Kiamesha Lake, New York

Kiamesha Lake
hamlet
Kiamesha Lake
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 41°40′59″N 74°39′39″W / 41.68306°N 74.66083°W / 41.68306; -74.66083Coordinates: 41°40′59″N 74°39′39″W / 41.68306°N 74.66083°W / 41.68306; -74.66083
Country United States
State New York
County Sullivan
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes 12751
Area code(s) 845
FIPS code 36105
GNIS feature ID 954584

Kiamesha Lake is a hamlet in the town of Thompson in east-central Sullivan County, New York, United States. The zip code for Kiamesha Lake is 12751.

Kiamesha Lake is located on Route 42 between Monticello and Fallsburg off New York State Route 17 (Future Interstate 86) Exit 105B.

Travel and recreation

Kiamesha Lake was the home to the Concord Resort & Golf Club. It is now home to several bungalow colonies.

Hasidic Community

Kiamesha Lake is home to a year-round Hasidic community, originally being a satellite community of the Vizhnitzer Hasidic Community of Monsey, New York, consisting of about 80 full-time (as opposed to summer-only) families. Since the passing of the previous Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, Grand Rabbi Mordechai Hager, his son Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, the Chief Rabbi of the community, ascended to the title of Rebbe or Grand Rabbi of the Vizhnitzer community of Kiamesha Lake. It is also home to a Vizhnitzer Yeshiva at the site of the former Gibber Hotel.

Education

  • Vizhnitz Yeshiva (formerly Gibber Hotel).
  • Hebrew Day School of Sullivan and Ulster Counties.
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