25 Washington Terrace, Newburgh Founded in 1992 to serve Newburgh’s growing Muslim community, Masjid Al-Iklhas is located in a what was once a warehouse. In 2009, the mosque became the focus of national media attention, involving one of the FBI’s most notorious sting operations: a terrorist plot that never was. In the aftermath of the… Continue reading Masjid Al-Ikhlas
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The Alsdorf Family Homes
Washington Street, between Mill Street and William Street, Newburgh In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alsdorf family homes were important safe houses on the Underground Railroad. Many people escaping slavery through the Underground Railroad (a network of covert routes and safe houses) passed through the Hudson Valley on their journey northward. Those who did often went… Continue reading The Alsdorf Family Homes
Downing Park Urban Farm
207 Carpenter Street, Newburgh In 2015, the Newburgh Land Bank received a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant to restore activity at the area of Downing Park where the Newburgh Greenhouses once sat. The following year, Newburgh Urban Farm and Food Initiative, a loose collaboration of community organizations and residents, started the Downing Park… Continue reading Downing Park Urban Farm
