Schenectady

Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the region of . Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of , Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.
  • City with about 67,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 240 feet (70 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code SCH
  • Description: county seat of Schenectady County, New York, United States
  • Postal codes
    12301-12309
    12325
    12345
  • Also known as
    “Schenectady, New York”
    “Schenectady, NY”
    “Skanéhtati”

Places of Interest

Discover Dudley Observatory and Schenectady station.
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Observatory
is an astronomical education…
Railway station
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Schenectady, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scotia and Mont Pleasant.
Village
is a village in , United States, incorporated in 1904.
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of Schenectady, , United States.
Neighborhood
is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, .
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Latitude
42.8142° or 42° 48′ 51″ north
Longitude
-73.9396° or 73° 56′ 22″ west
UN/LOCODE
US SCH
Open location code
87J8R376+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Schenectady” goes by many names.
سكنيكتاديArabic
سهينيكتاديArabic
ՍկենեկտադիArmenian
SchenectadyAsturian
Schenectady (Nueva York)Asturian
SkenektadiAzerbaijani
SkenektediAzerbaijani
SchenectadyBasque
СкенектадзіBelarusian
স্কেনেকটেডিBengali
SchenectadyBreton
СкенектадиBulgarian
СкънектадиBulgarian
СкънъктадиBulgarian
SchenectadyCatalan
Schenectady (Nova York)Catalan
SchenectadyCebuano
СкенектадиChechen
斯克內克塔迪Chinese
斯克内克塔迪Chinese
Schenectady, Evrek NowydhCornish
SchenectadyCroatian
SchenectadyCzech
SchenectadyDagbani
SchenectadyDanish
SchenectadyDutch
سكينيكتادى ، نيو يوركEgyptian Arabic
SchenectadyEsperanto
SchenectadyFinnish
SchenectadyGalician
სკენექტადიGeorgian
اسکنکتديGilaki
اسکنکتدي (نيۊیؤرک)Gilaki
ΣενέκταντιGreek
ΣκενέκταντυGreek
શેનેક્ટેડીGujarati
SchenectadyHaitian
Schenectady, New YorkHaitian
סקנקטדיHebrew
स्केंकेटेडीHindi
SchenectadyHungarian
SchenectadyIndonesian
SchenectadyIrish
SchenectadyItalian
スケネクタディJapanese
ಷೆನೆಕ್ಟಾಡಿKannada
스커넥터디Korean
스키넥터디Korean
SchenectadyLadin
SkenektadiLatvian
SkenektadisLithuanian
SchenectadyLuxembourgish
СкенектадиMacedonian
SchenectadyMalay
ഷെനെക്ടഡിMalayalam
शेंकटैडीMarathi
اسکنکتدیMazanderani
اسکنکتدی (نیویورک)Mazanderani
SchenectadyMin Nan Chinese
SchenectadyNorwegian
SchenectadyNorwegian Bokmål
SchenectadyNorwegian Nynorsk
اسکنکتدیPersian
سکنکتدیPersian
سکنکتدی، نیویورکPersian
سینکتدیPersian
SchenectadyPiemontese
SchenectadyPolish
SchenectadyRomanian
SchenectadyRussian
СкенектадиRussian
СкенектедиRussian
СкенектэдиRussian
SchenectadyScots
СкенектадиSerbian
SchenectadySerbo-Croatian
Schenectady, New YorkSerbo-Croatian
SchenectadySilesian
ස්කනෙක්ටඩිSinhala
SchenectadySlovak
SchenectadySlovenian
اسکنکتدی، نیویورکSouth Azerbaijani
SchenectadySwahili
Schenectady, New YorkSwahili
SchenectadySwedish
Schenectady, New YorkSwedish
SchenectadyTagalog
Schenectady, New YorkTagalog
ШинетадиTajik
Шинетади,Ню-ЙоркTajik
ஸ்நெக்டாடிTamil
СкенектадиTatar
షినెక్టడీTelugu
สเกอเนคเทอดีThai
SchenectadyTurkish
СкенектадіUkrainian
سکینیکٹیڈی، نیو یارکUrdu
SchenectadyVietnamese
Schenectady, New YorkVietnamese
SchenectadyVolapük
Schenectady, New YorkVolapük
SchenectadyWaray (Philippines)
Schenectady, New YorkWaray (Philippines)
SchenectadyWelsh
Schenectady, Efrog NewyddWelsh
سکینکٹڈی ، نیویارکWestern Panjabi

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