, ▁United ▁States , ▁which ▁occup ies ▁the ▁entire ▁sout he astern ▁section ▁of ▁that ▁city . ▁The ▁neighborhood ▁developed ▁as ▁a ▁sub urb ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Sch en ect ady ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁and ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 . ▁Cons isting ▁of ▁mostly ▁single ▁family ▁det ached ▁houses ▁it ▁is ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁neighborhood s ▁in ▁Sch en ect ady ▁to ▁post ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁population ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ; ▁Wood la wn ' s ▁median ▁population ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁oldest ▁of ▁Sch en ect ady ' s ▁neighborhood s . ▁ ▁History ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁Wood la wn ▁was ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁large ▁and ▁small ▁far ms ▁along ▁the ▁Alb any - S chen ect ady ▁Road , ▁in ▁the ▁towns ▁of ▁N isk ay una ▁and ▁Rot ter dam . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁land own ers ▁was ▁Jacob ▁Fe hr ▁who ▁owned ▁an ▁exp ans ive ▁farm ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity ▁of ▁the ▁Sch en ect ady ▁Municipal ▁G olf ▁Cour se , ▁Fe hr ▁Avenue ▁through ▁Central ▁Park ▁is ▁named ▁for ▁him . ▁It ▁was ▁around ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁that ▁Wood la wn ▁began ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁sub urb ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Sch en ect ady . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁the ▁Sch en ect ady ▁Railway ▁Company ▁built