Sleepy Hollow, land of legend, has a whole new story to tell. You might not notice it when you glance down Beekman Avenue at the Victorian street lamps or the shamrocks painted on the pavement for St. Patrick's Day. The story becomes clear once you look inside the shops.
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As a proportion, it's more Hispanic than Texas. The same story is playing out in Haverstraw in Rockland County and Brewster in Putnam. Overall, the Hispanic population grew by two-thirds in Westchester and Rockland during the 1990s, and more than doubled in Putnam. That outpaced the state and the nation as a whole. These first numbers coming out of Census 2000 give measurement to a demographic change that's been evident on streets like Beekman Avenue.