Haverstraw Beach State Park, State park in Haverstraw, New York, United States.
Haverstraw Beach State Park covers 73 acres (0.30 km2) in Haverstraw, New York, within the Palisades Interstate Park system. It is minimally developed and mainly offers trails for biking, hiking and dog-walking. From the park, visitors see Haverstraw Bay, the widest point of the Hudson River.
In 1780, British Major John André and American General Benedict Arnold met here during the Revolutionary War to discuss strategic plans. Their meeting concerned the potential surrender of the strategic fortress at West Point.
The landing takes its name from the Snedeker family, whose shipyard once operated here building barges for the brick trade. These vessels carried locally made bricks downriver to supply New York City's growing construction needs.
The park features trails for hiking and biking alongside areas suitable for walking dogs in an open setting. It operates from dawn to dusk year-round, though visitors should know there are no restroom facilities available on site.
Before it became a park, the site was Snedeker's Landing, home to Rockland County's first shipyard, established in 1845 to build and maintain barges that carried bricks from Haverstraw's brickyards to New York City.
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