Polachek Square

Polachek Square is a square in City of Schenectady, New York. Polachek Square is situated nearby to Saint George’s Episcopal Cemetery, as well as near Saint George Episcopal Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

First Presbyterian Church

Church

Photo: Schenectady County, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 400 feet southeast of Polachek Square.

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 600 feet southwest of Polachek Square.

Schenectady station

Railway station

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Schenectady station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Schenectady, New York. The station, constructed in 2018 is owned by the Capital District Transportation Authority which also owns Albany–Rensselaer station and Saratoga Springs station. Schenectady station is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Polachek Square.

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.

Polachek Square

Type: Square
Categories: grassland and locality
Location: City of Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.81831° or 42° 49′ 6″ north

Longitude

-73.94577° or 73° 56′ 45″ west

Open location code

87J8R393+8M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 715558509

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

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