Kingston, New York
Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
State New York Website City of Kingston, New York Kingston / k est n/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Ulster County, New York, United States.
It is 91 miles (146 km) north of New York City and 59 miles (95 km) south of Albany.
It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British on October 13, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga.
The first recorded permanent settler in what would turn into the town/city of Kingston, was Thomas Chambers, who came from the region of Rensselaerswyck in 1653.
Wiltwyck was one of three large Hudson River settlements in New Netherland, the other two being Beverwyck, now Albany, and New Amsterdam, now New York City.
In 1777, Kingston became the first capital of New York.
During the summer of 1777, when the New York State constitution was written, New York City was occupied by British troops and Albany (then the second biggest settlement in New York and capital of the newly autonomous State of New York) was under threat of attack by the British.
On October 13, 1777, the town/city was burned by British troops moving up river from New York City, and disembarking at the mouth of the Rondout Creek at "Ponckhockie".
By the time the British arrived, the inhabitants and government officials had removed to Hurley, New York.
Kingston jubilates and re-enacts the 1777 burning of the town/city by the British every other year (2017 is the next "burning" of Kingston), in a citywide theatrical staging of the event that begins at the Rondout.
In the early 1800s four sloops plied the river from Kingston to New York.
Columbus Point (now known as Kingston Point) was the river landing for Kingston and stage lines ran from the village to the Point. The Dutch cultural influence in Kingston remained strong through the end of the nineteenth century.
Main article: Rondout, New York Large warehouses of ice sat beside the Hudson River from which the ice was cut amid the winter and preserved all year to be used in early refrigeration. Large brick making factories were also positioned close to this shipping hub. Rondout's central locale as a shipping core ended with the advent of barns s which ran through Rondout and Kingston but could transport their loads through the town/city without stopping.
Recently restored steeple in Downtown Kingston, New York Kingston is home to many historic churches.
The earliest church still standing is the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston which was organized in 1659.
Referred to as The Old Dutch Church, it is positioned in Uptown Kingston.
Many of the city's historic churches populate Wurts street (6 in one block) among them Hudson Valley Wedding Chapel is a recently restored church assembled in 1867 and now a chapel hosting weddings.
The building was later sold to the town/city of Kingston in 1871. There was a sloop landing there and it later became the center for the shipment of bluestone to problematic the sidewalks of New York City.
Kingston officially became a town/city on May 29, 1872, with the consolidation of the villages of Rondout and Kingston, and the hamlet of Wilbur. The Uptown Stockade Stockade District was the first capital of New York State.
The creek empties into the Hudson River through a large, protected tidal region which was the end of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, assembled to haul coal from Pennsylvania to New York City. Downtown, called "the Rondout" because it was formerly known as Rondout, New York, is an artist improve labeled by Business Week online as one of "America's best places for artists." It is home to a large number of art arcades.
Kingston holds many celebrations in the Rondout neighborhood, including the Kingston Jazz Festival, the Artists Soapbox Derby, and Drum Boogie. Midtown is the biggest of Kingston's neighborhoods, home to Kingston High School and both campuses of Health - Alliance Hospital, part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Health - Alliance Broadway Campus (formerly The Kingston Hospital) and Health - Alliance Mary's Avenue Campus (formerly Benedictine Hospital).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.6 square miles (22.4 km2), of which 7.3 square miles (19.0 km2) is territory and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), or 15.03%, is water.
Historic Commercial Buildings In Kingston Downtown Kingston NY, called The Rondout Kingston, New York with the Rondout Creek feeding into the Hudson River in the foreground and the Ashokan Reservoir in the distance the Rondout, south of uptown Kingston The Kingston Tigers are the town/city high school's sports teams.
Kingston Stockade FC is the men's semi-professional soccer club based in Kingston, which competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in the 4th division of the US soccer pyramid.
The government of Kingston consists of a mayor and town/city council known as the Common Council.
The Kingston City School District contains seven elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school.
Kingston High School is the city's enhance high school Coleman Catholic High School reside inside the Kingston town/city school district.
The Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster (KCSU) is a branch of the county's improve college that offers programs, courses and certifications at a convenient Midtown location.
KCSU is the new home for Police Basic Training and also offers human services, criminal justice and the general education courses required by the State of New York to satisfy the liberal arts core of an A.A.
See also: List of newspapers in New York in the 18th-century: Kingston Television: Time Warner Cable Kingston Area Public-access tv cable TV channel 23 Outside Kingston: WFGB (89.7 FM), WBPM (92.9 FM, Saugerties), WKZE-FM (98.1, Salisbury, Connecticut/Rhinebeck, New York), WDST (100.1 FM, Woodstock).
Blogs: Kingston Creative, and Kingston Happenings Kingston Citi - Bus provides service inside the town/city and to Port Ewen.
Commuter service is available by bus to New York City daily via Trailways of New York.
The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, carrying New York State Route 199, is the nearest bridge traversing the Hudson River at 4.32 miles (6.95 km) to the north.
The New York State Thruway, also known at this section as Interstate 87, runs through the part of the city.
The nearest primary airports to Kingston are Stewart International Airport 39 miles (62.8 km) south in Newburgh, and Albany International Airport approximately 65 miles (121 km) north. The three primary urbane airports for New York City - John F.
City bus service is provided by the city-owned Citi - Bus fitness (headquarters at 420 Broadway), while service to points elsewhere in Ulster County is provided by Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT).
Weekend water taxi service between Kingston and Rhinecliff, New York is available May through October for $10 round-trip. Some trips stop at the Rondout Light; a tour is available for an additional $5. Kingston was designated as a New York State Heritage Area with a transit infamous and the Hudson River Maritime Museum and Trolley Museum of New York are positioned on the waterfront.
As of 2016, over a dozen separate ongoing projects were being coordinated between the Kingston Land Trust, Kingston City Government and Ulster County Government, connecting all three of Kingston's neighborhoods with a combination of rail trails, bike lanes and Complete Streets connections. Main article: List of citizens from Kingston, New York Hudson river from bear mountain Hudson Valley portal Flag of New York.svg - New York portal The History of Ulster County, New York, W.
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"Hudson Valley Ruins: East Kingston - Hudson Cement Company and Shultz Brick Yard by Rob Yasinsac".
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"5 New Reasons Why You Should Move to Midtown Kingston Right Now - Kingston Creative".
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