Neighborhoods in Atlanta

This article is about neighborhoods in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. For cities, neighborhoods, and other districts in Greater Atlanta, see Atlanta metropolitan area.

Note: many unincorporated communities in DeKalb County adjacent to Atlanta, including Brookhaven, Druid Hills CDP, and North Druid Hills, use "Atlanta" in their postal address but are not part of the City of Atlanta. See DeKalb County

Neighborhoods

The City of Atlanta is divided into of 242 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. These "neighborhoods" are a mix of

• traditional neighborhoods
• subdivisions or groups of subdivisions
• housing projects
• core areas such as Downtown and Midtown

The neighborhoods are divisions of 25 neighborhood planning units or NPUs, which are "citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues".^[1]

Districts

The term "district" in Atlanta is generally used for small areas within the official neighborhoods. Downtown and Midtown Atlanta each contain a number of districts. Another example is Little Five Points, which sits on the border of 3 official neighborhoods.

In addition, Atlanta has various other divisions such as business improvement districts, police patrol zones, and in the unique case of Buckhead, a "community". Most of Atlanta north of I-75 and I-85 is part of the "Buckhead Community".

Areas

Although all of Atlanta is officially divided into Neighborhood Planning Units, it is more common in the news media^[2] to refer to the larger areas of the city in one of three ways:

• Downtown, Midtown, and most of the central, east-central, west-central neighborhoods are referred to by their names, as these are well known throughout the Atlanta metro area, and most contain regional "destinations", such as the Zoo in Grant Park, or the shops and restaurants in Virginia Highland (other examples include East Lake, East Atlanta, Ormewood, Bankhead, and Kirkwood, though they are not limited to these).
• Buckhead neighborhoods are referred to collectively as Buckhead – this covers the entire northern fifth of the city (north of I-75 and I-85)
• Other areas are generally referred to as part of either "Northwest", "Southwest", or "Southeast Atlanta". However, "East Atlanta" refers to a small neighborhood with is part of the 'W' group NPU and does not have the same connotation as the other directional descriptors.

Neighborhoods (by area)

The city lies in two counties in Georgia: primarily in Fulton, and partly in DeKalb to the east.
- Numbers to the right of the neighborhood indicate its position on the map above
- "n" is a link to the corresponding neighborhood association
- "h" indicates a link to the homepage of the corresponding historic district (if the neighborhood is one)

Intown Atlanta

Intown Atlanta includes Downtown, Midtown, as well as other older east-central neighborhoods

Downtown

Downtown Atlanta n is a neighborhood that contains the following sub-districts:

• Castleberry Hill n h
• Centennial Hill
• Fairlie-Poplar district h
• Five Points district
• Hotel District h
• Peachtree Center
• SoNo n
• South Downtown

Midtown

Midtown, as defined by the Midtown Alliance,^[3] consists of these neighborhoods:

• The Midtown neighborhood proper which contains the districts:
  • Peachtree Street ("Midtown Mile")^[3]
  • Historic Midtown n h
• Atlantic Station n
• Eastern Home Park
• Georgia Tech and Technology Square
• Loring Heights n
• Sherwood Forest n

West Midtown (also known as Westside)

West Midtown is an unofficial area whose definition varies, and includes:

• Berkeley Park
• Blandtown
• Western Home Park
• Knight Park/Howell Station
• Marietta Street Artery

Sometimes Bolton and Hills Park are also included (see below: Northwestern Atlanta)

East Side

• Ansley Park n
• Atkins Park n
• Cabbagetown n h
• Candler Park
• Druid Hills (partly in City of Atlanta)
• East Atlanta
• East Lake
• Edgewood
• Grant Park n h
• Home Park n
• Inman Park n h
• Kirkwood
• Lake Claire
• Lindridge-Martin Manor n
• Morningside-Lenox Park n
• Oakland
• Old Fourth Ward n
• Ormewood Park n
• Piedmont Heights n
• Poncey-Highland n
• Reynoldstown n
• Summerhill
• Sweet Auburn h
• Virginia-Highland n
• Little Five Points (non-residential district located at the juncture of the Inman Park and Candler Park neighborhoods)

