New Hamburg is a small hamlet along the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is located in the southern corner of the town of Poughkeepsie. Road records of 1770 show that there were shipping facilities in New Hamburg called "Hood Landing". Rivermen called the rocky point of land in the angle between the Hudson and the mou…New Hamburg is a small hamlet along the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is located in the southern corner of the town of Poughkeepsie. Road records of 1770 show that there were shipping facilities in New Hamburg called "Hood Landing". Rivermen called the rocky point of land in the angle between the Hudson and the mouth of Wappinger Creek "High Point" and the area which projected into the river a few miles south "Low Point".