Neighborhoods in Atlanta
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
- 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
![Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Neighborhoods_of_Intown_Atlanta.jpg/600px-Neighborhoods_of_Intown_Atlanta.jpg)
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:
- 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:
Sometimes Bolton and Hills Park are also included (see below: Northwestern Atlanta)
East Side
![Neighborhoods of Eastern Atlanta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Neighborhoods_of_Eastern_Atlanta.jpg/250px-Neighborhoods_of_Eastern_Atlanta.jpg)
- 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
![Neighborhoods of Southeast Atlanta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neighborhoods_of_Southeast_Atlanta.jpg/350px-Neighborhoods_of_Southeast_Atlanta.jpg)
- 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
![Neighborhoods of Southwest Atlanta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Neighborhoods_of_Southwest_Atlanta.jpg/600px-Neighborhoods_of_Southwest_Atlanta.jpg)
- 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
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Northwestern Atlanta
![Neighborhoods of Northwest Atlanta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Neighborhoods_of_Northwest_Atlanta.jpg/600px-Neighborhoods_of_Northwest_Atlanta.jpg)
- 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
![Neighborhoods of Buckhead](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Neighborhoods_of_Buckhead.jpg/600px-Neighborhoods_of_Buckhead.jpg)
- 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
- ^ "Neighborhood Planning Units", City of Atlanta Online, retrieved June 20, 2010
- ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/
- ^ a b Midtown Alliance
- ^ http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/npu_system.aspx
External links
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