Tappan, New York

About Tappan

Set in the southeastern part of New York, Tappan is a small unincorporated community.

Tappan holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.76 square miles.

📰 Tappan News Today

• Police respond to high school in Old Tappan, New Jersey CBS News · Oct 9
• America's Oldest Restaurant: The '76 House in Tappan, NY Thrives at America 250 ABC7 New York · Apr 26
• Rockland gets first Lidl supermarket. Find out when The Journal News | lohud.com · Aug 21
• Tappan Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Eleanor Anne Migge Pizzi Funeral Home · Sep 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest New York headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Tappan Unique

• The only place in America named Tappan — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Tappan

• The Old '76 House

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Tappan

• Schaefer Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Tappan

• WILLIAM O SCHAEFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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