HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, a village of Westchester county, New York, U.S.A., 17 m. above New York city, on the E. bank of the river, and served by the New York Central railroad. The population was 7,097 in 193o. It is the site of the cottage plant of the Orphan Asylum society in New York city (inc. 1807) . Chemical, brass and pavement works are the chief industries. The village was incorporated in