Loch Sheldrake, New York

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Loch Sheldrake
CDP & hamlet
Sullivan County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Loch Sheldrake highlighted.svg
Location of Loch Sheldrake in Sullivan County, New York
Coordinates: 41°46′13″N74°39′27″W / 41.77028°N 74.65750°W / 41.77028; -74.65750
Country United States
State New York
County Sullivan
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12759

Loch Sheldrake is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Fallsburg, New York, United States, in Sullivan County. The zip code for Loch Sheldrake is 12759.

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The community was originally named Sheldrake Pond after a deep, glacially formed pond, which forms the center of town. It is bordered by the hamlet of Hurleyville, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Hasbrouck, the hamlet of Divine Corners, and the hamlet of Woodbourne.

The commercial center of Loch Sheldrake is the intersection of County Road 104 and NYS Route 52, at the edge of Sheldrake Pond.

In its heyday as a Catskills Borscht Belt resort it was home to numerous hotels, bungalow colonies and boarding houses. Some of the best known of these were the Brown's Hotel, where comedian Jerry Lewis worked; the Evans Hotel; and the Karmel Hotel, now Stagedoor Manor, a renowned performing arts summer camp.

It is also the home of Sullivan County Community College and the Lochmor Golf Course. [1]

Congregation Adath Israel, the Loch Sheldrake Synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [2] The Synagogue is open in the summer and for the High Holidays, under the leadership of Rabbi Dr. Rashi Shapiro.

In 2012, a year-round Hasidic community was founded in Loch Sheldrake, in Town and Country Estates, with a synagogue, mikvah , a boys cheder , and a girls nursery school.

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References

  1. ↑ Gazetteer of the State of New York By John Homer French - Published 1995 - Genealogical Publishing ISBN   0-8063-1456-7
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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