United States Post Office

The U.S. Post Office in Schenectady, in the U.S. state of New York, is located at Jay and Liberty streets just north of City Hall. It serves the 12305, 12307 and 12308 ZIP codes, which covers the city.

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Type: Post office
Description: government building in Schenectady, New York
Also known as: “Schenectady Post Office” and “USPS”
Address: 29 Jay Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schenectady City Hall and Schenectady station.

Schenectady City Hall

Town hall

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Schenectady City Hall is the seat of government of the city of Schenectady, New York, United States. Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, the building was constructed between 1931 and 1933. Schenectady City Hall is situated 330 feet south of United States Post Office.

Schenectady station

Railway station

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Schenectady station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Schenectady, New York. The station is served by five Amtrak services. The Lake Shore Limited operates one train in each direction daily between Chicago and Boston or New York City. Schenectady station is situated 970 feet west of United States Post Office.

Dudley Observatory

Observatory

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Dudley Observatory is an astronomical education non-profit located since 2019 in Loudonville, New York and is the oldest non-academic institution of astronomical research in America. Dudley Observatory is situated 1,800 feet southeast of United States Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schenectady and Downtown Schenectady.

Schenectady

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Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of Albany, Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.

Downtown Schenectady

Neighborhood

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Downtown Schenectady is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, New York. It originated in the 1820s with the moving of the commercial and industrial interests east from the original 17th and 18th century settlement, spurred on by the development of the Erie Canal.

General Electric Realty Plot

Neighborhood

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The General Electric Realty Plot, often referred to locally as the GE Realty Plot, GE Plots or just The Plot, is a residential neighborhood in Schenectady, New York, United States.

United States Post Office

Categories: building and public building
Location: City of Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.81491° or 42° 48′ 54″ north

Longitude

-73.93913° or 73° 56′ 21″ west

Elevation

240 feet (73 metres)

Operator

United States Postal Service

Open location code

87J8R376+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139758515

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=post_office

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

GeoNames ID

8085191

Wikidata ID

Q7891046

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In Other Languages

“United States Post Office” goes by many names.

French: “bureau de poste de Schenactady”
French: “Bureau de poste de Schenactady”

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