Riverside Park

Riverside Park is a park in Schenectady, New York. Riverside Park is situated nearby to Polachek Square, as well as near the ruins Burr Bridge Abutment.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include First Reformed Church of Schenectady and First Presbyterian Church.

First Reformed Church of Schenectady

Church

First Reformed Church of Schenectady is located at 8 North Church Street in the Historic Stockade District of Schenectady, New York and is a member of the Reformed Church in America. First Reformed Church of Schenectady is situated 990 feet south of Riverside Park.

First Presbyterian Church

Church

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First Presbyterian Church in Schenectady, New York is a historic Presbyterian Church in America congregation. The roots of the congregation go back to the 1730s. First Presbyterian Church is situated 930 feet southeast of Riverside Park.

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 2,100 feet southeast of Riverside Park.

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.

Scotia

Village

Scotia is a village in Schenectady County, New York, United States, incorporated in 1904. The population was 7,272 at the 2020 census. Scotia is part of the town of Glenville, and is connected with the city of Schenectady by the Western Gateway Bridge over the Mohawk River.

Riverside Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.81965° or 42° 49′ 11″ north

Longitude

-73.94667° or 73° 56′ 48″ west

Open location code

87J8R393+V8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 107378747

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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