New York Mills is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 1.30 square miles (3.37 km2), all land.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop.

Major industries include agriculture (row crops, grain and dairy farming), Lund Boat Company fishing boat manufacturers, and a variety of service professions.

Tourism is an increasingly important economic factor in the area; Otter Tail County contains 1,048 of the state's lakes, Faced with the economic challenges and decreasing population of many rural communities, New York Mills decided to invest in a Regional Arts Center in an attempt to bring tourism to the area.

As a per-capita investment, this expenditure was the equivalent of Minneapolis giving $13.7 million to an arts facility.

The center, remodeled through a community-wide volunteer effort, opened in June 1992, as a nonprofit arts organization founded by John Davis.

Further renovations include a hardwood maple floor in the main gallery and an outdoor deck completed in 2005.

While other communities withered in the face of declining populations and deteriorating main streets, New York Mills has remained stable economically, and the Cultural Center continues to draw people, activity, revenue and national attention.