Crescent Station, New York

Crescent Station is a hamlet of the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York that straddles US Route 9.

Crescent Station
Hamlet
Etymology: railroad station named for nearest hamlet- Crescent in Saratoga County
Crescent Station
Location of Crescent Station within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°47′54″N 73°44′1″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCapital District
CountyAlbany
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
12047
Area code(s)518

History

Crescent Station takes its name from a stop on the Schenectady and Troy Railroad (T&S), later a branch of the New York Central Railroad. The T&S Line was completed in 1842, and owned by the nearby city of Troy. Passenger service ended in 1942, though a Ford tractor branch in Crescent continued to receive service. In 1965, service between Crescent Station and Niskayuna was cut, and then when the Green Island Bridge was converted from rail to automobile use service was cut to Troy in 1958. Service between Crescent Station and Green Island was abandoned in 1976. It is now part of the Mohawk Hudson Hike/Bike Trail.[1]

Geography

Colonie's town landfill is located at the north end of the hamlet, near the border with Cohoes and the Mohawk River. The Colonie Town Park is to the west, between Crescent Station and the Colonie hamlet of Dunsbach Ferry.

Location

References
  1. "The Troy and Schenectady: Now it is a Bike Path". Kingly Heirs. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
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