They were located in Colonie, New York, and played their home games at Heritage Park.

The team was known as the Albany A's in their inaugural 1983 season and the Albany-Colonie A's in 1984 after their Major League Baseball affiliate, the Oakland Athletics.

The team retained the Yankees moniker through their final season in 1994.

[1] For the first 11 years of Albany-Colonie's 12-year membership in the Eastern League, the circuit played without divisions.

They won the Eastern League championship three times (1988, 1989, and 1991).