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Schenectady dispensaries: 13 licensed stores and new zoning

13 New York-licensed dispensaries in Schenectady, with the city's February 2025 zoning limits for new stores near parks and child-care centres.

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On February 10, 2025 the Schenectady City Council unanimously approved its first cannabis-shop zoning, according to the Daily Gazette: no new dispensary within 500 feet of a park, playground, child-care centre or other venue for minors, none in residential districts, and shops already open grandfathered. Verdex lists 13 licensed stores, among them Cannabicity at Mohawk Harbor and Electric City Cannabis on Lower Broadway. Shoppers must be 21 or older with ID, and none of the 13 has a Verdex score yet, so licence data and location are what this page can offer.

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Where Schenectady allows new stores

The 2025 rules confine new shops to manufacturing and warehousing districts and the C-4 downtown mixed-use and C-5 business districts, with C-2 and C-3 allowed by special permit, the Gazette reported. The People's Joint at 501 State Street, which opened in September 2024 near Proctors, sits in C-4 and was grandfathered. State law adds 500 feet from schools and 200 feet from houses of worship.

Downtown: Mill Lane Provisions at 102 State Street and Planet Green at 1738 State Street.
Broadway: Grub Bud at 1708 and Electric City at 1354 Lower Broadway.
Elsewhere: Crane Street (1650), Eastern Parkway (1610) and Central Avenue (2075), where Cussin's Cannabis operates.

The city applied similar limits to smoke and vape shops in June 2024, so a storefront with only a leaf logo needs a licence check. Use the licensed versus smoke-shop guide and open the New York hub for statewide rules; the 13% retail tax applies here as elsewhere.

Questions about this list

Can a new dispensary open near a park in Schenectady?

Not within 500 feet, under zoning the City Council approved on February 10, 2025, according to the Daily Gazette. The 500-foot ring also covers playgrounds, child-care centres and similar venues where minors gather.

Were existing Schenectady dispensaries affected by the 2025 zoning?

No. Shops that had already opened were grandfathered, the Daily Gazette reported, including The People's Joint at 501 State Street, which opened in September 2024 in the C-4 downtown district.

Buying in New York

Minimum age
21
Possession
Up to 3 oz of flower or 24 g of concentrate; up to 5 lb stored securely at home
Home grow
3 mature + 3 immature plants per adult; max 6 + 6 per household
Taxes
Retail taxes totaling 13%; 9% distributor tax (rates effective June 1, 2024); exempt from sales tax

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Schenectady dispensaries: 13 licensed stores and new zoning

Where Schenectady allows new stores

Questions about this list

Minimum age

Possession

Home grow

Taxes