Vails Gate, New York | |
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Five-way intersection of Routes 32, 94 and 300 at Vails Gate, NY. Referred to as "Five Corners" | |
![]() Location in Orange County and the state of New York. | |
Coordinates: 41°27′15.6″N 74°3′26.6″W / 41.454333°N 74.057389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Orange |
Area | |
• Total | 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2) |
• Land | 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,368 |
• Density | 3,266.73/sq mi (1,261.02/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 12584 |
Area code | 845 |
FIPS code | 36-76584 |
GNIS feature ID | 0968340 |
Vails Gate is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Vails Gate is in the southern part of the Town of New Windsor, located on Route 32. It is defined largely by the junction of that highway with Routes 94 and 300, a busy commercial center which has the ZIP code 12584. Part of that also spills into adjacent regions of the Town of Cornwall to the south.