New Year’s Eve 2022 In, Around Brewster

BREWSTER, NY — Always a place to be on New Year’s Eve, the Hudson Valley is a lot less of a headache than heading to New York City to party.

Westchester County

• 3 Westerly Bar and Grill, Ossining. new years eve celebration Live DJ Live Telecast Ball Drop, Complimentary Party Favors, Complimentary Midnight Champagne Toast. Reservations: 5:00 p.m. – closed Kitchen open from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• The Pleasantville Mansion, Pleasantville. Live entertainment, cocktail hour and four course dining. Open bar. Reservations at 914-769-5010
• The New Years Celebration, Dave & Buster’s, Pelham. Celebrate early with the whole family. Starts at 4:00 p.m. and includes delicious food, exciting arcade games, video ball drop and fun for the whole family. At 6:00pm, enjoy a special video countdown and ginger ale toast to ring in 2023. The event ends at 7:00 p.m. A ticket is required to enter the event.

• Untermyer Gardens Grand Holiday Illumination, Yonkers. Will continue until January 1st.
• 2nd Annual Great Holiday Train Show at the Horace Greeley House Museum, Chappaqua. Will continue through January 8th. Tickets are available here.
• Misha Piatigorsky Trio New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, Jazz on Main, Mount Kisco, 8pm, 11pm Ring in the New Year at the best Gatsby-style party in town.
• New Year’s Eve at Ibiza Kitchen, Chappaqua
• New Year’s Eve at Mentor’s Mediterranean, Chappaqua
• Snowy Story Times, Westchester Children’s Museum, Rye, 11am, 1pm, 3pm Join your museum friends for daily story hours where they read stories about snowy winter days. Free with museum admission.
• Lasdon Holidays on the Hill Annual Train Show, Somers. Will last until December 31st. Tickets are available here.
• New Year’s Goosefeather x Hudson Horns, Tarrytown. 10pm Chef Dale hosts this party across the lawn from Goosefeather at The Carriage House on the grounds of the Tarrytown House Estate.
• Family spectacle on New Year’s Eve! White Plains 10:30pm to 12:30am Main Street off Court Street. There will be live music, the ball drop and fireworks.
• Winter Wonderland Drive-Thru Holiday Light Extravaganza from Westchester County, Valhalla. Will continue until January 1st. Tickets are available here.
• Dark Star Orchestra, The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, 8pm “For over 20 years and over 3000 shows, the Dark Star Orchestra has received critical acclaim and continues the Grateful Dead live concert experience.”

Mid-Hudson Valley

• Clocktower Grill, Brewster. New Year’s Duel Maestros with tasting dinner! 12 courses, very limited places by reservation only. Reserve your place.
• Goshen: The Legoland New York Holiday Bricktacular continues through January 1st. You and your family can get in the Christmas spirit with a Christmas garland, lights and photo opportunities throughout the event. More information can be found here.
• Newburgh: The Newburgh Brewing Company hosts a New Year’s Eve event from 12pm to 5pm. The family-friendly party is for “walk-ins” only. Designed for people with kids who can’t make it until midnight, there’s beer all afternoon for $5, a champagne toast at 4pm, and a DJ. For free; no cover. More information can be found here.
• Staatsburgh: The Staatsburgh State Historic Site presents A Gilded Age Christmas which showcases the beautiful interiors of the mansion decorated for the holiday season. Open from December 27th to 31st. More information can be found here.
• Find tickets to the Back To The Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl at Daryl’s House, Pawling. 5pm tickets from $59.62 Read more on TicketWeb.

Rockland County

• Have fun in Blauvelt at the Rockland Cider Works. A special day is planned for New Year’s Eve from 12:00 to 22:00. For more information, call 1-845-548-6837.
• New Year’s Eve at The Greek Nyack. Enjoy a four-course meal—and a glass of sparkling wine for dessert—for just $95 per person. Information and tickets here.
• Hotel Nyack hosts its annual Roaring 20s themed party. DRESS CODE: GATSBY. Have dinner first or just party in the ballroom from 9pm to 1am. Play it safe and stay the night! For tickets go here.
• Brasserie D in Nyack has two seating times for New Year’s Eve, with the first seating between 17:30 and 18:00 including the regular menu and specials and the later seating at 21:00 a 5 course fixed price menu with a Large variety served for $110/person. Visit the restaurant’s website for more details and make reservations by calling 845-353-2191.
• In Pearl River, Mickey’s Tavern hosts a New Year’s Eve party with DJ and dancing. 50 E Central Avenue, 50 East Central Avenue.
• In Piermont, the Rivertown Taphouse is hosting a New Year’s Eve party from 8:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. More information can be found here.
• Maura’s Kitchen in Nyack offers an opportunity to immerse yourself in the spirit of NYE – 4 wine tastings and 1 full glass of wine with dinner along with live music, complimentary champagne toast and party favors. Early bird seating is available at 5:00 p.m. for $60/person, regular seating at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. for $75/person.

Getting around safely when ringing in the new year is of course the most important thing. In most cases, public transport is operated according to a modified holiday timetable.

Subway Nordbahn:

• On Saturday, December 31, Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule with an additional one-way flight from Grand Central operating from midnight to 5am. West of the Hudson lines, there will be additional after-midnight service on the Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines.
• On Sunday, January 1st, Metro-North will operate on a Sunday schedule.
• On Monday, January 2nd, Metro-North will operate on a Saturday schedule with additional service on the East and West of Hudson lines.

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In the United States, of course, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is dropping the giant ball in New York’s Times Square. Different cities have adopted their own iterations of the event – the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of a year and the beginning of a new one is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions stretches back 8,000 years to the ancient Babylonians, who promised to return borrowed items and pay off outstanding debts at the start of the new year in mid-March when they broke out their harvest.

According to legend, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year if they kept their word. If they broke the promise, they would fall into God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to US News & World Report. The reasons are myriad, but a major one is that they are done, for example, out of regret for gaining weight and are not accompanied by a change in attitude and a plan to manage the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition .