Prospect Park, Troy

Name: Prospect Park
Address: Congress St., Troy, 12180, United States

#13 among attractions in Troy

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Prospect Park is an 80-acre city park in Troy, New York. The park is situated between Congress and Hill Street on top of Mount Ida. Prospect Park was originally designed in 1903 by local landscape engineer Garnet Douglass Baltimore, the first African-American graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He had also designed the 200-acre Forest park cemetery on pinewood ave in troy in 1897 which is now neglelgted and far from its picturesque days. The park started to fall into disrepair in the 1950s and relatively little of Baltimore's work is still evident in the park today. ()

Elevation: 253 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°43'26"N, 73°41'6"W

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Congress St.EastsideTroy 12180 United States

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Prospect Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Houston Field House, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

1 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Houston Field House, Troy
25 min walk • Houston Field House is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. It is the nation's third-oldest college hockey rink, behind Northeastern University's Matthews Arena and Princeton University's Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.
~1880 ftN
Music and shows, Nightlife, Theater
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy
10 min walk • The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center is a multi-venue arts center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, which opened on October 3, 2008. The building is named after Curtis Priem, co-founder of NVIDIA and graduate of the RPI Class of 1982, who donated $40 million to the Institute in 2004.
0.5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy
13 min walk • The Rensselaer County Historical Society is a non-profit, historical society and museum, to promote the study of the history of the Rensselaer County, NY. RCHS was founded in 1927, and originally operated out of a single room in the Troy Public Library, collecting manuscripts and published materials related to the county's history.
0.6 miNW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Concerts and shows
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
15 min walk • Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, is a performance space in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The music hall, renowned for its acoustics and an Odell concert organ, is operated by a not-for-profit organization.
0.5 miNW
Museum, History museum
Hart-Cluett Mansion, Troy
14 min walk • The Hart-Cluett Mansion is located at 57 Second Street in Troy, New York, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and is a contributing property to the Central Troy Historic District created in 1986.
0.6 miNW
Park, Memorial
Monument Square, Troy
17 min walk • Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a war monument in Monument Square, at Broadway and 2nd Street in Troy, New York, United States.
~1990 ftNW
Temple, Synagogue
Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy
10 min walk • Congregation Berith Sholom is a synagogue in Troy, New York. The synagogue is the oldest continuously used synagogue in the state of New York, the second oldest house of worship in the state outside of the city of New York, and one of the oldest synagogue buildings in the United States.
0.6 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Rice Building, Troy
17 min walk • The Rice Building, originally known as the Hall Building for Benjamin Homer Hall who built it, is a triangular historic high Victorian Gothic structure with Moorish architecture window arches in Troy, New York.
0.6 miN
Church
Church of the Holy Cross, Troy
16 min walk • The Church of the Holy Cross is a church in Troy, New York, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in New York in 1973. It borders the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus to the East and South. The church was founded by Mary Warren in the early 1840s.
0.5 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Troy
14 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York, United States, is located at Third and State streets. It is home to one of the oldest congregations in the city.
0.4 miN
Cafe, Bookshop, Library
Folsom Library, Troy
11 min walk • The Richard G. Folsom Library is a research library in the Rensselaer Libraries system constructed in the Brutalist style located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

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Which popular attractions are close to Prospect Park?

Nearby attractions include Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy (10 min walk), Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy (10 min walk), Hirsch Observatory, Troy (10 min walk), Central Troy Historic District, Troy (11 min walk).

How to get to Prospect Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Prospect Park:

Bus

4th St & Tyler St • Lines: 224 (27 min walk)