity/volunteer-firefighters-get-set-for-convention-parade |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Spring Valley (Metro-North station)]] – Municipal Plaza, 1 North Main Street
* [[Spring Valley High School (New York)|Spring Valley High School]] – Route 59.
* [[United States Post Office (Spring Valley, New York)|U.S. Post Office]] – North Madison Avenue (NRHP) 
* Spring Valley Memorial Park<ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 17, 2021|title=A photographer bears witness to the gentrification of his childhood home|url=https://www.1854.photography/2021/03/a-photographer-bears-witness-to-the-gentrification-of-his-childhood-home/|website=www.1854.photography}}</ref> - Memorial Park Dr - Large park in the middle of Spring Valley that contains a pool, tennis court, football/soccer field, and basketball courts.

==Education==
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The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York]] operates Catholic schools in Rockland County. St. Joseph Parish School in Spring Valley closed in 2005.<ref name=Haverstrawsupporters>{{cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/article/20121222/NEWS03/312220068/St-Peter-s-supporters-Haverstraw-use-Facebook-YouTube-bid-save-school|title=St. Peter's supporters in Haverstraw use Facebook, YouTube in bid to save school|newspaper=[[Lower Hudson Journal News]]|date=December 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121005349/https://www.lohud.com/article/20121222/NEWS03/312220068/St-Peter-s-supporters-Haverstraw-use-Facebook-YouTube-bid-save-school|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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*[[Phil Bogle]], football player 
*[[Keith Bulluck]], former [[NFL]] linebacker
*[[Junior Galette]], [[NFL]] linebacker
*[[Lucy Grealy]], author
*[[Mondaire Jones]], politician
*[[Seth Joyner]], former [[NFL]] linebacker
*[[Julianna Margulies]], actress
*[[Bishop Nehru]], rapper
*[[Gerald S. O'Loughlin]], actor
*[[Murray Olderman]], sports cartoonist
*[[Jermaine Paul]], singer on NBC's ''The Voice''
*[[Doc Powell]], musician
*[[Samuel Reshevsky]], chess grandmaster <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/nyregion/samuel-reshevsky-is-dead-chess-grandmaster-was-80.html Samuel Reshevsky is Dead] The New York Times. April 7, 1992.</ref>
*[[Saigon (rapper)|Saigon]], rapper
*[[Rob Senderoff]], college basketball coach
*[[Matt Siegel]], radio personality
*[[Shyne]], rapper (deported back to Belize in 2009)
*[[Leander Tomarkin]], imposter
*[[Beri Weber]], musician
*[[David Zaslav]], CEO Discovery Communications
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Penford, Saxby Vouler. ''The first hundred years of Spring Valley; Written in commemoration of the Spring Valley Centennial, 1842–1942'' (Social Science Research Foundation Publications)

==External links==
* [https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Search=Place&Town=Spring%20Valley&State=New%20York Historical Markers and War Memorials in Spring Valley, New York]
* [http://www.villagespringvalley.org Village of Spring Valley official website]
* [http://www.finkelsteinlibrary.org/ Finkelstein Memorial Library], the public library in Spring Valley

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