Red Hook NY Real Estate: Homes, Villages & Local Living

Welcome to Red Hook

Red Hook is a town in Dutchess County, New York, in the Hudson Valley. The Town of Red Hook contains two incorporated villages: the Village of Red Hook and the Village of Tivoli. When you compare listings here, it helps to know whether an address sits in one of the villages or in the surrounding town, because services and local rules can differ.

Town, villages, and hamlets

Town of Red Hook is the municipality covering the wider area, including its rural and riverfront sections.

Village of Red Hook is an incorporated village with its own village government, centered on the village business district.

Village of Tivoli is a separate incorporated village within the Town of Red Hook, nearer the Hudson River.

Annandale-on-Hudson is the area in the Town of Red Hook associated with Bard College.

Bard College

Bard College is located in the Town of Red Hook, at Annandale-on-Hudson. The campus is part of the local landscape and contributes cultural programming in the area.

Getting around

Roads: NY-9G and NY-199 serve the town, with US-9 nearby.

Hudson River crossing: the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge is the nearby crossing toward Ulster County.

Rail: there is no Metro-North or Amtrak station in Red Hook. The Rhinecliff-Kingston Amtrak station is nearby; check current schedules directly with Amtrak.

Housing

Housing in Red Hook includes village-center properties in the Village of Red Hook and the Village of Tivoli, along with houses on larger town lots outside the village centers. Property types range from older village homes and multi-family buildings to single-family houses and land in the town. Confirm zoning, permitted uses, water and septic, and any short-term rental rules with the Town of Red Hook or the relevant village before relying on them.

Schools

School district boundaries do not always follow town or village lines. Confirm the district and school assignment for any specific address with the Town of Red Hook, the relevant village, or the school district before making a decision. This page does not rank schools or describe who lives where.

Explore nearby

Useful related pages on this site include Dutchess County, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Millbrook, Ulster County, Kingston, Second Homes, and Sell Your Home.