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.

Aliases (4)

Schenectady ×8
City of Schenectady ×2
Electric City (for nearby Schenectady) ×1
Schenectady, New York, United States ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	518 → 838 →
climateClassification	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
countySeatOf	Schenectady County, New York NERFINISHED →
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	Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) → Proctors Theatre →
hasHistoricDistrict	Stockade Historic District → Union Street Historic District →
hasInterstateHighway	Interstate 890 NERFINISHED →
hasMayor	Gary McCarthy →
hasRailService	Amtrak →
hasRailStation	Schenectady station →
hasSportsTeam	Schenectady Mohawks (historical minor league baseball) →
hasStateRoute	New York State Route 5 NERFINISHED → New York State Route 7 NERFINISHED →
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, New York NERFINISHED →
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 of 1690 →
partOf	Capital District, New York →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Albany–Schenectady–Troy metropolitan area →
postalCodePrefix	123 →
settlementType	city →
state	New York →
timeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time →
usesDaylightSavingTime	true →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Capital District of New York ("City of Schenectady") → Mohawk Valley ("City of Schenectady") →	contains
American Locomotive Company → Edison General Electric Company →	headquartersLocation
Mohawk Valley ("Schenectady") → Upstate New York (broad sense) ("Schenectady") →	majorCity
Erie Canal → Water Level Route ("Schenectady") →	passesThrough
Earl Hamner Jr. ("Schenectady, New York, United States") → Telford Taylor →	placeOfBirth
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	burialPlace
Union College ("Schenectady") →	city
Interstate 87 →	connectsCity
General Electric →	formerHeadquartersLocation
Capital District of New York ("Schenectady") →	hasCoreCity
Collar City ("Electric City (for nearby Schenectady)") →	hasRelatedNickname
Union College →	locatedIn
Albany ("Schenectady") →	locatedNear
Edison Machine Works →	location
Mohawk River →	majorCityOnRiver
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	placeOfDeath
Amtrak Empire Corridor ("Schenectady") →	primaryCityServed
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	residence
Empire Service →	servesCity
Lake Shore Limited ("Schenectady") →	via
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	workLocation