Location & Directions

Rensselaer City School District
25 Van Rensselaer Drive
Rensselaer, NY 12144

Directions to the Rensselaer City School District Campus:

From the North or West:
East on I-90 to Exit 7 (Rensselaer / Washington Avenue):  Take a right at the light on to Washington Avenue, then a quick left onto 9th Street, then another quick left to Old Washington Avenue to a right on to 10th Street, to a left onto Van Rensselaer Drive (runs parallel to I-90).  Campus is at the top of the hill.

From the South:
787 to I-90 to Exit 7 (Rensselaer / Washington Avenue):  Take a right at the light on to Washington Avenue, then a quick left onto 9th Street, then another quick left to Old Washington Avenue to a right on to 10th Street, to a left onto Van Rensselaer Drive (runs parallel to I-90).  Campus is at the top of the hill.

From the East:
West on I-90 to Exit 8 (North Greenbush / Defreestville):  At light, take a left on to Washington Avenue for approximately 2 miles (go over I-90 overpass) and take a left onto 9th Street, then another quick left to Old Washington Avenue to a right on to 10th Street, to a left onto Van Rensselaer Drive (runs parallel to I-90).  Campus is at the top of the hill.

**Please use the Auditorium Entrance, which is the first entrance across from the main parking lot, to attend sporting events in any of the gymnasiums, for auditorium purposes, and for Board of Education meetings. 

All visitors to Pupil Personnel Services, the Rensselaer Junior / Senior High School, the Van Rensselaer Elementary School, the Business Office and the Superintendent's Office weekdays during regular school hours must use the second entrance and obtain a visitor's pass at the security vestibule.