Jefferson Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2010 census.The community of Jefferson Heights is in the town of Catskill, northwest of the village of Catskill. The building that once housed the community hospital is now a medical arts facility.GeographyJefferson Heights is located in southeastern Greene County at, in the northeastern part of the town of Catskill. It is bordered to the southeast by the village of Catskill and to the northwest by the hamlet of Leeds.New York State Route 23 is a four-lane highway through the northern part of Jefferson Heights, leading east to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge over the Hudson River and northwest 8mi to Cairo. Interstate 87, the New York State Thruway, runs along the northwest border of Jefferson Heights, and Thruway Exit 21 is in the northern part of the CDP. Albany, the state capital, is to the north by the Thruway, and New York City is to the south.
