Then-and-Now Gallery

This section presents a series of layered images - each image shows both an historical view as well as a modern-day view of an Upper Nyack scene. Grab or tap the slider and move it left and right to see how these places have (or have not) changed over the years. Choose an image below:
N. Broadway House (near Elementary school)
Village Hall
School Street (May-pole)
Broadway at CastleHeights Ave. (Market/Post-Office)
Petersen's Boatyard (now North River Shipyard)
Old Stone Meeting House
Empire Hook and Ladder truck
Lyeth Store (School St. & Broadway)
Medicine Man visits (Broadway near Village Hall)
Marbles game on School Street
Larchdale Ave. (at Broadway)
14 Van Houten Street
John Van Houten Homestead
Nyack | Hook Mtn. Beach
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Goosetown
Did you know that Upper Nyack is also known as "Goosetown"?

In 1909, the village was known locally as "Goosetown", probably due to a Colonel Vose, who lived on Highmount Avenue and kept geese which he drove daily down to the river, thus giving the thought that Upper Nyack was full of/for the birds. The slogan "Goosetown against the world" was adopted in 1909 due to a local dispute.
(via Wikipedia)