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Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger To Close Roads In Croton

The Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger takes place Sunday in Croton-on-Hudson with a 5K walk, a one-mile fun run and a 10K race. Pictured above is last year's event. Photo Credit: John Spring, courtesy of the Harry Chapin Memorial Run Against Hunger

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – The Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger will close some roads Sunday in Croton. Below is a list provided by village officials. Funds raised by the race go to several local organizations, including the Croton Caring Committee and the Cortlandt Emergency Food Bank, and to an orphanage in Mozambique.

  • Old Post Road South will be closed from the entrance of Croton-Harmon High School to Veteran's Corners from 10:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Access to Bari Manor and Croton-Harmon High School will be from Route 129.
  • From 10:30 to 11 a.m. the 5K Walk will traverse the Old Post Road South area south of Cleveland Drive, affecting Sunset, Morningside, Truesdale and Nordica and access from those streets to Old Post Road South.
  • Cleveland Drive between Veteran's Corners and the end of the road at the Croton Gorge Trail will be affected at various times from 10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
  • Route 129 will be closed in the Wood Road and Batten Road area for about 10 minutes from 12:50 p.m. to 1 p.m., and there will be intermittent closings of Route 129 at Batten Road and Croton Dam Road from about 12:55 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
  • Drivers on Quaker Bridge Road are asked to exercise extreme caution from about 1:10 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. While the road will not be closed, about 300 runners will be heading down the hill from the Danish home. They will go across the bridge, then up the hill on the Croton side and back into the village on Route 129.

If you have any questions or need additional information, call the Croton Police Department at 914-271-5177.

For further information visit the Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger website.

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