Troy Hill Pittsburgh: A North Side Neighborhood of Distinction

TreeVitalize

In case you’re wondering, Troy Hill has 111 new street trees and 14 Tree Tenders. Who’s counting?

Welcome to the Troy Hill Community Garden. We are an urban community garden located on Elbow Street in Troy Hill. The garden has been around in various forms over the years, and in 2010 we took a great deal of time and energy to rebuild and renovate our plots, installing raised beds and recruiting new members. There is still space available!

Biking in Troy Hill

If you can make it up the hill then you have arrived! Our streets link you to the Central North Side, Millvale, Three Rivers Heritage Trail and Downtown, all via Troy Hill Road and Rialto Street. We’re also on the Dirty Dozen ride (#6 Rialto) which tackles a baker’s dozen of the worst hills in Pittsburgh every fall.

Stay cool at the Troy Hill Spray Park

Posted by view from the bluff on Tuesday, August 18

Stay cool. The dog days of summer are here, and it’s a great time to cool off. The City of Pittsburgh has unveiled its newest addition to its recreation facilities – Troy Hill Spray Park. The park replaces the former City-run swimming pool. Prior to the spray park transformation, the pool had fallen victim to the City’s [...]

Rialto Street, a.k.a “Pig Hill”

Posted by view from the bluff on Saturday, May 23

One of Pittsburgh’s famously steep hills, measuring in at a 24% grade and 20 feet wide, Rialto Street is also called “Pig Hill” by locals as it was used to drive pigs up from the rail stations on Herr’s Island (renamed Washington’s Landing) to Spring Garden, which was Pittsburgh’s early meat packing neighborhood.

This website is financed with a grant from the City of Pittsburgh through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor.

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