Former alignment of NY 89-414 in Mays Point

Mays Point is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the Town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York, United States, near the Wayne and Cayuga county lines. It is located northeast of the hamlet of Seneca Falls, at an elevation of . The primary intersection in the hamlet is at N.Y. Route 89 and Mays Point Road (CR 105A). Mays Point is situated along the

Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing t ...

near the junction of the

Seneca Seneca may refer to: People and language * Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America ** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extrat ...

and

Clyde Clyde may refer to: People * Clyde (given name) * Clyde (surname) Places For townships see also Clyde Township Australia * Clyde, New South Wales * Clyde, Victoria * Clyde River, New South Wales Canada * Clyde, Alberta * Clyde, Ontario, a tow ...

rivers within the Montezuma Marsh. The New York State Thruway ( Interstate 90) passes just south of the hamlet. Erie Canal Lock 25 is located off Mays Point Road, near N.Y. Route 89. It was built around 1912, and has a lift of to the west.NY Canals (Index of Locks)
Retrieved Jun. 11, 2015.

References

* Hamlets in Seneca County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) {{SenecaCountyNY-geo-stub