Hudson (New York) - city and the county seat of Columbia County, New York, United States

Hudson is a city in Columbia County, New York. Looking west on Warren Street

Understand

Hudson is an important city in the Hudson Valley that is known for its art galleries, antique shops, and boutiques, and also for blocks upon blocks of beautiful historic buildings. These center on Warren St. but are also present in large numbers on the parallel Columbia St. and some side streets. Hudson is worth at least a detour if not more.

Get in

Hudson Train Station

By plane

By train

By car

US Route 9 is the main road for access to Hudson. State Routes 9G and 23B, which constitute Columbia St. and S. 3rd St. within city limits, are major streets in the center of town. Columbia St. actually forms one end of 7th St. Park, which is the city green. Watch out for traffic along these streets, as they are also truck routes.

A bit south of Hudson, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge traverses the Hudson River and enables access to and from the town of Catskill, on the west side of the river, and the Catskills, further afield.

Get around

The center of town is walkable. To get further, you will need a vehicle.

See

Olana, home of painter Frederic Church.

Do

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Walk the length of Warren Street, from the river to the park, admiring the beautifully preserved turn-of-the-20th-century architecture.

Satisfy your aesthetic eye at the many galleries.

Watch the boats sail up and down the Hudson River from the riverside park.

Buy

Hudson has a huge number of art galleries and antique stores for a town of its size as well as fashion, fabric, and other craft studios.

Eat

Cornelius Evans House, on Warren St.

Budget

Mid-range

  • Wasabi Sushi.

Splurge

Drink

Houses at 37–47 North Fifth Street

  • The Spotty Dog, 440 Warren Street. Bookstore/Bar with a handful of excellent local artisan ales on tap for reasonable prices. Also hosts interesting musical performances, usually on weekends.
  • Taproom (located in the St. Charles Hotel). 10 beers on tap. Happy hour specials. 25 cent wings & 2 dollar pints on Wednesdays.
  • Hudson Brewing Company, 60 S Front St.

Sleep

Go next

  • Rhinebeck, a charming town with pretty historic buildings though perhaps less spectacular than the stretch along Warren St., is about 35-40 minutes to the south via Route 9G
  • Kingston, the state's first capital, has three historic zones and would take more than a day to fully explore. 35- to 50-minute drive to the south and on the other side of the river from Hudson and Rhinebeck.
  • The Catskills are to the east, across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge
  • Albany, the state capital, is about a 45- to 60-minute drive north
  • Troy, about 45-60 minutes to the north, has an impressive ensemble of 19th- and early 20th-century urban buildings; as it was more built-up in its heyday than Hudson, the style of the buildings is considerably different and worth seeing by contrast
  • The Berkshires of Massachusetts are about a 40- to 60-minute drive to the east

Hudson

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Postal code:12534Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:America/New_YorkPopulation:5,894Coordinates:42.25, -73.79

Columbia County

2nd-order administrative division

New York

Primary administrative division

United States

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Population:327.2 MDial code:+1Currency:Dollar (USD)Voltage:120 V, 240 V, 60 Hz
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