Schenectady, New York

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city municipality

Schenectady, New York is a historic city in eastern New York State known for its role in early American industry and as a former hub of General Electric and the American locomotive industry.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Schenectady, New York canonical 67
Schenectady 25
City of Schenectady 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 518 ⓘ
838 ⓘ
climateClassification humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Schenectady County ⓘ
surface form: Schenectady County, New York
distanceTo approximately 15 miles northwest of Albany, New York ⓘ
elevationInFeet 240 ⓘ
elevationInMeters 73 ⓘ
founded 1661 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0979820 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council ⓘ
hasCommunityCollege Schenectady County Community College ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology ⓘ
surface form: Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci)

Proctors Theatre ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Stockade Historic District ⓘ
Union Street Historic District ⓘ
hasInterstateHighway Interstate 890 ⓘ
hasMayor Gary McCarthy ⓘ
hasRailService Amtrak ⓘ
hasRailStation Schenectady station ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Schenectady Mohawks (historical minor league baseball) ⓘ
hasStateRoute New York State Route 5 ⓘ
New York State Route 7 ⓘ
hasU.S.Highway U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUniversity Union College ⓘ
historicalRegion Mohawk Valley ⓘ
incorporatedAsBorough 1765 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1798 ⓘ
knownFor American locomotive industry ⓘ
General Electric manufacturing ⓘ
early American industry ⓘ
locatedIn Schenectady County ⓘ
surface form: Schenectady County, New York
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Mohawk River ⓘ
majorCompanyHistory American Locomotive Company ⓘ
General Electric ⓘ
namedFor Schenectady (Iroquoian word meaning “beyond the pines”) ⓘ
nearRiver Hudson River ⓘ
nickname The Electric City ⓘ
notableEvent Schenectady massacre ⓘ
surface form: Schenectady massacre of 1690
partOf Capital District of New York ⓘ
surface form: Capital District, New York
partOfMetropolitanArea Albany–Schenectady–Troy metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 123 ⓘ
settlementType city ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erie Canal → passesThrough → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Lake Shore Limited → via → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Albany → locatedNear → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Edison General Electric Company → headquartersLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Mohawk River → majorCityOnRiver → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Amtrak Empire Corridor → primaryCityServed → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → placeOfDeath → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → workLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → residence → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → burialPlace → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Telford Taylor → placeOfBirth → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Upstate New York (broad sense) → majorCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
General Electric → formerHeadquartersLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Capital District of New York → hasCoreCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Capital District of New York → contains → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Schenectady
American Locomotive Company → headquartersLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Edison Machine Works → location → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Earl Hamner Jr. → placeOfBirth → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady, New York, United States
Water Level Route → passesThrough → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Union College → locatedIn → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Union College → city → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Interstate 87 → connectsCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Mohawk Valley → contains → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Schenectady
Mohawk Valley → majorCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Empire Service → servesCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Amsterdam, New York → locatedNorthOf → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Collar City → hasRelatedNickname → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electric City (for nearby Schenectady)
Proteus → placeOfDeath → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Proteus → residence → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Empire Corridor → passesThrough → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Twin Bridges (New York) → locatedNear → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Amtrak Ethan Allen Express → routeVia → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Amtrak Adirondack → servesCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Rust Belt corridor along I-90 → contains → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Irving Langmuir → workLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady, New York, United States
Robert Yates → placeOfBirth → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Robert Yates → residence → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Schenectady Locomotive Works → locatedIn → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Schenectady Locomotive Works → headquartersLocation → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Dutchmen → associatedWithCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Schenectady and Troy Railroad → terminus → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Schenectady and Troy Railroad → connects → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Schenectady and Troy Railroad → namedAfter → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Nott Memorial → locatedIn → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Nott Memorial → city → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schenectady
Utica and Schenectady Railroad → endPoint → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Utica and Schenectady Railroad → servedCity → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Albany and Schenectady Railroad → locatedIn → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Albany and Schenectady Railroad → terminus → Schenectady, New York ⓘ
Albany and Schenectady Railroad → connects → Schenectady, New York ⓘ