Pine Bush is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Crawford and against Shawangunk, New York, within Orange and next to Ulster counties in the U.S. It is nearly coterminous considering the 12566 ZIP code and 744 telephone row in the 845 area code. These both extend into adjacent regions of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County. (The Pine Bush Central School District takes in allowance of the Town of Mamakating in Sullivan County as well). The population was 1,751 at the 2020 census.

Pine Bush is portion of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as competently as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.

The community was one of the four in the future nineteenth century settlements in the jurisdiction of the town. It has in the past been known as “Shawangunk,” “Crawford,” and “Bloomfield.” Another community named “Crawford” is located to the northwest in neighboring Ulster County. This hamlet was an in the future terminus for a unexpected line railroad, the Middletown & Crawford Railroad. This line was bought by the Erie railroad, which served the town until the 1970s.

As a outcome of reported odd sightings during the mid-1980s, Pine Bush developed a reputation as the UFO capital of the world. This characterization was supported by Ellen Crystall’s book, Silent Invasion: The Shocking Discoveries of a UFO Researcher. The town has held an annual UFO festival for many years.