Albany, New Zealand

Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Albany
Suburb
North Harbour Stadium seen from Albany Lakes Civic Park
Coordinates: 36°43′37″S 174°41′53″E / 36.727°S 174.698°E / -36.727; 174.698
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Albany ward
Local board	Upper Harbour Local Board
Established	1840s[1]
Area [2]
• Land	1,067 ha (2,637 acres)
Population  (June 2024)
• Total	12,450
Postcode(s)	0632
Busway stations	Albany busway station

Dairy Flat	Albany Heights	Fairview Heights
Lucas Heights	Albany	Oteha
Schnapper Rock	Rosedale	Pinehill

Albany (/ˈælbəniː/ AL-bəh-nee)^[3][4][5] (Māori: Ōkahukura) is one of the northernmost suburbs of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the Auckland city centre. Albany is found at the headlands of Lucas Creek, and was the location of a portage used by Tāmaki Māori, where waka could be taken between the Upper Waitematā Harbour and the Okura River/Hauraki Gulf. During the 1840s, early European settlers established the village of Lucas Creek, which became by the 1880s had become a major fruit growing centre in Auckland. The town voted to change the name from Lucas Creek to Albany in 1890.

During the 1960s, large areas of farmland in Albany were requisitioned for a state housing project. The project was never built, and the land stayed vacant until the 1990s, when it was sold to private developers. Albany rapidly developed in the 1990s and 2000s, during which major projects were constructed, including Westfield Albany and North Harbour Stadium. Much of the land to the north of Albany is semi-rural.