Albany County Line

2079 Central Avenue New: Quinlan Motel 1975 Central Avenue Farmer Boy Diner 1946 Central Avenue Colonie Animal Hospital 1890 Central Avenue Colonie Diner 1820 Central Avenue New Knighton’s Auto Services 1810 Central Avenue (Gone) L-Ken’s Restaurant 1529 Central Avenue (Gone) Northway Inn

Schenectady State St.

STATE STREET is the name of the former Albany and Schenectady Turnpike in Schenectady County and is also New York State Route 5. At the eastern end of Schenectady’s downtown (Nott Terrace), the perfectly straight 1803 turnpike joins the former King’s Road, the original main road between Albany and Schenectady, dating from 1661. This has…

Schenectady Erie Blvd.

ERIE BOULEVARD, like so many streets in New York State with this name, was the path of the Erie Canal through Schenectady, thus explaining its extraordinary width. The canal was rerouted and renamed the New York State Barge Canal in the 1910s, and the old section was filled and developed as a street in this…