Menands |
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Address
250 Broadway
Menands, NY 12204
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Phone
(518)434.2922 |
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The Village of Menands was incorporated after a special election held on August 15th 1924, in which residents voted to encompass what were then the boundaries of the 15th school district of the Town of Colonie. The Village of Menands took its name from Louis Menand, who was born in France on August 2nd 1807 and emigrated to America in 1837. Not long after arriving he met and married Adelaide Jackson of Albany in 1840. In 1842 they settled in (what is now) the village that bears his name. Here he established one of the finest horticultural establishments in the country at the time. His home and greenhouses where located near Menand Road on what is now known as Ganser-Smith Park. A train station on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad line was built along his property which eventually became know as the “Menands Station”. Louis Menand passed away in 1900 at the grand age of 93.
The Village of Menands was incorporated in 1924 and is located wholly within the limits of the Town of Colonie. Operation of the municipality is overseen by the Mayor and four members of the Board of Trustees. Day to day operations are administered by the Village Clerk-Treasurer and a three person staff.
The Village of Menands provides its residents with a full range of emergency services including a 12-member police force, and the Menands Volunteer Fire Co. #1. The residents are also served by a fully staffed Department of Public Works. Water is provided by agreement with the City of Troy from the pristine Tomhannock Reservoir.
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