Green Island

Worth seeing in and around Green Island

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and in the Western Hemisphere.

   2.1 km · private research university in Troy, New York · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Oakwood Cemetery

   Oakwood Cemetery is a nonsectarian rural cemetery in northeastern Troy, New York, United States. It operates under the direction of the Troy Cemetery Association, a non-profit board of directors that deals strictly with the operation of the cemetery.

   2.1 km · cemetery in Troy, New York · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Russell Sage College

   Russell Sage College is a co-educational college with two campuses located in Albany and Troy, New York, approximately 150 miles north of New York City in the Capital District. Russell Sage College offers both undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs.

   1.7 km · women's college in Troy, New York, USA · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Federal Dam

   The Federal Dam is a manmade dam built across the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York from Troy on the east bank to Green Island on the west bank. The major function of the dam is to improve navigability.

   900 m · dam owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers in Troy, New York, USA · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St. Paul's Episcopal Church

   St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York, United States, is located at Third and State streets.

   1.6 km · episcopal church in Troy, New York, USA · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Houston Field House

   Houston Field House is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Opened in 1949 as the RPI Field House, it is the nation's second-oldest college hockey rink still in use, behind Princeton University's Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.

   2.2 km · multi-purpose arena in Troy, New York, U.S · Wikipedia
7. 07
   United States Post Office

   The U.S. Post Office in Troy, New York, United States, is located at 400 Broadway, on the corners of Fourth and William Streets, the tenth location it has occupied in the city's history. It serves the ZIP Codes 12179 through 12182, which cover different sections of the city.

   1.4 km · government building in Troy, New York · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Day Peckinpaugh

   Day Peckinpaugh is a historic canal motorship berthed at the Matton Shipyard on Peebles Island, Cohoes in Albany County, New York, United States.

   3.9 km · last self-propelled regularly scheduled commercial ship on the Erie canal · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Iron Building

   The Iron Building is a historic building at the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York. It housed the Watervliet Arsenal Museum until it was closed in fall 2013 for security reasons.

   3.2 km · building in Watervliet, New York, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church

    St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, also known as St.

    1.5 km · church building in Watervliet, New York, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Green Island

Airports

Albany (ALB), 9 km · Bradley (BDL), 122 km · Syracuse Hancock (SYR), 201 km

• Hartford → Green Island

  137 km · quickest by road, 3h · $15–21
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• New York → Green Island

  227 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · $20–28
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• Syracuse → Green Island

  203 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · $19–26
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