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Amsterdam Riverfront Center

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtAmsterdam, NY

Reinhabited in 2011. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/177092322639885 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.amsterdamrfc.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 13 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.82 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Lower-income tract (< $50k)This site: $41,080 census-acs · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Greene Mansion; US Post Office--Amsterdam nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 36057070900 hud-oz · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 63% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation: office and self-storage record · all sites with this
New use
OfficeThis site: Reinhabitation: office and self-storage arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
Self-storageThis site: Reinhabitation: office and self-storage arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

NY, Amsterdam: Amsterdam Riverfront Center, 2011
• Reinhabitation: office and self-storage

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there nowReinhabitation: office and self-storageauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2011authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zoneno NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m12: CENTRO CIVICO OF AMSTERDAM INC; CSX TRANSPORTATION INC; EXECUTIVE GROUP MILLWORK; GREATER AMSTERDAM SCHOOL DIST; LIBERTY ENTERPRISESEPA FRS
Census tract 360570709001,217 people, 2,543 per sq mi; median household income $41,080; median gross rent $941; 63% renters; 27.7% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 10.7 of 20; 112 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.71; 11,832 jobs within 45 min by car; 44% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 2 schools, 11 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 17 civic, 10 food and drink; 13 cycleway segments, 100 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 36057070900 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m3: Greene Mansion; US Post Office--Amsterdam; Amsterdam Free LibraryNPS
Housing permits, Montgomery County (NY), 2024168 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 44 single-family; 2023: 7 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.82; socioeconomic 0.82; housing and transport 0.52; 36% below 150% of poverty; 31% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Mapsplace Riverfront Center (property_management, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 19,570 m², 5.28466796875 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.amsterdamrfc.com (alive); archived 2009–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023population -27% (1,668 → 1,217); median income +35% ($30,441 → $41,080); renters 65% → 63%; median home value -7% ($58,500 → $54,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 50.5); expected annual loss $1.1M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 69 units: Amsterdam Senior (69 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)2,605 jobs in 170 establishments; average annual pay $38,630; employment location quotient 1.35; employment -3.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20221,504 jobs; 53 in retail trade, 42 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 36057070900)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 0.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (325 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 100% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 59.2%; median family income $21,477; 263 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsAmsterdam City School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY; RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY; WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYNCES EDGE
Elevation287 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025171 county-logged events: 127 thunderstorm wind, 30 flood, 7 hail, 5 flash flood; $294,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 12010, 2026-09median list price $266,975 (-12.1% on the year); 60 active listings; median 42 days on market; 13% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023172 establishments (-6%); 2,409 jobs (-4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $213,640 (+3% 1 yr, +28% 5 yr); typical rent $1,306/mo, 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)3,549 vehicles a day on Slip Ramp NY5 to Market St; 250 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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History and original facts

CountyMontgomery County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic

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Timeline

  1. 2011 Retrofit: reinhabit

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