Nassau Lake is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in the towns of

Schodack Schodack is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 12,965 at the 2020 census.U.S. Census, 2020, 'Schodack town, Rensselaer County, New York' The town name is derived from the Mahican word, Escotak. The town is in ...

and Nassau in

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Nassau Lake CDP is in southern Rensselaer County, surrounding a lake of the same name. The CDP includes the hamlets of Rosecrans Park, Braeside, and Morey Park, and it is bordered to the south by the village of Nassau. The CDP is southeast of Albany, the state capital. The outlet of Nassau Lake, the

Valatie Kill Valatie (; ) is a village (New York), village with several waterfalls in Columbia County, New York, Columbia County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,785 at the 2020 census. The village is at the center of the town o ...

, flows south to

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, which continues southwest to

Stockport Creek Stockport Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary to the Hudson River in the town of Stockport, New York Stockport is a town in Columbia ...

and the

Hudson River The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...

. The Nassau Lake is currently polluted with PCBs, industrial hazardous waste and carcinogens from the Dewey Loeffel Landfill. In 2019, the Community Advisory Group was founded on the basis of communication about future plans regarding this lake and the pollution.

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* Census-designated places in Rensselaer County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{RensselaerCountyNY-geo-stub