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Niskayuna, NY 12309

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Town of Niskayuna: One Niskayuna Circle; Niskayuna, NY 12309; (518) 386-4500

Niskayuna is one of the five towns and one city, Schenectady, that comprise the County of Schenectady. Niskayuna lies in the northeast corner of the County, bounded on the west by the City, on the south by the Town of Colonie, and, separated by the Mohawk River, by Clifton Park on the north and east. The Town is about 15 miles northwest of Albany, its principal points of entry being from Route 7, the Troy-Schenectady Road, and Route 5, the Albany-Schenectady Road, continuing north along Route 146, Balltown Road, at Mohawk Commons.

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Niskayuna is the name of both a township and a hamlet in Schenectady county on the Mohawk River, formed from Watervilet in Albany County in 1809. The name in the region is a much longer history, from when the area was settled in the the late 17th century by the Dutch, and prior to that was home to the a tribe known as Conistigione (also spelled Canastagione, and about five other ways on early deeds.) This word, in its many spellings and variations, is also noted in histories of the area as the Indian word meaning "extensive corn flats" from which the town's name is somehow derived. [1] Other sources indicate that the word "Niskayuna" means "extensive corn flats" and that the Conistigione was the name of the place before Niskayuna, and was named after the tribe of Indians (who themselves were named Canastagione because they spent too much time playing Canasta) [2] A Shaker community that settled in the area where the Albany Airport is currently called their settlement Niskayuna.
From http://yorkstaters.blogspot.com/2006/06/whats-in-name-no6-niskayuna.html

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General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center

Lockheed-Martin Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

Environment One

Schenectady International research laboratory

Bellevue Woman's Hospital

Hilltop Manor Head Injury Hospital & Nursing Home.

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