Hurstville, New York

Hurstville's earliest settlers were Urban Van Hart, William Gilber, and a man by the name of Hagadorn. Hagadorn built a log tavern which gave this place its earliest name, that of Log Tavern.^[1] In 1861 William Hurst moved to this location and, within a few years of the Albany, Rensselaerville, and Schoharie Plank Road (later turnpike) being built through here, built the Hurstville Hotel.^[1][2] The hotel was built on the site of an earlier hotel, the "Log Tavern".^[3] He also later built a trotting track at the northeast corner of Whitehall Road and New Scotland Avenue.^[2] During the Prohibition Era the hotel was known as the Love Nest and was a speak easy.^[3] The hotel burned down in 1929.^[2]

The Albany Municipal Golf Course was constructed at Hurstville.^[4]

In 1967, the hamlets of Hurstville and Karlsfeld—whose residents wished for access to city water and sewer services—were annexed to the city of Albany.^[3]