The City of Kingston, NY

    Welcome to the City of Kingston, NY

    Kingston, dating to the arrival of the Dutch in 1652, is a vibrant city with rich history and architecture, was the state's first capital, and a thriving arts community. City Hall is in the heart of the community at 420 Broadway, and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except July & August (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).  Come tour our historic City, with restaurants that are among the region's finest, and local shopping that promises unique finds.

    Historic Churches

    Kingston is home to many historic churches. The oldest 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 located 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 built in 1867 and now a chapel hosting weddings. Another church in the Rondout is located at 72 Spring Street. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1849. The original church building at the corner of Hunter Street and Ravine Street burned to the ground in the late 1850s. The current church on Spring Street was built in 1874.

    Kingston, NY

    Kingston became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British on October 13, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga. In the 19th century, the city became an important transport hub after the discovery of natural cement in the region, and had both railroad and canal connections.

    Kingston, NY

    The town of Rondout, New York, now a part of the city of Kingston, became an important freight hub for the transportation of coal from Honesdale, Pennsylvania to New York City through the Delaware and Hudson Canal. This hub was later used to transport other goods, including bluestone. Kingston shaped and shipped most of the bluestone made to create the sidewalks of New York City.

     

    Contact Us

    City Hall Address:
    420 Broadway
    Kingston, New York
    12401

    Phone:
    (845) 331-0080
    Email:
    [email protected]

    Kingston News

    3/9/2023 - ARPA Small Business Grant Program Application Deadline Extended to 3/24

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    March 9, 2023

    Mayor Noble Extends ARPA Small Business Grant Program Application Deadline

     

    KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble is pleased to announce that the deadline for the City of Kingston’s ARPA Small Business Grant Program has been extended to March 24, 2023.

    The ARPA Small Business Grant Program is made possible with funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The City has allocated $1,000,000 of its $17.3 million ARPA award to aid local for-profit businesses within City limits in responding to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Grant awards of up to $10,000 each will help businesses keep their doors open, protect local jobs threatened by the pandemic, support community recovery, and increase resiliency. 

    “We have gotten a great response from local businesses and have received about 30 applications so far,” said Mayor Noble. “We have the funding to award the ARPA Small Business grants to up to 100 local businesses, so we want to make sure we are giving local business owners ample time to get their applications in. If businesses have any questions about eligibility or the application process, I encourage you to reach out to our wonderful Grants Management department, and they will be happy to assist you. We don’t want any eligible Kingston businesses to miss out on this opportunity for a cash infusion with no match and will be going door-to-door to speak to every possible applicant.”

    To be eligible for an award, a business must:

    • Be a for-profit business based within City of Kingston limits
    • Have 50 or fewer employees
    • Be registered to do business in the State of New York unless the business is a sole proprietorship
    • Be registered as a DBA If the sole proprietorship does business under a name other than the owner’s 
    • Be independently owned and operated and not be dominant in its field of operation
    • Have been operating in the City of Kingston prior to October 1, 2021. 
    • Not be facing any pending litigation or legal action
    • Not have any business owners, including all managing members and/or officers, who have been convicted of financial crimes within the past three years
    • Not have received alternate federal, state, or local grant funding to cover the same costs and/or uses included in the application
    • Not be suspended or debarred from the use of federal funds
    • Not be a franchise, unless the franchise is not a subsidiary of a larger corporation

    The grant application, which can be found here, is due no later than 4:00pm on Friday, March 24, 2023.

    Further details for the ARPA Small Business Grant program are available at https://engagekingston.com/small-business-grant-program.

     
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