Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈniu.ərˌkɛr(ə)k aːn də(n) ˈɛisəl] ⓘ; population: 22,344 in 2004) is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

The first reference to "Nuwekerke" is from 1282 when Count Floris V loaned the land between Kralingen and Gouda to a certain Traveys of Moordrecht.

Another reference is from 22 January 1317 when Count William III of Holland sold the fiefdoms Capelle and Nieuwerkerk to John III van de Werve, Lord of Hovorst for 325 Dutch Pounds.

The railway between Rotterdam and Gouda was built in 1855 and resulted in the growth of the village.

During the North Sea Flood of 1953, a dike along that river broke, and the mayor of Nieuwerkerk successfully managed to plug the hole by ordering shipper Arie Evegroen to navigate his grain barge Twee Gebroeders (Two Brothers) into it.