West Albany
West Albany is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States. Parts of the neighboring city of Albany around Watervliet Avenue Extension and Industrial Park Road are also considered part of West Albany and include the majority of the West Albany Rail Yard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 93,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Spencerville”, “West Albany, New York”, and “West Albany, NY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Philip Livingston Magnet Academy and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Philip Livingston Magnet Academy
Historic building
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The former Philip Livingston Magnet Academy is located along Northern Boulevard in the West Hill neighborhood of Albany, New York, United States. It is a large brick building predominantly in the Colonial Revival architectural style, with some Art Deco touches inside, erected during the 1930s.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is located at North Main and Madison avenues in Albany, New York, United States. It is a complex of three buildings, centered on the church itself, a stone structure designed by architect Norman Sturgis in the Late Gothic Revival architectural style and built in 1930.
Tivoli Lake
Lake
Tivoli Lake is a body of water in Albany, New York. It has a surface area of 4 acres and a mean depth of 4.6 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rensselaer and Roessleville.
Rensselaer
Rensselaer is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, and is located on the east side of the Hudson River, opposite Albany and on the western border of Rensselaer County.
Roessleville
Hamlet
Roessleville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States. It is a densely settled suburb of the city of Albany, along New York State Route 5.
Loudonville
Hamlet
Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States. Loudonville was a census-designated place in the 1970, 1980, and 1990 US Census. It ceased to be a CDP in the 2000 Census, but regained its status in 2020.
West Albany
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Albany, Albany, Capital District, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.6831° or 42° 40′ 59″ northLongitude
-73.7785° or 73° 46′ 42″ westPopulation
93,800Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
87J8M6MC+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 158802357OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5143620Wikidata ID
Q7984286
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to South Azerbaijani—“West Albany” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Albany”
- Chinese: “西奧爾巴尼 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “西奧爾巴尼”
- Dutch: “West Albany”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・オルバニー”
- Persian: “آلبانی غربی، نیویورک”
- Persian: “آلبانی غربی”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت آلبانی، نیویورک”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Francis De Sales Roman Catholic Church and Capital District Transportation Authority Administrative Headquarters.
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