South Fallsburg

• Name — South Fallsburg, New York • Settlement Type — Hamlet and CDP • Image Skyline — Downtown South Fallsburg, NY.jpg • Image Caption — Downtown looking north along NY 42 • Etymology — South of hamlet of Fallsburg • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — New York • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Catskills • Subdivision Type3 — County • Subdivision Name3 — Sullivan • Image Map — Sullivan County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas South Fallsburg highlighted.svg • Map Caption — Location of South Fallsburg in Sullivan County, New York • Area Total Km2 — 9.10 • Area Total Sq Mi — 3.51 • Area Land Sq Mi — 3.19 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.33 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 2347 • Population Density Km2 — 284.45 • Population Density Sq Mi — 736.66 • Timezone1 — Eastern (EST) • Utc Offset1 — -5 • Timezone1 Dst — EDT • Utc Offset1 Dst — -4 • Postal Code Type — ZIP Code • Postal Code — 12779 • Area Code — 845 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 36-68968 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 1867418 • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Land Km2 — 8.25 • Area Water Km2 — 0.85 South Fallsburg is a hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Fallsburg had a population of 2,347. South Fallsburg is located within the Town of Fallsburg at (41.716489, -74.630279).

South Fallsburg is located in the one-time resort area of the Catskill Mountains known as the Borscht Belt. The Raleigh Hotel on Heiden Road is a 320-room Glatt Kosher Cholov Yisrael hotel for Hasidic Jews sitting on 200 acre; it also serves as a convention center for religious and nonreligious groups. The Rivoli Theatre and South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The town is home to a center of Siddha Yoga, the Shree Muktananda Ashram of the SYDA Foundation.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 2,870 people, 909 households, and 606 families residing in South Fallsburg. There were 1,385 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP included 63.7% White and 14.2% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.5% of the population. Families including a husband and a wife made up 38.8% of the population. As of 2023, an estimated 34.3% of residents were below the poverty level.

South Fallsburg is home to singer-songwriters Gavin and Joey DeGraw, librarian Sari Feldman, jazz pianist and composer Kenny Werner, and Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe.