Athens Junction

Athens Junction is a locality in Town of Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York. Athens Junction is situated nearby to the village Carman, as well as near the hamlet Coldbrook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crosstown Plaza and Dudley Observatory.

Crosstown Plaza

Commercial area

Crosstown Plaza is a large strip mall in Schenectady, New York along Watt Street and NY State Route 7 near the I-890 entrance. As of January 1991, the strip mall consisted of 183,500 square feet. By August 1995, it was 193,500 square feet.

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 2 miles north of Athens Junction.

Woodlawn Preserve

Nature reserve

The Woodlawn Preserve is a patch of the Albany Pine Bush in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the city of Schenectady, New York. It is the only remaining example of this rare ecosystem in that area, a combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation, and one of the most biologically diverse parcels in Schenectady County. Woodlawn Preserve is situated 1½ miles southeast of Athens Junction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mont Pleasant and Downtown Schenectady.

Mont Pleasant

Neighborhood

Mont Pleasant is a neighborhood of Schenectady, New York, United States. It is located in the south central part of the city and is the most populated of Schenectady's neighborhoods and has the most housing units as well.

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. Downtown Schenectady is situated 2 miles north of Athens Junction.

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.

Athens Junction

Type: Locality
Location: Town of Rotterdam, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.78223° or 42° 46′ 56″ north

Longitude

-73.92839° or 73° 55′ 42″ west

Open location code

87J8Q3JC+VJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8150405453

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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