Waterford is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

Waterford is on the west bank of the Hudson River and north of Peebles Island State Park.

The Waterford Flight locks were opened circa 1918 to replace earlier locks that had first allowed boat traffic to bypass nearby Cohoes Falls, which had previously blocked all river traffic between the Mohawk and the Hudson Rivers.

[7][8] While much of the surrounding town has a high elevation, the Village of Waterford is very low relative to the two major rivers forming its borders.

Its position at the convergence of both the Erie and Champlain Canals as well as the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, has contributed to many floods.

The flood forced the closing of the Erie Canal, stranding several boats in the locks.

[citation needed] Entering from the north, conjoined U.S. Route 4 and New York State Route 32 diverge in Waterford Village, with US-4 (as Broad Street) crossing the Hudson River eastbound into Rensselaer County and NY-32 crossing the Mohawk River southbound into Albany County.

County Roads 96 (6th Street) and 97 (Washington Avenue) lead into the village from the northwest.