Below are directions (and some area maps) to the Alexander Hamilton House to help make your trip here a little easier. For more information, please call 914-271-6737.


We are a large white house with white picket fence in the front. We are at 49 Van Wyck Street, Croton-On-Hudson. YES! That's us with the large Christmas wreath with twinkling white lights on the second floor twelve months a year. (There is no sign).

PLEASE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BOTHER THE PEOPLE IN THE LARGE YELLOW VICTORIAN AT THE CORNER OF GRAND St. AND HAMILTON Ave.

In icy weather, please follow these direction from Rte 9. Turn East, (away from the river), and go straight through the first traffic light. Turn left at the second one (in front of CVS) This is Route 129 (also called Maple Ave). Go to the next light and turn left on Old Post Rd. Go left again at the little light sitting on a pedestal, (the dummy light) in the middle of Croton Village. Turn left on Grand St, then right on Hamilton Ave. Our house is at the end of Hamilton on Van Wyck St. (#49).

From New Jersey: Cross George Washington Bridge, following signs to Henry Hudson Parkway North. It will become the Saw Mill River Parkway. Stay on the Saw Mill to exit 26. Merge onto the Taconic State Parkway North, but stay in the right lane. Take the 2nd exit, for Routes 9A & 100 (Just after the exit for Route 117). Merge onto Routes 9A North/100. Stay on 9A through for about 7.5 miles, then down a long hill and it will join Route 9 North. Get off Routes 9/9A at exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn right at the bottom of the exit ramp. Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From NYC: Take the West Side Highway to the Henry Hudson North. It becomes the Saw Mill River Parkway. Stay on the Saw Mill to exit 26. Merge onto the Taconic State Parkway North, but stay in the right lane. Take the 2nd exit, for Routes 9A & 100 (Just after the exit for Route 117). Merge onto Routes 9A North/100. Stay on 9A through for about 7.5 miles, then down a long hill and it will join Route 9 North. Get off Routes 9/9A at exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn right at the bottom of the exit ramp. Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.



From Tappan Zee Bridge: You will be on I-87 crossing the bridge. The first exit after crossing the bridge is Route 9. At the bottom of the exit ramp, turn right onto Route 9 North. Follow Route 9 North for about 10 miles. After the traffic light where you will see a sign for St. Augustine‚s on your left, Route 9A will join Route 9 from the right. You will then see the sign for the Village of Croton-on-Hudson. Get off Routes 9/9A at exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn right at the bottom of the exit ramp. Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From White Plains: Go West on 287 to exit 3, for the Sprain Brook Parkway North. It becomes the Taconic State Parkway. Get off at the exit for Routes 9A/100. This is the exit just after Rte 117. Merge onto Routes 9A North/100. Stay on 9A through for about 7.5 miles, then down a long hill and it will join Route 9 North. Get off Routes 9/9A at exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn right at the bottom of the exit ramp. Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From the NorthWest: Coming from above Newburgh on the New York State Thruway/I-87: Get off I-87 South at the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge exit onto Route 84 East. Cross the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge and go east on 84 to exit for Route 9 South. (You are now about 1/2 hour from us.) Go south on Route 9 to the exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn left at the bottom of the ramp.  Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From Bear Mountain/West Point: Cross the Bear Mountain Bridge, at end make right on to Route 6. Follow Route 6 to Annsville Circle. Take first exit to pick up Route 9 South. Turn right at the traffic light to take Route 9 South. Follow Route 9 to the exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn left at the bottom of the ramp.  Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From the Whitestone Bridge: Go north on the Hutchinson River Parkway to the Cross County Parkway West to the Saw Mill River Parkway North.  Stay on the Saw Mill to exit 26. Merge onto the Taconic State Parkway North, but stay in the right lane. Take the 2nd exit, for Routes 9A & 100 (Just after the exit for Route 117). Merge onto Routes 9A North/100. Stay on 9A through for about 7.5 miles, then down a long hill and it will join Route 9 North. Get off Routes 9/9A at exit for Routes 9A & 129. Turn right at the bottom of the exit ramp. Immediately get into the left lane. Go a few feet to the light (Riverside Ave., but no sign, just a car dealership). Make a left onto Riverside Ave. Go 1 block. Turn right on Grand St. Go 1 block. Turn left on Hamilton Ave. Hamilton hits Van Wyck Street at #49, our place. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

From Danbury & Points East: Take 84 West to 684 South to exit 6 for Cross River and Katonah. Turn right on Route 35 and go a mile or two to light at intersection with Route 100. Turn left onto Route 100 South. At next traffic light, DON‚T MISS IT, turn right onto Route 118. Route 118 will become Route 129 at a flashing yellow light. Continue straight on Route 129.  Follow Route 129 into Croton.  Be careful. The speed goes down to 30 mph as you enter the village, and is strictly enforced. At the first traffic light you come to, make a right turn onto Old Post Road. At the next light, which sits on a pedestal (and the locals call the „dummy light‰), turn left. Keep left on Grand Street. Then take the first right onto Hamilton Ave. Hamilton ends at Van Wyck St. If you didn‚t stop on Hamilton, you‚d drive straight into our living room. The driveway is just to the left of the house. Bring your car down the driveway. Parking is behind the house. Come up the porch steps and ring the back doorbell.

DIRECTIONS FROM AIRPORTS:

Newark: Exit airport and follow signs to 95 North to the George Washington Bridge. See above for directions "From Jersey".

LaGuardia: Exit airport. Follow signs for the Grand Central Parkway East (towards Long Island). Take the exit to the Whitestone Expressway following signs for the Whitestone Bridge. Then follow directions above "From the Whitestone Bridge".

JFK: Exit airport. Follow signs for the Van Wyck Expressway towards the Whitestone Bridge. The follow directions above "From the Whitestone Bridge".

Westchester Airport: Exit Airport, following signs to 684 South. Get on 684 heading South, and connect with Rte 287 West towards White Plains. Then follow directions above "From White Plains".

Stewart Airport: Exit airport following signs to Rte 84 East over the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Take 84 East to Rte 9 South and then follow directions above "From the North".

BY TRAIN:

Take the Metro North train from Grand Central Station, Hudson line to Croton Harmon station -- 41 minutes on the express train from NYC. If you call ahead we will try to fetch you at the station. See <http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm> for schedules.

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