Talk:Neighborhoods of Albany, New York

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The format needs to be edited so that the sub categories under South End are indented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.67.56.192 (talk • contribs)


 * Done. --Quuxplusone 01:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It is stated that the New Albany neighborhood was a suburb of Albany until it was annexed by the city in the 20th century. According to the Dongan Charter this part of the city has always been a part of the city.  The houses may have been built relatively recent but the land has been a part of Albany for as long as Albany has existed as a city (around 300 years).  If someone disagrees please cite your legitimate source and return the information. For now I cite the Dongan Charter as reason to erase that information.  Camelbinky (talk) 00:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

The location of New Albany seems to be hard to determine http://www.albanyny.org/Residents/Neighborhoods.aspx seems to indicate that it is south of where the New Albany Neighborhood Association has assigned jurisdiction Basically six blocks include the east half of Manning to the west half of west Lawrence between Western and Washington Aves

Someone added the following- "The Krank Park Neighborhood is home to numerous drug addicts and gang members. It is arguably the 5th most dangerous neighborhood in Albany." Whether or not it does is irrelevant. Where is the documentation? 24.182.142.254 (talk) 00:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * What is anyone's opinion on the recent inclusion of a non-neighborhood (the Pine Bush Preserve)? It's an important geographical area of Albany, but it is not a neighborhood, no one actually LIVES inside the preserve, there are some houses next to it, such as the Dunes and the little known African-American community off of New Karner, but no house is inside the boundaries of the preserve.  I believe this sets the precendent for putting the Port of Albany-Rensselaer, universities/colleges, the Empire State Plaza, parks (the preserve basically is one big park, same state laws apply), hospitals, where is the line drawn?  I at first thought even University Heights was pushing it, but i think that's where the line should be drawn, UH in/Pine Bush Preserve out.  Anyone have any suggestions, comments, points of view?  24.182.142.254 (talk) 00:52, 30 December 2007 (UTC)  The previous was posted by me Camelbinky (talk) 00:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)24.182.142.254 (talk) 00:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Dunes was originally mislabled as the Pine bush, I added Dunes and reworded the Pinebush section,  It could go as far as I am concerned, maybe a see also link at the bottom if it has an article would be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.195.208 (talk) 06:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I am adding sections with the names of different neighborhoods not mentioned so far, I hope that people with information on these neighborhoods will add what they know soon. So far all I have are names, I'll add more info on them in the article as I verify info about them, hopefully there are people who live there who go on here! Camelbinky (talk) 11:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way the opening section of this entry could be broken up or summarized? It's a rather overwhelming amount of text for the opening of an article. I'm still farily new at the whole editing thing, so I'm not sure if there is an easy solution. Salem XIII (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Official neighborhoods?
Is there an official partition of the city into neighborhoods or districts? doncram (talk) 00:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The city does rectangular green signs (usually thrown up on telephone poles) welcoming you to a neighborhood. How the city determines where to place them I am not aware. There is also an official neighborhood association map which shows the boundaries of the (probably 25-30 or so) different neighborhood associations (and many overlap), being copyrighted I can not use it in the article, but I can throw a link to the map, I believe it is used both at the official city website and the Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations (CANA) website, here it is. Some neighborhoods have boundaries which are carried over from being independent villages (the neighborhood called Arbor Hill) and others have unofficial boundaries carried over from being a hamlet in a neighboring town prior to annexation (North Albany, Groesbeckville, Normansville). For the purpose of this article if the city of Albany and/or the Albany Times Union has defined a neighborhood as between certain streets or as consisting of certain blocks I have used their definition (both sources are consistent in their listing of the same streets as the boundaries of Park South and the super-neighborhood South End).Camelbinky (talk) 00:45, 8 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Here are the names (and numbers, which are the legend) of Neighborhood Associations from the above pdf, on the Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations (CANA) website, retrieved May 21, 2020. (Spelling errors are from acrobat--I have not checked nor confirmed spellings).:
 * 1 Arbor Hill Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 2 Beverwyck Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 3 Buckingham Pond/Crestwood Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 4 Center Square Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 5 Delaware Area Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 6 Helderberg Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 7 Historic Pastures Homeowners' Assoc.
 * 8 Hudson Park Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 9 Lincoln Park Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 10 Manning Boulevard Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 11 Mansion Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 12 Melrose Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 13 Mt. Hope Townhouse Assoc.
 * 14 New Albany Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 15 New Scotland/Woodlawn Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 16 North Albany & Shaker Park Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 17 Park South Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 18 Pine Hills Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 19 Plymouth Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 20 Second Avenue Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 21 Sheridan Hollow Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 22 South End Concerned Citizens
 * 23 Ten Broeck Triangle (Historic District)
 * 24 Upper Washington Avenue
 * 25 Washington Park Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 26 Washington Square Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 27 West End Nbrhd Assoc.
 * 28 West Hill Nbrhd Assoc.

--CmdrDan (talk) 17:41, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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Needs more sources
The article needs more sources. SunCrow (talk) 07:10, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Reliability questions
Questions for consideration by other editors: Should Google Maps be considered a reliable source as to the existence and boundaries of Albany neighborhoods (for reference, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources)? Should https://www.albany.com/neighborhoods/? Should https://www.albanyny.gov/Residents/Neighborhoods.aspx? I have used all three in past work I have done on this page, but I am second-guessing those choices. SunCrow (talk) 07:10, 13 April 2019 (UTC)