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The Rensselaer Public Library, at its new location on East Street. The Rensselaer Public Library is a member of the Upper Hudson Library System, a resource-sharing consortium consisting of twenty-nine public libraries in the counties of Albany and Rensselaer. In 2009, the library moved from Broadway to its current location on East Street. [18]
Located in southern Rensselaer County, New York, off Route 151 (Luther Road), the library shares a 39-acre tract of former farmland with the YMCA and Hawthorne Ridge, a multi-use senior housing complex. The East Greenbush Community Library is a busy suburban library with holdings of 98,622 items, 26 public computers, four meeting rooms and ...
The first free library in the city of Albany, NY, the Albany Free Library, was established in 1893 by local educator John A. Howe. [3] In 1900, the Albany Free Library opened the Pine Hills Branch at 272 Ontario Street. [4] In 1901, the Pruyn Library opened at 135 North Pearl under the trusteeship of the YMA. [5]
East Greenbush is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.It is a suburb of Albany.The population was 16,748 at the 2020 census. [4] The word Greenbush is derived from the Dutch het groen bosch, referring to the pine woods that originally covered the land. [5]
Schenectady County (/ s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i /) is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. [2] The county seat is Schenectady. [3] The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany.
The former Harmanus Bleecker Library is located at the intersection of Washington Avenue (New York State Route 5) and Dove Street in Albany, New York, United States. It is a brick and stone Classical Revival building constructed in the 1920s. In 1996 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Rensselaer County / r ɛ n s ə ˈ l ɪər / ren-sə-LEER is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. [2] Its county seat is Troy. [3] The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area.
The Rensselaer County Historical Society (RCHS) is a non-profit, historical society and museum, to promote the study of the history of the Rensselaer County, NY.RCHS was founded in 1927, and originally operated out of a single room in the Troy Public Library, collecting manuscripts and published materials related to the county's history.