Southeastern Atlanta

• Amal Heights
• Benteen Park
• Betmar LaVilla
• Blair Villa/Poole Creek
• Boulevard Heights
• Browns Mill Park
• Chosewood Park
• Custer/McDonough/Guice
• Englewood Manor (AHA property demolished 2008)
• Glenrose Heights
• High Point
• Joyland
• Lakewood
• Lakewood Heights
• Leila Valley (AHA property demolished 2008)
• Norwood Manor
• Orchard Knob
• Polar Rock
• Rebel Valley Forest
• Rosedale Heights
• South Atlanta
• South River Gardens
• State Facility
• Swallow Circle/Baywood
• The Villages at Carver
• Thomasville Heights (AHA property demolished 2010-11)
• Tuxedo Park
• Woodland Hills

Southwestern Atlanta

Also informally known as Cascade or SWATs

• Adair Park h
• Adams Park
• Adamsville
• Arlington Estates
• Ashley Courts
• Ashview Heights
• Atlanta University Center
• Audubon Forest
• Audubon Forest West
• Baker Hills
• Bakers Ferry
• Beecher Hills
• Ben Hill
• Ben Hill Acres
• Ben Hill Forest
• Ben Hill Pines
• Ben Hill Terrace
• Boulder Park
• Brentwood
• Briar Glen
• Bush Mountain
• Butner/Tell

Campbellton Road Capitol View Capitol View Manor Carroll Heights Cascade Avenue/Road Cascade Green Cascade Heights Chalet Woods Collier Heights Deerwood East Ardley Road Elmco Estates Fairburn Fairburn Heights Fairburn Road/Wisteria Lane Fairburn Tell Fairburn Mays Fairway Acres Florida Heights Fort McPherson Fort Valley Green Acres Valley Green Forest Acres Greenbriar Greenbriar Village

Hammond Park Harland Terrace Harris Chiles Heritage Valley Horseshoe Community Huntington Ivan Hill Just Us Kings Forest Lake Estates Laurens Valley Magnum Manor Mays Meadowbrook Forest Mechanicsville Mellwood Midwest Cascade Mt. Gilead Woods Niskey Cove Niskey Lake Oakcliff Oakland City Old Fairburn Village Old Gordon

Pamond Park Peoplestown Perkerson Peyton Forest Pittsburgh Princeton Lakes Regency Trace Ridgecrest Forest Rue Royal Sandlewood Estates Southwest Sylvan Hills Tampa Park Underwood Hills Venetian Hills West End h West Manor Westhaven Westview Westwood Terrace Wildwood Wildwood Forest Wilson Mill Meadows Wisteria Gardens

Northwestern Atlanta

• Almond Park
• Atlanta Industrial Park
• Bankhead
• Bankhead Courts (AHA property demolished 2010)
• Bankhead/Bolton
• Bolton
• Bolton Hills
• Bowen Apartments
• Brookview Heights
• Carey Park
• Carver Hills
• Center Hill
• Chattahoochee
• Dixie Hills
• English Avenue
• English Park
• Grove Park
• Harvel Homes
• Hills Park
• Hunter Hills
• Knight Park/Howell Station h
• Monroe Heights(45)
• Mozley Park h
• Penelope Neighbors
• Riverside
• Rockdale
• Scotts Crossing
• Vine City
• Washington Park h
• West Highlands (includes Perry Homes)
• West Lake
• Whittier Mill Village

Buckhead

• Ardmore
• Argonne Forest
• Arden/Habersham
• Brookhaven
• Buckhead Forest
• Brandon
• Brookwood
• Brookwood Hills
• Buckhead Forest
• Castlewood
• Channing Valley (also includes Memorial Park)
• Chastain Park
• Collier Hills (also includes Brookwood Hills)
• Colonial Homes
• East Chastain Park
• Garden Hills
• Haynes Manor
• Historic Brookhaven
• Kingswood
• Lindbergh/Morosgo
• Margaret Mitchell
• Mount Paran/Northside
• Mount Paran Parkway
• North Buckhead
• Paces
• Peachtree Heights East
• Peachtree Heights West
• Peachtree Hills
• Peachtree Park
• Pine Hills
• Pleasant Hill
• Randall Mill
• Ridgedale Park
• Springlake
• South Tuxedo Park
• Tuxedo Park
• Underwood Hills
• West Paces Ferry/Northside
• Westminister/Milmar
• West Peachtree Battle (Known as Wesley Battle by city government^[4])
• Whitewater Creek
• Wildwood
• Woodfield
• Wyngate

References

1. ^ "Neighborhood Planning Units", City of Atlanta Online, retrieved June 20, 2010
2. ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/
3. ^ ^{a b} Midtown Alliance
4. ^ http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/npu_system.aspx

External links

• http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/npu_system.aspx
• List of Atlanta Neighborhood Associations