Green Leaf Cannabis & Wellness is at 1400 Route 300, Suite 2, in the Town of Newburgh, on the busy stretch of NY 300 locals call Union Avenue. It's one of the newer licensed shops in Orange County. Its CAURD license, OCM-CAURD-25-000232, was issued in 2025, according to Leafly. Since then it has built a strong following among shoppers in the region. This profile is based on state records, Town of Newburgh planning documents, the Orange County Chamber of Commerce directory, menu listings and aggregated public reviews. High Today has not visited the store. Green Leaf's own website blocked our automated research tools, so some details here come from third-party listings and are marked as such.
A 2025 CAURD licensee on the Route 300 corridor
The CAURD license puts Green Leaf in New York's equity-first retail program. Under that program, the first retail permits went to applicants with a cannabis-related conviction in their own past or a family member's, provided they had run a business. The store appears on the state's dispensary verification list as Green Leaf Wellness (some entries use Green Leaf Cannabis & Wellness), with its own website. Don't mix it up with Green Leaf Wellness at 971 Albany Shaker Road in Latham, which has a similar name, a different website and is about 90 miles north.
The Newburgh store's phone number is (845) 869-9991. It belongs to the Orange County Chamber of Commerce. In its Chamber listing, the store calls itself "Your Premier Dispensary in Newburgh, New York" and says it focuses on education, safety and customer satisfaction for both newcomers and experienced buyers.
Town planning board approval, mid-2024
The Town of Newburgh's planning records show the site's path to opening. The project, file 24-03, asked for a special use permit to use part of an existing building at 1400 Route 300 as an adult-use dispensary. The parcel is in the town's IB zone. The public hearing was on June 6, 2024. Public hearings like this one are where neighbors can raise concerns about traffic, signage or distance from schools, and towns often attach conditions to the permit. We found no record of the conditions in the documents we could access. That timeline fits with a state license issued in 2025: local land-use approval first, then the final state license, then the build-out.
Because the shop is in an existing commercial building, it's a car-first stop like most of Route 300. The road is lined with shopping plazas and crosses Interstate 84 as it runs north from Vails Gate. We couldn't confirm parking details from a primary source, so we're not making claims about the lot.
Wellness shelf: tinctures, capsules and balms
The store name says "Wellness," and its Weedmaps menu lists products that back that up. On top of the usual flower (including ground flower), concentrates (both solvent and solventless), edibles such as mints, and beverages, the menu has a separate wellness section. It includes tinctures, capsules, and topicals in both cream and balm form. Many Hudson Valley shops keep only a few topicals in a corner. Green Leaf gives that category its own menu tree.
That makes the store a good starting point for buyers who don't want to smoke or vape. We don't make health claims, and neither should any budtender. If you're comparing formats, our beginner's guide to CBD versus THC explains how the two compounds differ. Our microdosing primer covers starting low with capsules and tinctures.
We couldn't load a live, brand-level menu from Green Leaf's own site, so we're not naming specific brands. Check the store's Weedmaps page or the official Green Leaf website for current stock.
What nearly 200 reviewers keep mentioning
On aggregator sites that track Google ratings, Green Leaf averages about 4.9 stars on roughly 200 reviews. That's high for a store that's been open only a short time. A few themes come up again and again:
- A family feel. Repeat customers often say regulars are greeted by name.
- Individual staff members get named for being friendly and knowing the products. A business can't fully control that kind of mention.
- The weekly deal rotation comes up often, and some reviewers call it a reason to come back.
Complaints were rare in what we could see. As always, an aggregate star rating tells you about service consistency, not whether a particular product will suit you. High Today's deals page tracks current Hudson Valley promotions if you want to compare Green Leaf's weekly specials with nearby shops.
Hours: Third-party listings agree the store opens at 9 a.m., but they differ on closing times. One shows 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, and another shows an earlier Sunday schedule (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.). Call ahead on Sundays and holidays. The store's Leafly profile has no reviews yet and says it hasn't been claimed by the business, so Google and Weedmaps give a fuller picture for now.
Route 300 has two licensed shops
Green Leaf isn't the only licensed store on NY 300. The state list also shows Newburgh Kush Factory at 1255 NY-300, a short drive down the same road. Elsewhere in the Newburgh area, verified options include Curaleaf at 8 North Plank Road, Stellar Dispensary at 5440 Route 9W, and The Flowery on Route 17K. Newburgh now has one of the densest clusters of licensed retail in the mid-Hudson.
Compared with those, Green Leaf's strengths are its equity license, a wellness section deeper than most, and very consistent review scores. For a wider view of the region, consult our Hudson Valley dispensary picks or search the High Today dispensary directory by town.
City versus Town: how Newburgh's market splits
"Newburgh" refers to two governments, and that affects where stores are. The City of Newburgh has walkable storefronts on and near Broadway. The state list shows The Haze at 364 Broadway and Hudson Charisma at 496 Broadway, plus White Atmoss at 200 Lake Street. The Town of Newburgh, where Green Leaf is, is mostly car-oriented corridors: Route 300, South Plank Road (home to Cannabis Huts, Canna Planet and Elevated Dreams), Route 17K (The Flowery and Happy Tree) and Route 9W (Stellar).
The state's verified list shows more than a dozen licensed stores with Newburgh addresses, so Green Leaf competes on service and selection, not location. Its location on Route 300 puts it closest to people coming from New Windsor or the I-84 interchange area, and to anyone running errands at the plazas along that road.
Best fit: Route 300 regulars
Green Leaf suits Town of Newburgh, New Windsor and Montgomery residents who drive Route 300 regularly, shoppers interested in tinctures, capsules and topicals, and deal-minded regulars who plan their stops around a weekly specials calendar.