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.- Type: City with 9,210 residents
- Description: city in New York, USA
- Also known as: “Bath-on-the-Hudson”, “East Albany”, “Greenbusch”, “Greenbush”, “Rensselaer, New York”, “Rensselaer, NY”, and “Ренсселаер”
- Postal code: 12144
Places of Interest
Highlights include MVP Arena and Fort Orange.
MVP Arena
Stadium
Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
MVP Arena is an indoor arena located in Albany, New York. It is configurable and can accommodate from 6,000 to 17,500 people, with a maximum seating capacity of 15,500 for sporting events.
Fort Orange
Archaeological site
Fort Orange was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city and state capital Albany, New York developed near this site.
USS Slater
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
USS Slater is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic Navy. Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and renamed Aetos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albany and Sheridan Hollow.
Albany
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albany is the capital of New York. Albany is an interesting showcase of several centuries' worth of architectural styles, including the modernistic Empire State Plaza.
Sheridan Hollow
Neighborhood
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Sheridan Hollow is a neighborhood in Albany, New York located in a ravine north of Downtown Albany. Capitol Hill to the south and Arbor Hill to the north flank the ravine.
Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle
Neighborhood
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle, originally the Ten Broeck Historic District, is a seven-block area located within the Arbor Hill neighborhood north of what is today downtown Albany, New York, United States.
Rensselaer
- Categories: city in the United States, city in the state of New York, and locality
- Location: Rensselaer, Capital District, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.6406° or 42° 38′ 26″ northLongitude
-73.7448° or 73° 44′ 41″ westPopulation
9,210Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87J8J7R4+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 158800698OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5133667Wikidata ID
Q1380769
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rensselaer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رينسيلار”
- Basque: “Rensselaer”
- Cebuano: “Rensselaer”
- Chechen: “Ренсселиер”
- Chinese: “Rensselaer”
- Chinese: “伦斯勒”
- Croatian: “Rensselaer”
- Czech: “Rensselaer”
- Dagbani: “Rensselaer”
- Danish: “Rensselaer”
- Dutch: “Rensselaer”
- French: “Rensselaer”
- German: “Rensselaer”
- Gilaki: “رنسیلر (نيۊیؤرک)”
- Gilaki: “رنسیلر”
- Greek: “Ρενσαλίαρ”
- Haitian: “Rensselaer, New York”
- Haitian: “Rensselaer”
- Hungarian: “Rensselaer”
- Irish: “Rensselaer”
- Italian: “Rensselaer”
- Japanese: “ニューヨーク州レンセラー”
- Japanese: “レンセラー”
- Japanese: “レンセリア”
- Korean: “렌셀러”
- Ladin: “Rensselaer”
- Malayalam: “റെൻസെലയർ, ന്യൂയോർക്ക്”
- Malayalam: “റെൻസെലയർ”
- Mazanderani: “رنسلیر (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “رنسلیر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rensselaer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rensselaer”
- Norwegian: “Rensselaer”
- Persian: “رنسلیر، نیویورک”
- Persian: “رنسلیر”
- Polish: “Rensselaer”
- Russian: “Ренсселер”
- Serbian: “Rensselaer”
- Serbian: “Ренселер”
- Serbian: “Ренслер”
- Serbian: “Ренсселаер, Неw Yорк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rensselaer, New York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rensselaer”
- Slovak: “Rensselaer”
- Slovenian: “Rensselaer”
- South Azerbaijani: “رنسلیر، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “Rensselaer”
- Tajik: “Ренселаер,Ню-Йорк”
- Tajik: “Ренселаер”
- Tatar: “Ренсселиер (Нью-Йорк)”
- Tatar: “Ренсселиер”
- Turkish: “Rensselaer, New York”
- Turkish: “Rensselaer”
- Ukrainian: “Ренсселіер”
- Volapük: “Rensselaer, New York”
- Volapük: “Rensselaer”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rensselaer, New York”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rensselaer”
- Welsh: “Rensselaer, Efrog Newydd”
- Welsh: “Rensselaer”
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