South Bethlehem

South Bethlehem is a hamlet in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York, United States. The hamlet sits on New York State Route 396 and lies southwest of the Selkirk Rail Yard and just north of the Coeymans town line.

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in New York, United States of America
Also known as: “Jane’s Corners”, “South Bethlehem, New York”, and “South Bethlehem, NY”
Postal code: 12161

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selkirk Yard.

Selkirk Yard

Photo: Caseyjonz, Public domain.

Selkirk Yard is a large freight railroad yard located in Selkirk, New York, about 8 mi south of Albany. The yard is owned by CSX Transportation and is its major classification yard for the northeastern United States and the gateway to points east of the Hudson River, including New York City. Selkirk Yard is situated 1½ miles north of South Bethlehem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selkirk and Feura Bush.

Selkirk

Village

Photo: TrudiJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Selkirk is a hamlet in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York, United States. It is located south of the city of Albany and is a suburb of that city. Selkirk is situated 2½ miles east of South Bethlehem.

Feura Bush

Village

Feura Bush is a hamlet in the town of New Scotland, Albany County, New York, United States. It is in the southeastern corner of the town, along the Bethlehem town-line, eight miles south of Albany. Feura Bush is situated 3½ miles northwest of South Bethlehem.

Ravena

Village

Ravena is a village in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 3,271 in the 2020 census an increase of 3 over the 2010 census. The village is in the southeast part of the town of Coeymans. Ravena is situated 4½ miles south of South Bethlehem.

South Bethlehem

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Bethlehem, Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.53185° or 42° 31′ 55″ north

Longitude

-73.8473° or 73° 50′ 50″ west

Elevation

213 feet (65 metres)

United Nations Location Code

US HH4

Open location code

87J8G5J3+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158820611

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

5138748

Wikidata ID

Q7566325

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Dutch—“South Bethlehem” goes by many names.

Chinese: “南伯利恆 (紐約州)”
Chinese: “南伯利恆”
Dutch: “South Bethlehem”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Bethlehem Post Office and Selkirk Fire Department.

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