CATSKILL, a village of New York, U.S.A., on the west bank of the Hudson river, 35m. S. of Albany; the county seat of Greene county. It is on Federal highway 9W, and is served by the West Shore railroad and by river steamers. A ferry con nects it with the New York Central railroad at Greendale. The population in 193o (Federal census) was 5,082. Catskill is itself a summer resort, and is the gateway to the Catskill Mountain region. Near by is the spot where Rip Van Winkle had his fabled sleep of 20 years. At Leeds, on the Mohican Trail just north-west of the village, is a beautiful stone arch bridge of the i8th century. The first settler here was Derrick Teunis van Vechten, in 1680. The village was incorporated in 1806.