Woodridge, New York

Woodridge, New York
Village
Downtown Woodridge, from village hall plaza
Etymology: Developed to make village more attractive for summer visitors
Location of Woodridge in Sullivan County, New York
Location of New York in the United States
Coordinates: 41°42′34″N74°34′17″W / 41.70944°N 74.57139°W / 41.70944; -74.57139
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Sullivan
Founded	1911, as Centerville
Government
• Mayor	Joan Collins
Area [1]
• Total	1.78 sq mi (4.60 km2)
• Land	1.67 sq mi (4.34 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Elevation	1,120 ft (340 m)
Highest elevation (N boundary near NW corner)	1,420 ft (430 m)
Lowest elevation	1,060 ft (320 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	747
• Density	446.24/sq mi (172.31/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	12789
Area code	845
FIPS code	36-82953

Woodridge is a village in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 747 at the 2020 census. The village is in the town of Fallsburg at the junction of county routes 53, 54, 58, and 158. The Woodridge ZIP Code is 12789.

History

Silver Lake, Woodridge, New York, in the Catskill Mountains

The village was formerly called "Centreville". A history of the village, Centreville to Woodridge by Erna W. Elliott, was published by Exposition Press in 1976. Centreville was a station stop along the old New York, Ontario and Western Railway.

Woodridge is located in the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. In its heyday it was home to numerous summer hotels, bungalow colonies, and boarding houses. Fallsburgh Central School's high school was in Woodridge. The last graduating class was in 1958. The new high school was built in Fallsburg.

During the 1950s, Woodridge had:

• 4 bars
• 3 hardware stores
• 2 dental offices
• 1 amusement business
• 6 gasoline stations
• 3 produce markets
• 2 bus lines
• 5 automobile repair shops
• 5 groceries
• 1 fish market
• 2 taxi services
• 2 dry cleaners
• 4 luncheonettes
• 2 drug stores
• 1 bank
• 1 movie theatre
• 3 clothing stores
• 1 liquor store
• 1 shoe store
• 1 steam laundry
• 2 barber shops
• 3 automobile dealerships
• 1 mattress manufacturer
• 3 butcher shops
• 2 medical doctor's offices
• 3 lumber yards

1- bakery- Mortmans

In addition, there were numerous trades and professionals, including painters, a plumber, electricians, masons, carpenters, auto body repair, CPAs, architects, lawyers, flooring contractors, sign painters and chicken dealers.

A small percentage of the permanent population is still Orthodox Jewish. There are two active synagogues in Woodridge:

• Ohave Shalom Synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. ^[2]
• K'hal Yerim of Woodridge on 25 Highland Avenue was founded in 1985 by the Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Lebovits.

On July 16, 2010, an eruv was erected in Woodridge under the supervision of Rabbi Yechiel Steinmetz of Monsey, New York. Rabbi Yechiel Steinmetz's eruv was functional only for that summer.

Silver Lake Dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. ^[2]

Notable former hotels in Woodridge

^{[3] [4]}

• Palms Hotel
• Olympic Hotel
• Avon Lodge
• Glory Hotel
• Hotel Israel (Fischel Kleinberg's)
• Vegetarian Hotel (Konviser family)
• The Biltmore
• Sunny Oaks
• The Claremore Country Club
• Sunny Acres Dude Ranch
• The Rosemond
• The Alamac Country Club
• Rubinstein's Hotel ^[4]
• Saperstein's Bungalow's
• Hotel Weingerson ^[5]
• Shein's Hotel ^[6]

Government

• Mayor- Joan Collins
• Trustees- Ronald Kates, Yits Kantrowitz, Leni Binder, and Steve Levy
• Village Clerk- Myra Bennett
• Village Justice- Eddie Hernandez
• Acting Village Justice- Bart Rasnick
• Justice Court Clerk- Amanda Dole

Geography

Woodridge is located at 41°42′29″N74°34′11″W / 41.70806°N 74.56972°W / 41.70806; -74.56972 (41.708062, -74.569809). ^[7] Woodridge is bordered by the Hamlet of Fallsburg or Old Falls, the Hamlet of Mountaindale, and the Hamlet of Glen Wild.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), of which 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (6.10%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1920	944		—
1930	774		−18.0%
1940	854		10.3%
1950	951		11.4%
1960	1,034		8.7%
1970	1,071		3.6%
1980	809		−24.5%
1990	783		−3.2%
2000	902		15.2%
2010	847		−6.1%
2020	747		−11.8%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the census ^[9] of 2000, there were 902 people, 351 households, and 228 families residing in the village. The population density was 583.9 inhabitants per square mile (225.4/km²). There were 473 housing units at an average density of 306.2 per square mile (118.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 72.84% White, 12.42% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 8.98% from other races, and 4.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.61% of the population.

There were 351 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $30,357 versus $25,694 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,993. About 25.4% of families and 31.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 40.9% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. Brown edu.
4. Vanishing Catskills
5. Family member of owner
6. former guest & friend of the owners
7. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
9. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.