Washington Park is bounded to the north by Route 95 and continues south to the Cranston city line.

On the west, it starts at the edge of Roger Williams Park and spreads east to the waterfront.

It also includes the Port of Providence and the Harborside Campus of Johnson & Wales University.

[1] Washington Park gets its name from a horse racing track built by Edward Babcock and his son William in the mid-1800s (and stood until at least 1884), on farmland between the water and Broad Street.

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