Washington Park
Little Italy
Osgood
Riverside
& Historic Sage
Troy, New York

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The neighborhoods south of Downtown Troy tell the story of Troy’s history as an industrial powerhouse in the late 19th century.

Elegant row houses, once the homes of Gilded Age magnates, surround Washington Park in Troy, New York. Laid out in 1840, the Park is one of only two privately owned urban ornamental parks in New York State. Troy’s location, at the meeting of the Erie Canal and the Hudson River, made it an industrial center in the late nineteenth century. Its houses imitated the fashionable homes of the wealthy in New York City so well that parts of downtown Troy and Washington Park provided the “old New York” backdrop in Martin Scorcese’s Age of Innocence (1993) and HBO’s The Gilded Age (2021).

A central point among the Osgood, Riverside, Little Italy and Historic Sage neighborhoods, Washington Park housed the captains of industry and commerce. The neighborhoods surrounding the park reflect the heart of a city. Breweries, pottery, ironworks were all part of what made Troy an economic powerhouse.

Explore this site to find information on the history of Troy’s Washington Park neighborhood, home restoration resources, and our Real Estate list (homes for sale and rental links). See the local Classifieds for interesting items for sale, a wide variety of Services offered by area businesses and practitioners, and a list of fresh, local Dining options. Looking for something interesting to do or just want to learn more about Troy? Check out our Calendar of area events. Thank you for your interest in Troy’s Historic Washington Park Neighborhoods!

 
 

So, where is Washington Park and its surrounding neighborhoods?