Seven Sisters Road which runs past Finsbury Park is mainly occupied by hotels. But there are attractive houses and flats in Portland Rise and Gloucester Drive and the streets in between. From Queens Drive to Blackstock Road there is Brownswood Park and there are large Victorian houses here. Queens Drive properties have particularly large gardens. To the east of the reservoirs many new houses have been built in recent years. The move of Arsenal’s football ground will affect the roads below Blackstock and Amber Roads and those surrounding it. On the west side of the Park there are Victorian houses in Woodstock Road and streets off it. Further north, Regent’s Quarter is a new flat and house development of recent years. East of Stroud Green Road there are houses to be found in Stapleton Hall Road and at Upper Tollington Park.

Finsbury Park is also called Stroud Green. It was mainly neglected marshland until some large country houses were built there in the 19th century. Seven Sisters Road is named after a group of elm trees which used to stand at the Tottenham end. When train lines were put through in 1870, the area was substantially developed for residential and industrial use. Finsbury Park, which is 115 acres in size, was created in 1869. Finsbury Park is one of the first publicly owned parks when it was opened in 1869. It contains 115 acres of land. The smaller Hornsey Park once visited by Richard III, forms part of it.