Bookstores in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow, New York has 2 bookstores on the map. That's 2 bookshops mapped around Sleepy Hollow, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Give yourself an hour minimum — bookshops are the one errand that always takes longer than planned.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Sleepy Hollow (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Transom Bookshop and Barnes & Noble. If a bookshop's missing from Sleepy Hollow's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Sleepy Hollow bookstore lineup
2 in Sleepy Hollow, plus 18 more around Sleepy Hollow below:
Transom Bookshop
Bookstore1.6 km from Sleepy Hollow
Transom Bookshop — Bookstore on 23 Main Street. Also worth knowing about Transom Bookshop: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
23 Main Street, 10591
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +1-914-848-4232
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore7.8 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 4416 Palisades Center Drive in West Nyack.
4416 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack, 10994
What the map tells us about bookstores in Sleepy Hollow
1 of the 2 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
The two mapped bookstores sit on 23 Main Street and 4416 Palisades Center Drive — close enough to make a single outing of it.
The Sleepy Hollow bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Sleepy Hollow? Work this order: Transom Bookshop on 23 Main Street and Barnes & Noble on 4416 Palisades Center Drive. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Bookstore tips for Sleepy Hollow
Browsing in Sleepy Hollow? A little strategy helps:
- Kids' sections are goldmines at Transom Bookshop. Even without kids. The picture-book art alone is worth the browse, and the middle-grade shelves hold genuine classics.
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters at Barnes & Noble. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
- Ask the booksellers. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Note the shop's specialties. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Sleepy Hollow — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Sleepy Hollow can take a while to appear. The 2 above are only as current as the community map. A bookstore that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 2 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Sleepy Hollow
18 more within about 25 km of Sleepy Hollow — here are the 15 nearest:
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore10.5 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 230 Main Street in White Plains. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 10:00-10:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
230 Main Street, White Plains, 10601
Hours: Su 10:00-19:00; Mo-Th 10:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 10:00-10:00
Phone: +1 914 397 2420
Scattered Books
Bookstore10.8 km from Sleepy Hollow
Scattered Books is Bookstore on 29 King Street, Chappaqua. Scattered Books also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
29 King Street, Chappaqua, 10514
Phone: +1-914-529-8013
State Line Cafe
Bookstore11.9 km from Sleepy Hollow
State Line Cafe — Bookstore, found on Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine. Also worth knowing about State Line Cafe: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Palisades Interstate Parkway, Alpine, 07620
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-17:00
Phone: +1-201-750-0465
Bronx River Books
Bookstore12.2 km from Sleepy Hollow
Bronx River Books is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore12.2 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 2614 Central Park Avenue in Yonkers. Also worth knowing about Barnes & Noble: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2614 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, 10710
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00
Phone: +1-914-771-6400
3rd Universe
Bookstore13.1 km from Sleepy Hollow
3rd Universe is Bookstore on 35 North Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson. 3rd Universe also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
35 North Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, 10520
Phone: +1 914-827-3600
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore14.4 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore, found on 680 White Plains Road in Eastchester.
680 White Plains Road, Eastchester, 10709
Bais Hasforim
Bookstore17.0 km from Sleepy Hollow
Bais Hasforim is Bookstore.
Merkaz Judaica
Bookstore17.1 km from Sleepy Hollow
Merkaz Judaica — Bookstore, found on 27 Orchard Street in Monsey. Also worth knowing about Merkaz Judaica: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
27 Orchard Street, Monsey, 10952
Phone: +1-8453527792
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore17.1 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore.
Lishkas Hasofer
Bookstore17.2 km from Sleepy Hollow
Lishkas Hasofer is Bookstore.
Andersons Larchmont
Bookstore19.8 km from Sleepy Hollow
Andersons Larchmont — Bookstore, found on 96 Chatsworth Avenue in Larchmont.
96 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont, 10538
Squiggy Comic Books
Bookstore21.1 km from Sleepy Hollow
Squiggy Comic Books is Bookstore.
Barnes & Noble
Bookstore22.7 km from Sleepy Hollow
Barnes & Noble — Bookstore on NJ-17.
NJ-17
Riverdale Hebrew Books and Gifts
Bookstore23.0 km from Sleepy Hollow
Riverdale Hebrew Books and Gifts is Bookstore on 3706 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx.
3706 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, 10463
Bookstore listings for Sleepy Hollow: 2 in Sleepy Hollow and 18 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.