Neighborhoods in Atlanta

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

Neighborhoods

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

• traditional neighborhoods
• subdivisions or groups of subdivisions
• 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 which 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 three counties in Georgia: primarily in Fulton, and partly in DeKalb to the east, and part Clayton south of the county
- 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

The term "intown" is more commonly used to refer to any neighborhoods within the central part of the city.

Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta

Downtown Downtown Atlanta n is a neighborhood that contains the following sub-districts: Castleberry Hill n h Centennial Hill district Fairlie-Poplar district h Five Points district Hotel District h Luckie Marietta district 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 Home Park n Loring Heights n Sherwood Forest n The West Side The West Side, is an agglomeration of neighborhoods west of I-75/85 (frequently referred to as the "Connector") and 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 n Druid Hills (part in Atlanta) East Atlanta East Lake Edgewood Grant Park n h 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

The Little Five Points district is located where Inman Park and Candler Park meet.

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— not to be confused with the former housing project of the same name, located near the neighborhood. (AHA property demolished 2010-11) Woodland Hills

Neighborhoods of Southeast Atlanta

Southwestern Atlanta

Southwest Atlanta

Adair Park h Adams Park Adamsville Arlington Estates Ashley Collegetown (former Harris Chiles) 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 Heritage Valley Horseshoe Community Hunter Hills 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

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

Northwestern Atlanta

Northwest Atlanta

Almond Park Atlanta Industrial Park Bankhead Bankhead Courts (AHA property demolished 2010) 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 Vinings Cumberland, Georgia Washington Park h West Highlands (includes Perry Homes) West Lake Whittier Mill Village

Buckhead

Buckhead

Ardmore Argonne Forest Arden/Habersham Brookhaven Buckhead Forest Brandon Brookwood Brookwood Hills Buckhead Forest Buckhead Village 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 Loring Heights 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. Midtown Alliance
4. http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=404

External links

• City of Atlanta list of neighborhoods and Neighborhood planning unit|NPUs
• List of Atlanta Neighborhood Associations