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==Communities and locations in the Town of Queensbury== * Brayton β hamlet<ref name="oneida"/> in the northeastern part of town.<ref name="lake george quad">{{cite map|url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=m49|title=Lake George Digital Raster Quadrangle|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|year=1992|scale=1:24,000|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref> * [[East Lake George, New York|East Lake George]] β hamlet in the northern part of the town and including part of the town of [[Fort Ann, New York|Fort Ann]], located in [[Washington County, New York|Washington County]]. The hamlet attempted to incorporate as a village, a measure rejected by voters in 2010.<ref name="ELG">{{cite news|url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_640c9042-b17f-11df-85a1-001cc4c002e0.html|title=East Lake George proposal is defeated|newspaper=The Post-Star|last=Roman|first=Dayelin|date=August 26, 2010|access-date=August 27, 2010}}</ref> * [[Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport]] (GFL) β airport, formerly known as the Warren County Airport, in the southeastern part of the town.<ref name="Jimapco8">{{cite map|publisher=JIMAPCO, Inc.|title=Warren County; Glens Falls Queensbury Lake George; New York State|edition=8th|year=1996}}</ref> * French Mountain β hamlet<ref name="oneida"/> northwest of Glen Lake that shares its name with the mountain to its northeast. * [[Glen Lake (New York)|Glen Lake]] β hamlet and lake north of Glens Falls North. * [[Glens Falls North, New York|Glens Falls North]] β [[census-designated place]] along the northern borders of Glens Falls and West Glens Falls.<ref name="GlensFallsCDPs">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/urbanarea/uaoutline/UA2000/ua33598/ua33598_01.pdf|title=Urbanized Area Outline Map (Census 2000); Glens Falls, NY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> * [[Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor]] and [[Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark]] β amusement park, water park and lodge located in Queensbury; opened 1954 as Storytown, U.S.A. * Harrisena β hamlet<ref name="oneida"/> roughly following State Route 9L in the northern section of the town which borders [[Lake George (lake), New York|Lake George]]. Granted to [[American Revolutionary War]] spy [[Moses Harris]] for his service in the war.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywarren/countyhistory/smith/xxv_part4.htm History of Warren County, H. P. Smith] - Chapter XXV: History of the Patent and Town of Queensbury - Part 4</ref> * [[Kattskill Bay, New York|Kattskill Bay]] β hamlet in the northeasternmost area of the town.<ref name="Jimapco8"/> * Lake Sunnyside β small lake and hamlet in the east-central portion of the town. * [[Oneida Corners, New York|Oneida Corners]] β hamlet at the modern junction of Sunnyside Road and [[New York State Route 9L|State Route 9L]].<ref name="oneida">{{cite web|url=http://www.queensbury.net/Historian/Oneida/index.htm|title=Oneida Hamlet|last=VanDyke|first=Marilyn|access-date=March 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508152022/http://www.queensbury.net/Historian/Oneida/index.htm|archive-date=May 8, 2009}}</ref> * Paradise Beach β hamlet in the vicinity of The Great Escape and Round Pond on [[County Route 17 (Warren County, New York)|County Route 17]].<ref name="glens falls quad">{{cite map|url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=n49|title=Glens Falls Digital Raster Quadrangle|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|year=1991|scale=1:24,000|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref> * Queensbury β hamlet located in the east part of the town near the Queensbury-[[Kingsbury, New York|Kingsbury]]-Fort Ann town lines.<ref name="hudson falls quad">{{cite map|url=http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/drg24/dotpreview/index.cfm?code=n50|title=Hudson Falls Digital Raster Quadrangle|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|year=1992|scale=1:24,000|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1858wc">{{cite map|publisher=E.A. Balch & W.O. Shearer|title=MAP OF WARREN Co NEW YORK|url=http://www.co.warren.ny.us/records/maps/1858_wc.php|edition=1858|access-date=January 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205192848/http://www.co.warren.ny.us/records/maps/1858_wc.php|archive-date=December 5, 2010}}</ref> * [[West Glens Falls, New York|West Glens Falls]] β hamlet and census-designated place bordering the western side of the city of Glens Falls.<ref name="GlensFallsCDPs"/> * Other hamlets β Jenkinsville, South Queensbury, Top O' the World, West Mountain<ref name="oneida"/>
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