Lew Beach is a hamlet in the Town of Rockland

Rockland, New York

Rockland is a town in the northern part of Sullivan County, New York, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 3,913.- History :The town, like most of this part of New York, was part of the Hardenburgh Patent...

, New York, United States. It is at the northernmost corner of the town and thus also of Sullivan County

Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,547. The county seat is Monticello. The name is in honor of Major General John Sullivan, who was a hero in the American Revolutionary War...

, near the tripoint

Tripoint

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 with Delaware

Delaware County, New York

Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2010 the population was 47,980. The county seat is Delhi. It is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609.-History:When counties...

 and Ulster

Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

 counties, within the Catskill Park. Its ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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, 12758, extends into the neighboring sections of the latter county's Town of Hardenburgh

Hardenburgh, New York

Hardenburgh is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 208 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hardenburgh is located in the western part of Ulster County. The town is inside the Catskill Park.- History :...

, and some of those areas are considered part of Lew Beach as well.

Its small downtown is located at the confluence

Confluence

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 of Shin Creek and the Beaver Kill, which brings many fly fishermen

Fly fishing

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 to Lew Beach during New York's trout

Trout

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 season. It has a few houses, a church, store, firehouse, and park with baseball field.

Originally the hamlet was named Shin Creek, after the Beaver Kill's tributary

Tributary

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that flows through town. It was later renamed Lew Beach after a local hotel owner.