Prospect Park

Prospect Park is an 80-acre city park in Troy, New York, named after Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. The park is situated between Congress and Hill Street on top of Mount Ida.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hart-Cluett Mansion and Congregation Berith Sholom.

Hart-Cluett Mansion

Museum

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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.

Congregation Berith Sholom

Synagogue

Congregation Berith Sholom is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 167 Third Street, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, in the United States. 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.

Troy Public Library

Library

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The Troy Public library is the main public library building in the city of Troy, New York, and is located across the street from Russell Sage College in downtown Troy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troy and Watervliet.

Troy

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Troy is a city in Rensselaer County, New York located northeast of Albany. Its nicknames include "The Collar City" and "Home of Uncle Sam." As a result of its unique history, Troy still has what is widely considered to be the best-preserved big-city 19th-century downtown in the country.

Watervliet

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Watervliet is a city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. Watervliet is north of Albany, the capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the town of Colonie.

Green Island

Town

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Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York.

Prospect Park

Type: Park
Description: public park in Troy, New York
Category: recreation area
Location: Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.72382° or 42° 43′ 26″ north

Longitude

-73.68464° or 73° 41′ 5″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

87J8P8F8+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90890680

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5132315

Wikidata ID

Q7250797

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Prospect Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Prospect Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, New York, Rensselaer County)”
Cebuano: “Prospect Park”

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Notable Places Nearby

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