Kenwood, Albany, New York
| Kenwood | |
| City of Albany, New York | |
| Neighborhood | |
| Formerly: Rensselaer's Mills, Lower Hollow | |
| Name origin: Named by Major Joel Rathborne after a place in Scotland | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | New York |
| Region | Capital District |
| County | Albany |
| Municipality | City of Albany |
| Neighborhood | South End |
| River | Normans Kill |
| Elevation | 32.8 ft (10 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°37′35″N 73°46′08″W / 42.62639°N 73.76889°WCoordinates: 42°37′35″N 73°46′08″W / 42.62639°N 73.76889°W |
| Settled | 1618 |
| Annexed to Albany | 1916 |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 12209 |
| Area code | 518 |
  Location of Kenwood within the state of New York
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Kenwood is a neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Albany, New York. Prior to annexation by the city in 1916, it was a hamlet in the neighboring Town of Bethlehem, also in Albany County. The hamlet once spanned both sides of Normans Kill (Dutch for creek) along the Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike. The portion of Kenwood in Bethlehem has since been abandoned, along with the turnpike and the bridge over the Normans Kill; this is closed to traffic.
Kenwood, formerly known as Lower Hollow or Rensselaer's Mills, dates to the earliest of Dutch settlement in New York's Capital District. (Upper Hollow is upstream at Normansville.) The Dutch built a fort here in 1618 along a creek that the native inhabitants called Tawasentha. This fort replaced a 1614 fort on Castle Island lost due to the annual freshet that occurs along the Hudson River. In 1637 Albert Bradt built a mill here. From Norway, he was nicknamed the Norman, and the Tawasentha was named Normans Kill after him.
This land was part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck; the Patroon Van Rensselaer had various mills built here after the US Revolutionary War. In 1804 the Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike Company was organized by the state of New York to construct a turnpike road from Albany at South Pearl Street through Lower Hollow, after which it split with an upper fork to Babcocks Corners (today Bethlehem Center) and a lower fork to The Abbey (today Glenmont). The one toll-gate on the road was situated in Lower Hollow.Robert Van Rensselaer lived in a house on the turnpike near the bridge that carried the road over the Normans Kill.
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