About one-half mile (0.8 km) north of New Salem, the route makes a sharp turn to the east, running by another line of homes on its way into the village of Voorheesville.

On the eastern fringe of the village, the route connects to the western terminus of NY 155 by way of a roundabout.

Now under the name Maple Road, NY 85A heads southeast from the village, connecting to several housing tracts and passing by Colonie Country Club.

Roughly one mile (1.6 km) from NY 155, the highway turns due southward, traversing open fields to return to NY 85 at a junction east of the hamlet of New Scotland.

[6] The overlap between the two routes was eliminated when NY 156 was truncated to Voorheesville at some point between 1950 and 1965.