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Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, USA. The population was 25,388 at the 2000 census. The "downtown" area of Middletown has suffered from the growth of a shopping strip and malls at the Eastern edge of town, near NYS Route 17 and Interstate 84. There are a number of abandoned and underutilized buildings downtown, although there is a bar scene and signs of a growing restaurant scene downtown. The downtown area has a number of historic churches, and Highland Avenue has a number of large Victorian houses. Many of these are occupied by medical doctors and their families, with section devoted to the doctor's office, and some of the largest ones are now used as nursing homes. There are some prosperous neighborhoods, such as Presidential Heights, but there are many less prosperous neighborhoods.

Middletown grew up with the Erie Lakawana railroad and attracted a number of employers, such shoe, lawnmower blade and furniture factories, but most of these businesses had closed by the 1960s. The closing of a large Ford plant in Mahwah, NJ, and the downsizing of IBM operations in the area were a blow to the economy of Middletown and surrounding communities in the 1970s. However, quite a few New York City police officers, firefighters and other New York City workers moved up to the area, especially beginning in the 1970s, to purchase houses that were much less expensive than those nearer the city. These long-distance commuters have helped bolster the economy of the area.