Place:Woodridge, Sullivan, New York, United States

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NameWoodridge
Alt namesCentervillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36033879
Centerville Stationsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36033879
Centreville Stationsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36033879
TypeVillage
Coordinates41.708°N 74.57°W
Located inSullivan, New York, United States
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Woodridge is a village in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 847 at the 2010 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.

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History

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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:

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.[1]

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Notable former hotels in Woodridge

  • 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[2]
  • Saperstein's Bungalow's
  • Hotel Weingerson
  • Shein's Hotel
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