Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Narrowsburg, NY

Narrowsburg is a hamlet and census-designated place in the western part of the Town of Tusten, Sullivan County, at the junction of New York Routes 52 and 97.

Narrowsburg sits on the eastern shore of the Delaware River directly across from Pennsylvania, between the Catskill Mountains and the Pocono Mountains, and the Narrowsburg-Darbytown Bridge links it to the Pennsylvania side.

Narrowsburg was first called Homans Eddy after Benjamin Homan, the first settler in the town, and it was later also known as Big Eddy for the large, quiet pool in the Delaware River at this spot.

Narrowsburg had a population of 379 at the 2020 census, down from 431 in 2010, when the CDP had 190 households.

In the timber-rafting era, Narrowsburg was a favorite stopping point for lumbermen who steered great log rafts down the Delaware to markets in Easton, Trenton, and Philadelphia - at the peak of rafting, a thousand raftsmen might descend on the hamlet in a single night.

The Erie Railroad arrived in Narrowsburg in 1848, and the community later drew thousands of New York City Boy Scouts by train in the 1930s through 1950s on their way to the Ten Mile River Scout Camps.

Three Narrowsburg buildings - the Arlington Hotel, the Kirk House, and the Narrowsburg Methodist Church - are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Arlington Hotel, rebuilt in 1894 after a fire destroyed much of Main Street, is now the Delaware Arts Center, home of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the arts council for Sullivan County; in 1983 it became the first building in the Upper Delaware Valley to receive historic register status.

Narrowsburg is known as the Eagle Capital of New York State for the bald eagles that winter along the Delaware River, and its annual RiverFest and EagleFest events draw thousands of visitors to Main Street.

Despite its tiny size, Narrowsburg anchors the Route 97 Upper Delaware Scenic Byway corridor, and hikers climb the 3-mile Tusten Mountain Trail above the hamlet for views over the river.