Westcott (Syracuse, New York)

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The neighborhood is host to a large number of Syracuse University, SUNY ESF, and Le Moyne College students living off campus. The Westcott neighborhood is desired because of its proximity to the University, and area hospitals. Many University graduates, faculty and staff have chosen the Westcott neighborhood as their home. It is affectionately known as the Westcott Nation.

The Westcott neighborhood hosts an annual fall street fair along its neighboring business district and has a small, but active community center with programs for seniors, teens, children and families, as well as cultural and musical activities. The Westcott neighborhood is home to numerous civic and neighborhood associations, including the Sherman Park Bulldogs, Westcott East Neighborhood Association (WENA), and the Thornden Park Association.

Thornden Park, a National Register and Local Protected Site, is located in this neighborhood. The park offers an exercise course, an Olympic-sized pool and bathhouse, tennis courts, a stone work amphitheater complete with an electrically equipped outdoor stage, and an historic herb garden and lily pond. Thornden Park's pride is the E.M. Mills Rose Garden, the only all-volunteer rose garden of its kind in the country. With its exquisite blooms and pavilion, it is the site for many wedding pictures and leisurely walks.

The primary business area in the Westcott Neighborhood is the commercial strip along Westcott. The district houses a large state-run day habilitation center, a thriving second-hand and new clothing store, a holistic health center, a bookstore, florist, three pizza shops, two convenient stores, several other restaurants, a movie theatre, and a frame shop and gallery for local crafts.