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Green Island, New York
Population: 11,055
Located in Albany County
Green Island is a village and a town in Albany County, New York, USA. The population was 2,278 at the 2000 census. The Village of Green Island is also a town, coterminous with the village. Green Island is one of only five such Town-Village amalgams in New York State. The postal code is 12183.
The Town of Green Island is also the smallest town (by area) in New York State. The Town of Green Island covers only 0.7 of a square mile (1.8km²}. The largest town by area in the state is the Town of Webb. Green Island was incorporated as a village in 1853. The Town of Green Island was formed in 1896, shortly after the final division of the original "Town of Watervliet" that created the City of Watervliet and the Town of Colonie.
The Ford Motor Company was Green Island's largest employer from 1923, when Henry Ford opened a plant in Green Island, until 1988, when the plant closed. Green Island is located south of where the Mohawk River joins into the Hudson River in Albany County, New York. The community is coterminous with the Town of Green Island. To the west is the Town of Colonie, to the North is the City of Cohoes, the City of Watervliet is to the south-west, and the City of Troy in Rensselaer County is to the east across the Hudson River.
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