The Eastside is the Troy neighborhood bounded on the north by Brunswick Road, on the west by South Troy (Hill St. to Spring Ave. to Pawling Ave.), and on the south and east to the Troy city line by the towns of North Greenbush and Brunswick, respectively.

Pawling Avenue (Route 66), the neighborhood’s “main street”, cuts diagonally through the area with its major intersections at Brunswick Road, Pinewoods Avenue, Spring Avenue, and Winter Street. The street, named after Colonel Albert Pawling, the first mayor of Troy, is a mix of residences, professional offices, and retail businesses as it continues into Albia.

The geographic center of the Eastside neighborhood is the Emma Willard School, since 1814 one of the nation’s leading schools for young women. The impressive Gothic architecture of the campus is a contrast to the many spacious two-story Victorian homes and attractive single family residences found throughout this suburban neighborhood.

Emma Willard School, Public School 16, Sacred Heart School, Susan Odell Taylor School, and Hope #7 Community Center, along with churches of several denominations, are important contributors to the quality of life in the Eastside neighborhood.

Both the Poestenkill River (south of Brunswick Road) and the Wynantskill River (south of Pawling Avenue) flow through the Eastside from rural areas of Rensselaer County, eventually emptying into the Hudson River.