Leeds, NY

Leeds is a hamlet and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 429 residents. Leeds is located in Catskill, near the northern town line. The community is located north of Route 23 and west of the New York State Thruway and is northwest of the village of Catskill. The short version is that Leeds carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Leeds: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Leeds was also known as "Madison" and "Mill Village", and in the local Native American language the area was known as Pasqoecq. Leeds is named after Leeds, United Kingdom. The center of the hamlet overlooks Mill Pond, a widening of the creek.