Crossgates Commons is a large shopping plaza in Albany, New York along Washington Avenue Extension.

When Europeans arrived in the early 17th century, the Pine Bush was in use as hunting grounds and firewood supply of the Mohawk nation of the Haudenosaunee to the west along the Mohawk River, and the Mahican to the east, along the Hudson River.

When the shopping center first opened in 1994, it had six original tenants: Walmart (then branded as Wal-Mart), Sam's Club, Home Depot, Media Play, Old Navy, and MJ Designs.

[1] The shopping center has a split-level design with stores on the upper level accessible from the front and stores on the lower level accessible from the rear.

Although Crossgates Commons is relatively young, it has already undergone an expansion, and some locations have had high turnover rates.