Palisades, New York was formerly known as Snedens Landing. The andquot;landingandquot; still exists as an integral part of the village of Palisades, which is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Rockleigh and Alpine, New Jersey; east of Tappan; south of Sparkill; and west of the Hudson River. The hamlet has its own library, and post office with the zip code 10964. It is almost entirely residential with the exception of a small industrial area section on the Tappan border. The area now commonly referred to as Snedens Landing, is located within the eastern portion of Palisades between US Route 9W and the Hudson River. Snedens Landing is home to a host of professional and artistic residents, including Bill Murray, Mikhail Baryishnikov, Bjork, Al Pacino, and several other notable personalities. The hamlet has a registered historic district known as the Closter Road - Oak Tree Road Historic District. The district comprises the area from the north side of Closter Road and south side of Oak Tree Road approximately 1/2 mile west of US Route 9W in Palisades. (List of Registered Historic Places in Rockland County, New York) The hamlets significant institutions include an IBM conference center, the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (of Columbia University), and a well-regarded nursing home. It is the southernmost community in Rockland County. Snedens Landing is mentioned in Alec Wilders song andquot;Did You Ever Cross Over to Snedens?andquot;, one of Mabel Mercers signature pieces.(1) Village life is quaint and pleasant. A weekly Saturday Farmers Market is held in the Palisades Community Center at 675 Oak Tree Road. It features a variety of local growers, bakers and food producers coming together to sell their goods to local customers. A popular feature of Palisades is the Childrens Shakespeare Theatre Company. Performing fully-staged renditions of Shakespeares plays, the theater engages children of varying ages in different troupes who perform several times a year in the Palisades Presbyterian Church at 117 Washington Spring Road, Palisades, NY. Shopping for goods and services is as close as Tappan, NY, and Northvale, NJ. Palisades is located a mile and a bit from the New Jersey border. Just over the border in Northvale, New Jersey is a large Shoprite grocery store, a CVS pharmacy anchoring an outdoor mall featuring Panera Bread, Chase Bank, the Woo Ri Korean market (fabulous for produce and Asian specialties), Starbucks (of course!) Applebees Restaurant, and a host of other retail stores. Fast food, grocery food and everything else you need is minutes away, including gas without the 20 cent per gallon New York excise tax. Nearby are the river villages, which are fun destinations for tourists and locals alike. Piermont is one of Americas few remaining East Coast villages with over-arching Sycamore trees on its main street, quaint shops, restaurants and coffee houses, and a spectacular pier, jutting over a mile out into the Hudson River. The pier can be walked or driven, and is a great day-trip. Piermont is home to several famous restaurants, including world-renown Chef Peter Kellys Xaviers Restaurant, and his next-door Freelance Cafe. Also gracing Piermonts streets are Confetti and Portofino, two fabulous Italian restaurants, Slatterys, a steak and chop house, Piermonts Sidewalk Bistro, a French restaurant with outdoor seating, and The Harbor House, an Irish restaurant/bar. At the south end of Piermont Avenue is Bunburys Coffee Shop, which features a wide assortment of specialty coffees, lattes, cappuccinos, fresh baked goods and sandwiches. Next door is the Turning Point Cafe, a venue for some amazing musical acts and blues performers. Palisades is on a direct bus route to Manhattan, with stops at the George Washington Bridge (GWB), or Port Authority. Both offer connections to the NYC rail system and subway connections. By car, the GWB is a mere 15 minutes on a normal day, with
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