Prospect Park (Troy, New York)

Downtown Troy from the park.

Prospect Park in Troy, New York, is an 80-acre (32 ha) city park that was designed in 1903 by Garnet Baltimore, the first African-American graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Prospect Park offers a 14-court tennis facility, the only one of its kind in the Troy area.

This park includes the following recreational areas: 14 tennis courts, 4 handball courts, 2 basketball courts, playground, picnic areas, soccer field, comfort station, picnic pavilion, spray pool, nature trail, and a roadway which surrounds the park with eight parking areas.

The park is located off Congress Street, south and slightly west of the RPI campus, in the Mount Ida section of Troy.

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    Coordinates: 42°43′28″N 73°41′03″W / 42.72449°N 73.684165°W / 42.72449; -73.684165

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