High View Park
Suburban Neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
Arlington County 22205, 22207

Midcentury homes beside newly built Craftsmans
Home values in High View Park range from $750,000 to north of $1.9 million, varying by age and square footage. The neighborhood’s housing stock is made up of many post-World War II styles and builds, with brick townhouses, Cape Cods, ramblers and colonials sitting beside newer, custom-built Craftsman homes. The smaller midcentury homes and townhouses tend to run between $750,000 and $900,000, while newer and larger properties can reach closer to $2 million for around 5,000 square feet with four to six bedrooms. Some of the older homes tend to get remodeled or torn down. Although Woldu is one of many residents who has lived in High View Park for decades and raised her children there, she says there are “new homes and fresh faces moving into the area.”Folks exercise at Langston Community Center
The neighborhood’s namesake green space, High View Park, is 3 acres and features a playground, amphitheater, baseball field and basketball courts. Langston Brown Community Center is within High View Park for recreation and was once Langston Elementary School, the only option available to Black students before desegregation. Today residents work out at the gym, take dance classes or play basketball on the indoor court. There’s also a full calendar of events for residents 55 and over and a teen lounge. The smaller Langston Brown Park has a playground and outdoor tennis and basketball courts, where the walls are decorated with colorful murals dedicated to the city’s history. Just outside the neighborhood to the east is Slater Park, with a shady tree canopy and small walking paths leading to a playground.Arlington Public Schools get all A's
High View Park students attend Arlington Public Schools, ranked by Niche as No. 2 among the Best School Districts in Virginia. Students can attend Glebe Elementary and Swanson Middle School, both with overall A-ratings on Niche. Yorktown High is rated an A-plus and is ranked the No. 1 Best Public High School in Arlington County and one of the county's Best High Schools for STEM. Yorktown students can enroll in Technology Education courses to do internships and obtain industry certifications before graduation. The Langston High School Continuation Program, located at the Langston Community Center, offers flexibility in how students 16 years or older can earn their high school diplomas.Holiday events bring neighbors closer
Residents often organize events for holidays to help neighbors bond. “We have the Turkey Bowl, a tackle football game each year on Thanksgiving, [usually] oldheads versus newheads. The community comes out to watch, [and there’s] grilling and kids activities,” says Woldu. She also mentions that locals have celebrated Juneteenth for the last few years as well. Juneteenth festivities include a raffle, food vendors, barbecues and live music near High View Park’s playground, while kids can play in a bounce castle or do face painting. Events are usually sponsored by the Hall’s Hill/High View Park Historic Preservation Coalition. The neighborhood’s main house of worship is Mount Salvation Baptist Church, which has held services and organized charity drives for the community since it opened its doors in 1887. The church hosted a walk-a-thon called “Footsteps for Christ” in the mid-2000s to raise money for homeless shelters in the Arlington-Falls Church area.D.C. in 7 miles, or take a bus along Langston Boulevard
Most residents drive to get around Arlington and can reach larger malls like Ballston Quarter in less than 2 miles. Commutes to major employers in downtown D.C. take 7 miles on Interstate 66, about 25 to 40 minutes depending on traffic. Several WMATA and ART buses stop along Langston. The Ballston – MU metro station is the closest one to High View Park, less than 2 miles south. The Virginia Hospital Center in the southwest corner of High View Park offers convenience for those who need treatment and care.Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe has served sweets since the 1970s
Folks head down Langston Boulevard to shop and dine. This main city street is lined with local businesses on either side. Harris Teeter anchors the Lee Harrison Shopping Center to the west, just across North Harrison Street from Safeway. Ruffino’s Spaghetti House has served steaks, pasta and veal parmesan entrees since 1975. Cowboy Café is an established local dive serving drinks and pub grub, with outdoor patio seating in the back. Heidelburg Pastry Shoppe, less than a mile away from High View Park along Langston, has served traditional German bread and treats for almost 50 years. Locals love the chocolate eclairs and black forest cake.High View Park's community legacy
Hall’s Hill was physically segregated from other neighborhoods around the 1920s, as White residents put up cinderblock walls at the borders of their homes. Back then, the only two ways out of the neighborhood were North Dinwiddie Street and North Edison Street, which both led to what is now Langston Boulevard. In 1959, Stratford Junior High School, now Dorothy Hamm Middle School, was the first school in Virginia to be desegregated. Four African American students from Hall’s Hill were escorted to class by 100 police officers. Black residents were allowed to shop at the small retail corner at Langston Boulevard and North Glebe Road but were barred from shopping in most other areas of the city. What is now a local CVS on Langston Boulevard was once Peoples Drug Store, where African Americans could pick up prescriptions but were not allowed to eat at the lunch counter. A sit-in protest was staged at Peoples Drug Store in 1960, making headlines all over the region. Today, there are historical plaques and walking tours through High View Park, and segments of the original Hall’s Hill wall stand at the south end of the neighborhood as a reminder of the city’s segregated past. This legacy of resistance has only strengthened the community today, as many residents here have been around for generations.


Agents Specializing in this Area
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Monica Sharma
Wormald Realty, LLC.
(240) 433-5710
55 Total Sales
1 in High View Park
$1,435,829 Price
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Robert Nelson Jr.
Responds QuicklyKeller Williams Realty
(202) 875-6137
43 Total Sales
1 in High View Park
$1,275,000 Price
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Kelsey McShane
Responds QuicklyCompass
(656) 216-2460
33 Total Sales
1 in High View Park
$865,000 Price
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David Cabo
Responds QuicklyKeller Williams Realty
(202) 883-3161
126 Total Sales
1 in High View Park
$1,307,500 Price
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Lisa McCaskill
Responds QuicklyWeichert, REALTORS
(202) 875-7880
85 Total Sales
1 in High View Park
$2,250,000 Price
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Elizabeth Twigg
Responds QuicklyCorcoran McEnearney
(202) 902-9114
210 Total Sales
2 in High View Park
$1.6M - $1.9M Price Range
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1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime | High View Park | US |
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Homicide | 2 | 4 |
Sexual Assault | 1 | 4 |
Assault with Weapon | 1 | 4 |
Robbery | 3 | 4 |
Burglary | 3 | 4 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 4 |
Larceny | 3 | 4 |
Crime Score | 3 | 4 |
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High View Park Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in High View Park, Arlington sell after 11 days on the market compared to the national average of 50 days. The median sale price for homes in High View Park, Arlington over the last 12 months is $885,000, down 21% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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