Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island

The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.[1]

Map of Providence neighborhoods

Regions

Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively:

  • East Side – Blackstone, Hope, Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point.[2]
  • North End – Charles, Wanskuck, Smith Hill, Elmhurst, and Mount Pleasant.[3]
  • South Side or South Providence – Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, West End, and Washington Park.[3]
The Alpert Medical School is based in a former Jewelry factory in the Jewelry District[4]

The Jewelry District occupies the southern portion of Downtown Providence. Since the area was re-united with Downtown following the relocation of Interstate 195, the city has been working to attract high-tech and research companies to this area under the rebranded name of "Knowledge District."[4] This area is not recognized as one of Providence's 25 official neighborhoods.[3][5] The Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized.

The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to Downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River, which provided a power source for early industrialization in Manton, Hartford, and Olneyville. More distant neighborhoods developed later, mostly as transportation as public horse car and streetcar lines were added.

  • College Hill, on Providence's East Side overlooks Downtown
    College Hill, on Providence's East Side overlooks Downtown
  • Smith Hill forms one of the neighborhoods on Providence's North End
    Smith Hill forms one of the neighborhoods on Providence's North End
  • Elmwood is part of Providence's South Side
    Elmwood is part of Providence's South Side

References
  1. "Providence Neighborhoods". City of Providence. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
  2. "Providence Neighborhood Profiles: Alternative Neighborhood Names". The Providence Plan. 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
  3. Providence Neighborhood Profiles Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Abbott, Elizabeth (December 13, 2011). "Providence Puts Focus on Making a Home for Knowledge". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  5. The Jewelry District
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