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A convenient lifestyle on the eastern edge of Atlanta
The saying goes, “The sun rises first in Atlanta in East Lake.” It is the furthest east neighborhood in the city, and in the 1890s, Atlantans would take the streetcar to East Lake for vacations every summer. In the coming decades, the city’s first golf course opened in the neighborhood, and houses and businesses sprung up over the following century. Local activists and developers founded The East Lake Foundation in the 1990s, which today has created a modern neighborhood with highly rated schools, maintained parks and small businesses. “East Lake is an amazing neighborhood because of its proximity to great neighborhood eateries, local grocery stores, diversity of people and home styles,” says Torrence Ford, a former East Lake resident and a Realtor with RE/MAX Premier. “Within a four-minute drive, everything is at your fingertips.”
Residents enjoy a round of golf at East Lake Golf Club
The Meadow Nook home in East Lake survived the Civil War, when many Atlanta homes were torched.
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East Lake golf course estates and bungalows
The most in-demand homes in East Lake are 20th century bungalows and stately Colonial Revival and Cape Cod-style properties. “We’re lucky enough that this is one last single-family areas in the city,” says Adrianna Angelone, a broker with EAH Brokerage with over 20 years of real estate experience. “People love the neighborhood because it has really cool bungalows and you’re still able to get a good size family home.” Midcentury cottages range from $300,000 to $600,000, while homes over 2,000 square feet are $500,000 to $800,000. The area has also some newly built townhouses, which typically cost from $150,000 to $350,000. Units in gated communities are listed for $500,000 to $600,000. Custom residences around East Lake Golf Club often sell for $1 million to $1.5 million. Some of these homes neighbor Meadow Nook, an 1856 mansion that is the second-oldest house in Atlanta. East Lake has a 3 out of 10 CAP Index Crime Score, below the national average score of 4.
Many homes in East Lake have large porches on Alston Dr.
Serene vistas populate Memorial Ave in East Lake
A Tudor-style home stands on Alston Drive, north of East Lake Golf Club.
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Teeing off at East Lake Golf Club and Charlie Yates Golf Course
The East Lake Golf Club on Alston Drive Southeast is Atlanta’s oldest golf course. It has been open since 1908 and is where golf legend Bobby Jones reportedly learned to play. The private 18-hole course hosts the annual PGA TOUR Championship every summer, bringing in hundreds of visitors. A membership is required to play at East Lake, but right across 2nd Avenue, Charlie Yates Golf Course is a public alternative. Parks surround East Lake Golf Club, like East Lake Park on Alston Drive and Barker Bryant Memorial Park on McAfee Road, which is built around a tree-lined fishing pond. The 82-acre DeKalb Memorial Park on Wilkinson Drive runs has baseball fields, tennis courts and a disc golf course next to Charlie Yates. Houses of worship, including Mt. Welcome Baptist Church on Parker Avenue and Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam on Fayetteville Road, also surround the southern side of the East Lake.
East Lake Golf Club's course and clubhouse has been open since 1908.
East Lake residents love to golf at Charlie Yates Golf Course
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Locals start the morning with My Coffee Shop
The intersection of 2nd Avenue and Hosea L. Williams Drive has restaurants, cafes and a community garden in one place. Mix’D Up Burgers serves up beef, lamb and black bean burgers, Poor Hendrix pours seasonal cocktails and PERC Coffee brews drinks with made-in-house java blends. The East Lake Community Garden is right next to Mix’D Up on 2nd Avenue. A block away, My Coffee Shop at Eastlake on Memorial Drive serves classic Southern-style breakfast, lunch and hot coffee. There is a Publix on Glenwood Avenue Southeast, next to East Lake Golf Club, and malls like Edgewood Retail District on Caroline Street are within 4 miles.
Grab a quick cup of coffee at Perc in East Lake.
Local residents frequent the many restaurants found around East Lake.
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Top-ranked Drew Charter School
Kids may attend Burgess-Peterson Academy, an elementary school through Atlanta Public Schools with a B-plus Niche grade, and C-plus-rated King Middle School. B-rated Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School offers sports programs that include diving, riflery and girls’ flag football. Drew Charter School, which is built against the Charles Yates Golf Course, is the most in-demand local school. The school covers preschool through high school and gets an A-minus grade from Niche for its college prep curriculum and athletics program, which include golf lessons through the local courses. East Lake is only 2 miles from Agnes Scott College, a historic women’s college that is one of the Seven Sisters of the South.
Drew Charter School in East Lake gets an A from Niche.
The stunning Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School sits in Grant Park.
Maynard Jackson High School has a capacity for 1500 students.
Burgess Peterson Academy serves 493 students.
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MARTA train stops at East Lake station
From East Lake, drivers can take I-20 directly to downtown Atlanta, 6 miles away. Downtown has the city’s largest attractions, shopping centers and major employers like Emory University Hospital on Peachtree Street, which U.S. News and World Report named the best hospital in Georgia in 2024. Locals can also merge onto I-285 to drive the 15 miles to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the south side of the city. The MARTA public rail line makes a stop at the East Lake station on College Avenue and there are MARTA bus stops on major roads like Glenwood Avenue, Candler Road and Memorial Drive.
East Lake sits southeast of downtown Atlanta making it easy to commute to the city.
East Lake is a walkable neighborhood with lots of family activities.
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East Lake Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in East Lake, Atlanta sell after 41 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in East Lake, Atlanta over the last 12 months is $515,000, down 7% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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