Beman Park Extends from Burdett Avenue west to 12th Street and from Hoosick Street south to Sage Avenue. Location: The Hill Neighborhood Contact: roslynann@mindspring.com

The Beman Park Neighborhood extends from Burdett Avenue west to 12th Street and from Hoosick Street south to Sage Avenue. Residents represent a cross-section of America. There are families who have resided for many generations, young families with their children, and Rensselaer students and professors from all over the world. The Beman Park Neighborhood is ethnically and culturally rich and an exciting place to live. Religious sanctuaries are the Al-Hidaya Mosque, Christ Sun of Justice Chapel and Saint Paul the Apostle's Roman Catholic Church. Rensselaer's ballpark on 17th Street offers college baseball games to interested residents. The 15th Street Corridor has over 16 businesses, including three restaurants. The geographic center is six acres that comprise Beman Park. Located between Peoples and Jacob, 15th Street and Burdett Avenue the Park has been owned by the City of Troy since it was donated by John Sherry as Troy's first public park in 1878.

To the delight of neighbors, Beman Park seasonally echo's the sound of children playing on the basketball court, baseball field or sleigh riding. The Park is a walkway for Rensselaer to off-campus housing. Beman Park consists mainly of turn-of-the-century, wooden, two family homes and displays many examples of beautiful architecture. The neighborhood has a history of a strong, cohesive community and is an area that continues to have a "neighborhood feeling." Beman Park is a full participant in the renewal of the City of Troy and is proud of all it has contributed and will contribute to our City. The current Neighborhood Association meets quarterly at Rensselaer's Heffner Alumni House. And is "committed to promoting the revitalization of our neighborhood. It's neighbors helping neighbors, working together toward a common goal of a clean, prosperous and safe neighborhood."