Melrose Park, NY

Melrose Park is a suburban census-designated place in Cayuga County, just south of Auburn in the town of Owasco. The 2020 census counted 2,141 residents. Its setting is tied to Auburn more than to a separate downtown: the ZIP code is Auburn, and the Auburn Enlarged City School District serves the community. Owasco Road, also known as Route 38A, follows an older north-south route toward Auburn and Owasco Lake. The useful local map is the connection between the residential streets and Auburn's larger set of shops, services, and daily errands.

In Owasco, the old road corridor also carries the town's older landmarks, including the Owasco Reformed Church and the former post-office store. That proximity shapes the address, with Auburn supplying the larger institutions and Owasco supplying the old road and lake setting. Melrose Park is a small Cayuga County community where suburban living sits in the orbit of Auburn, with the lake country and old farm-road pattern just beyond the city edge.