Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Nyack, NY

Nyack is a village in Rockland County on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 15 miles north of the Manhattan boundary, lying mostly in the town of Orangetown with a small western section in Clarkstown.

Nyack takes its name from the Native Americans who lived there before European colonization — 'Nay-ack' meant 'the fishing place,' and Native American stone relics and oyster middens along the shore show it was a favorite pre-colonial fishing spot.

The first European settler, Harman Douwenszen (Harmanus Tallman), arrived in 1675 — the first known European settler in what is now Rockland County.

Nyack is one of five communities collectively called 'The Nyacks,' alongside Central Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack and West Nyack.

The village was first incorporated in 1872; after its southern section broke away to become the separate village of South Nyack, the remaining Nyack was reincorporated in 1883.

Three industries once made Nyack thrive: sandstone quarrying that supplied building stone for New York City, boat building that made Nyack the Hudson River's largest producer of sloops (and later steamboats and World War I and II submarine chasers), and shoe factories that turned out up to 2,000 pairs of shoes a week.

For roughly a century Nyack was the commercial and retail center of Rockland County, a role cemented by its steamboat landing and the arrival of the railroad in 1870.

Painter Edward Hopper was born in Nyack in 1882 at 82 North Broadway and lived there for nearly 30 years; his childhood home is now the Edward Hopper House Art Center.

Nyack counted 7,265 residents at the 2020 census, packed onto just 0.77 square miles of land — the village covers about 1.6 square miles in total, more than half of it Hudson River water.

The village motto is 'Art & Soul on the Hudson,' reflecting its galleries, theaters and dining scene below the cliffs of Hook Mountain.