Townsend Park
Townsend Park is a small urban park in Albany, New York, New York State, United States. It encompasses a triangle of land formed by the Y-intersection of Central and Washington avenues, with the third border formed by Henry Johnson Boulevard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Walter Merchant House and Washington Avenue Armory.
Walter Merchant House
Historic building
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The Walter Merchant House, on Washington Avenue in Albany, New York, United States, is a brick-and-stone townhouse in the Italianate architectural style, with some Renaissance Revival elements.
Washington Avenue Armory
Sports venue
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The Washington Avenue Armory, officially known as the Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Washington Avenue Armory, is now a multi-purpose arena on the corner of Washington Avenue and Lark Street in downtown Albany, New York.
University Club of Albany
Historic building
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The University Club of Albany, New York, was a social club founded in 1901 that closed in 2022. It was most recently housed in a Colonial Revival brick building at the corner of Washington Avenue and Dove Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheridan Hollow and Arbor Hill.
Sheridan Hollow
Neighborhood
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Sheridan Hollow is a neighborhood in Albany, New York located in a ravine north of Downtown Albany. Capitol Hill to the south and Arbor Hill to the north flank the ravine.
Arbor Hill
Neighborhood
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Arbor Hill is a neighborhood in Albany, New York, generally defined as the area from Clinton Avenue north to Tivoli Hollow and the Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge and from Broadway west to Henry Johnson Boulevard.
Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle
Neighborhood
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The Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle, originally the Ten Broeck Historic District, is a seven-block area located within the Arbor Hill neighborhood north of what is today downtown Albany, New York, United States.
Townsend Park
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Albany, New York
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.65774° or 42° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
-73.76477° or 73° 45′ 53″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Inception
1833Open location code
87J8M65P+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 89699550OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
7180888Wikidata ID
Q7830189
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Townsend Park”. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.