City of Poughkeepsie Information

09/01/2024

What’s the best pizza 🍕 in Poughkeepsie ??👀👀👀 🚨 comment your answer

30/11/2023

There's a good chance you are wearing jeans while reading this. You have Wappingers Falls to thank for your pant fashion!

23/11/2023

Construction on New York's Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge pier on shore is shown from the river, c. 1886-1887. (Poughkeepsie Public Library District)

06/10/2023

SHOTS FIRED:

On. October 4, 2023 at approximately 8:05pm, City 911 received a call deporting that an occupied residence on Cannon Street had been struck by gunfire. Responding officers made contact with residents and determined that no injuries were sustained. In addition, it was determined that an unoccupied vehicle had also been struck by gunfire. Crime Scene Technicians and Detectives responded to the scene to collect evidence and investigate. Through the course of investigation, it was determined a vehicle was involved and a description was broadcast to patrol units. A short time later, patrol located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. Both occupants of the vehicle were detained for investigation and the vehicle was impounded. This investigation is ongoing. If you have any information on this incident, call the confidential TIP LINE at (845)451-7577.

04/10/2023

On this date 14 years ago, Walkway Over the Hudson officially opened to the public for the first time. More than 25,000 people from across the , New York State, and the nation packed the park for their first look at our one-of-a-kind views.

Since then, we've been visited by nearly eight million people from all 50 states and more than 50 countries from around the world.

NY State Parks & Historic Sites New York State Bridge Authority

(📸: David Rocco)

28/09/2023

A leisurely drive this past weekend in Poughkeepsie, led to a frightening discovery.

29/08/2023

A new restaurant and bar set to move into vacant spot.

24/08/2023

WEAPON POSSESSION ARRESTS:

During the first two weeks of August, members of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department effected (5) arrests for criminal possession of a weapon which resulted in the recovery of (5) illegally possessed loaded handguns. Of the handguns recovered during this period:
(3) were possessed by juveniles
(3) were “ghost guns”
(2) were possessed with narcotics
(1) was defaced (obliterated serial #)
(1) was recovered on school grounds
(1) was equipped with a “switch” which rendered the weapon capable of fully automatic fire

4 of the 5 defendants have been released from custody based on various factors ranging from raise the age legislation to posting bail/bond.

Our members will continue to tirelessly combat gun violence through proactive policing and intelligence based investigations despite the daily challenges we face.

24/08/2023

24/08/2023

23/08/2023

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – A large street fight involving dozens of people Wednesday night resulted in three people being stabbed, according to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department. Town police responded to the area of Fairview Avenue and East Cedar Street at approximately 8:30 p.m. for a report...

23/08/2023

22/08/2023

ARREST UPDATE: Rakim Paulin and Jeremy Taylor are accused of running over and viciously attacking two men on Sunday in front of multiple witnesses on a Poughkeepsie street. https://tinyurl.com/dmym2abh

21/08/2023

*Two injured - two arrested in Maple Street Melee on Sunday*

POUGHKEEPSIE - Two men were injured and two were arrested Sunday afternoon in Poughkeepsie in an incident that began on Pershing Avenue and spilled over to Maple Street (westbound Route 44/55).

City of Poughkeepsie Police and fire personnel responded to the scene at approximately 3:10 p.m. The city officers were assisted by
multiple units from the Town of Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. City of Poughkeepsie Police are still investigating the incident that appears to have started as a dispute between two people on Pershing Avenue. One was reported to have been armed with a knife and the other is said to have been chasing the knife-wielding individual.
As the two armed men made their way into Maple Street, a BMW sedan, traveling the wrong way pulled up next to the two who were fighting, according to the initial police report. A red Nissan sedan, which also appears to have also been traveling the wrong way on
Maple Street and made contact with the BMW, struck a pedestrian, sending the person airborne from one side of the street to the other. The Nissan sustained substantial damage to the right front passenger side while the driver's side doors had the sheet metal pulled away. The pedestrian who was on the south side of the three-lane Maple Street, was then struck by a grey Honda sedan driven by an individual who was not involved in the initial chain
of events.

The original call to 911 reported that a man had been stabbed and a second victim had been shot, a report that has since been proven to be inaccurate.

When the first officers arrived on the 400 block of Maple Street, they observed a man in the roadway wielding a shotgun. Officers ordered him to lower the weapon and he complied immediately. The gun was seized, and the man was detained for questioning. A source close to the investigation told Mid-Hudson News that the man with the shotgun was a citizen who was attempting to break up the fight between the two other men. Contrary to the initial reports, no shots were fired from a firearm and no victims sustained gunshot wounds.

The pedestrian and one of the initial Pershing Avenue people who had been stabbed were transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital for treatment.

Onlookers alerted police to an individual they identified as the man who stabbed the other victim. He was taken into custody without incident. A second subject was also arrested following the initial investigation. A witness said that the subject said,"I
thought I punched him, but I may have stabbed him," before police arrived.

Police who responded to the hospital to interview the victims described one as being "uncooperative" with investigating officers.

Detectives have reviewed footage from several area video cameras and interviewed a number of witnesses to the melee.

Anyone who has information regarding the extended incident is asked to call the City of Poughkeepsie confidential TIP LINE at 845-451-7577.

09/08/2023

09/08/2023

An innovative new restaurant is getting ready to open its very first New York location in Dutchess County.

09/08/2023

voted number 6 in worst place to live in NewYork 👀🚨https://westchester.news12.com/amp/report-six-hudson-valley-communities-ranked-among-top-20-worst-places-to-live-in-ny

09/07/2023

This is like bashing Newburgh because you had a layover at Stewart.

06/07/2023

“Farmer Nick” Jackson has found his new calling teaching regenerative community...

06/07/2023

A suicidal man ran to a Hudson Valley bridge and climbed a girder after spotting police who were responding to a call of a potential bridge jumper.The incident played out in Dutchess County around 4:15 p.m., Monday, June 26 at the Mid-Huds…

06/07/2023

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27/11/2022

Who remembers this in Poughkeepsie ??? To many memories 💯👀👀

24/11/2022

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02/03/2021

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