Rhinebeck NY Real Estate includes the Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinecliff, Weys Corner, and Towns of Milan and Clinton to the east. It borders with the Hudson River to the west, Poughkeepsie to the south, Red Hook to the north. The population was 7,548 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. The median income for a household is $52,679 and the per capita income for the town is $29,069.
Rhinebeck NY History
European settlement in the Rhinebeck area dates to 1686, when a group of Dutch crossed the river from Kingston. In 1703 the New York colonial assembly approved money for the construction of the King’s Highway, later known as the Albany Post Road and today most of Route 9. Three years later Traphagen bought a tract of land in Beekman’s patent where the King’s Highway intersected the Sepasco Indian Trail, the route today followed by Market Street. He built a house and tavern on the trail a short distance west of the King’s Highway. This was the beginning of Rhinebeck.
A decade later, in 1715, 35 Palatine Germans arrived and in 1766 the beginnings of the current Beekman Inn were erected. The Town of Rhinebeck, which contains the village, was organized in 1788. The village was incorporated in 1834. By the 1850s, Rhinebeck had grown even further and acquired a reputation as a woodworking center, including carriages, coaches and sleighs. Some makers of clothing also achieved national prestige.
Rhinebeck NY Real Estate Today
The Hamlet of Rhinebeck has become a magnet as a second home destination, and includes the hamlet of Rhinecliff, which has an Amtrak station with service to Rutland, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, and New York City,with its 1.5 hour service to Manhattan’s Penn Station. U.S. Route 9 passes through the town.
Rhinebeck is home of the Dutchess County Fair, a popular agricultural fair.
Rhinebeck is cited by Hudson Valley magazine as on of the top ten towns in the Hudson Valley. Its focus is the four-corner downtown area at the juncti0n of routes 9 and 199. Nearby attractions include the Omega Institute and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Median house sales are $316,000.
The area was also acquiring a cachet as a location for the country estates of the Gilded Age wealthy, and those people could frequently be seen in town during the summer and on weekends.The end of the 19th century saw the cultivation of violets develop as a new industry. An 1890 map of the village shows it as nearly coterminous with today’s historic district.
Rhinebeck does have its bohemian influences. Concerts and festivals run from May to November (and at Christmas, too), and twice a year a teeming crafts fair takes over the Dutchess County Fairgrounds north of town. The 140-acre campus of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is a short drive out of town. But at heart, Rhinebeck, a village of 3,077, is traditional and square, a frame and red-brick Mayberry North.
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- FOUR RHINEBECK ACRES ON THE HUDSON RIVER
- Contact: David Birch
- $999,000
- Hudson Valley Orchard For Sale Dutchess County 12571
- Hudson Valley Orchard Great Investment. Dutchess County Producing Orchards near Rhinebeck 200 acres, 100 acres in mixed orchards, apples, peaches, pears, gross income $1.500,000, owner will stay on as manager.
- Contact: David Birch
- $2,600,000
- Rhinebeck 22Acres Corner Lot Frontage 2 Roads 12572
- Contact: David Birch
- $264,000
- Rhinebeck Contemporary Carriage House 66 Acres 12572
- Rhinebeck Contemporary Carriage House 66 Acres. This 3000SF 3BR2BA Carriage house is architect-designed with open space and high ceilings. First floor master suite, LR, DR, Kitchen, Den/office, Great Room, and Pantry with 3 season porch. Located on 66.28 acres overlooking the Taconic Hills it is a perfect place for a family home.
- Contact: David Birch
- $849,000
- Rhinebeck Recreational Retreat 113Acres Cottage Barn 12572
- Rhinebeck Recreational Retreat 113Acres Cottage Barn. This extraordinary 113 acre find has incredible seclusion. The half mile drive to restored cottage and large 2 story barn is close to the Omega Institute for your deification. MAKE AN OFFER!!
- Contact: David Birch
- Cell Number: 518-928-7239
- $578,000
- Rhinebeck Land 8+ Acres BOHA Frontage 2 Roads 12572
- Rhinebeck Land 8+ Acres BOHA Frontage 2 Roads. These 8.19 Acres are a mixture of woods and open fields which allow for several house sites. With approved BOHA and road frontage on 2 roads there is also a map of approved house site available. Owner is taking a loss, this is a great deal.
- Contact: David Birch
- $119,000
- Hyde Park Rhinebeck 200 Acres 85 Lot Residential Development
- Hyde Park Rhinebeck 200 Acres 85 Lot Residential Development. This 200 Acre parcel of land in popular Hyde Park - Rhinebeck area has preliminary approvals for up to 85 residential lots with infrastructure available. Many possibilities.
- Contact: David Birch
- Cell Number: 518-928-7239
- $4,500,000
- Rhinebeck 50 Acres 12571
- Rhinebeck 50 Acres. Unbelievable privacy on beautiful wooded parcel, 80% tax reduction for NYS forestry program, long drive in with cleared building site, and some wetlands, just off Route 199, easy access to Rhinebeck and Taconic State Parkway.
- Contact: David Birch
- Cell Number: 518-928-7239
- $375,000