Rensselaer Educational Center

Rensselaer Educational Center

35 Colleen Road
Troy, NY 12180

T: (518) 273-2264
F: (518) 273-4129

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From New York State Thruway

  • Take Exit 23.
  • Follow signs for I-787.
  • Travel north towards Troy.
  • Get off I-787 at Exit 7E (South Troy & Hudson Valley Community College).
  • The exit ramp continues onto the Menands Bridge.
  • After crossing the bridge, get into the middle lane. 
  • Proceed through the first traffic light, this lane then becomes the right lane.
  • A Hess gas station is on the right.
  • Stay in the right lane and follow Route 4 South.
  • At the second traffic light, bear left onto Campbell Avenue.
  • Barna's Deli and Stewart's are on the corners.
  • Follow Campbell Avenue.
  • Go two blocks past Franklin Terrace.
  • Turn right at the fire station onto Colleen Road (American Evergreen Rentals on your left).
  • Questar III is the large brown building on the left at the top of the hill.

From I-90 West

  • Take the exit for I-787.
  • Bear right on the exit ramp and follow the signs for Troy.
  • Get off I-787 at Exit 7E (South Troy & Hudson Valley Community College).
  • The exit ramp continues onto the Menands Bridge.
  • After crossing the bridge, get into the middle lane. 
  • Proceed through the first traffic light, this lane then becomes the right lane.
  • A Hess gas station is on the right.
  • Stay in the right lane and follow Route 4 South.
  • At the second traffic light, bear left onto Campbell Avenue.
  • Barna's Deli and Stewart's are on the corners.
  • Follow Campbell Avenue.
  • Go two blocks past Franklin Terrace.
  • Turn right at the fire station onto Colleen Road (American Evergreen Rentals on your left).
  • Questar III is the large brown building on the left at the top of the hill.

From Route 4 - South

  • Go past Hudson Valley Community College.
  • Turn right onto Campbell Avenue (Stewart's will be on your right).
  • Follow Campbell Avenue.
  • Go two blocks past Franklin Terrace.
  • Turn right at the fire station onto Colleen Road (American Evergreen Rentals on your left).
  • Questar III is the large brown building on the left at the top of the hill.

From Route 66 or Pawling Avenue, Troy

  • Turn down Spring Avenue, towards the river.
  • At the intersection with Campbell, at the first light, bear left down Campbell Avenue.
  • At the fire station, turn left onto Colleen Road (American Evergreen Rentals on your right).
  • Questar III is the large brown building on the left at the top of the hill.

By Bus

  • Take Troy City Bus #89 for Griswold Heights.
  • Get off at Donegal and Patricia Drive, or Donegal and Ballina Avenue.
  • You can see the Educational Center from that point.
  • At the end of Patricia Drive, walk across the lawn around the side of the building to the rear and enter thru that door.
  • The Office of Continuing Education is straight ahead.
  • At the end of Ballina Avenue it's possible to see the main entrance doors.