Pine Bush

Pine Bush is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Crawford, and Shawangunk, New York, in Orange and Ulster Counties, New York. The community was one of the four early nineteenth century settlements in the town. It has previously been known as "Shawangunk," "Crawford," and "Bloomfield." Currently, there is another community called "Crawford," located to the northwest in bordering Ulster County. It was an early terminus for a short line railroad, the Middletown & Crawford Railroad. This line was bought by the Erie railroad, which served the town until the 1970s. As a result of supposed unusual sightings, during the mid-1980s (and especially following the publicaiton of Silent Invasion: The Shocking Discoveries of a UFO Researcher, by Ellen Crystall), Pine Bush developed a reputation as the UFO capital of New York.