New York State Route 2

New York State Route 2
Map of the Capital District of New York with NY 2 highlighted in red, and NY 914A in blue
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT and the cities of Watervliet and Troy
Length	30.81 mi[1] (49.58 km)
Existed	1942[2]–present
History	Designated NY 96 in 1930;[3]
Major junctions
West end	I-87 / NY 7 in Latham
Major intersections	US 9 in Latham US 4 in Troy NY 22 in Petersburgh
East end	Route 2 in Williamstown, MA
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Albany, Rensselaer
Highway system
New York Highways Interstate US State Reference Parkways
← US 2 → NY 3

New York State Route 2 (NY 2) is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. It extends for 30.89 miles (49.71 km) from an interchange with Interstate 87 (I-87) and NY 7 in the town of Colonie to the Massachusetts state line in Petersburgh, where it continues to Boston as Massachusetts Route 2. The route passes through the cities of Watervliet and Troy, where it connects to NY 32 and U.S. Route 4, respectively. In Grafton, located midway between Troy and Massachusetts, NY 2 serves Grafton Lakes State Park.

Most of the route was originally designated as part of an unsigned legislative route in the 1910s. In 1924, the portion of modern NY 2 between the hamlet of Latham and downtown Troy became part of NY 9. The rest of the highway was designated as NY 96 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. NY 96 was renumbered to NY 2 in 1942. From 1942 to 1970, NY 2 continued south along the Hudson River from Troy to Albany. It was extended to Latham in 1985, replacing a section of NY 7 that had been realigned onto a new parallel freeway to the north.