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The Greenville Avenue neighborhood is fairly close to downtown Providence.
A suburban New England community
Greenville Avenue has rolling hills, a vast community park and several places to eat, drink and shop. Situated in the northeast corner of Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 6, this Johnston neighborhood offers several ways for neighbors to stay active and enjoy a peaceful way of life. “There’s a little bit of a country feel there, but it’s near amenities, with access to all utilities and easy access to shopping and highways,” says Gregory Coupe, principal broker at Long Realty Inc. in Chepachet.
Cape Cod style homes in Greenville Avenue are often updated with attractive additions.
A classic Rhode Island town
Greenville Avenue is full of lush, suburban streetscapes, where houses have half-acre lots, stone walls and basketball hoops in their driveways. Traditional mid-20th-century New England architecture features prominently here; Cape Cods, colonials and raised ranch-style houses sit on hilly suburban streets. A few Victorian-style homes with turrets sit throughout the neighborhood. The average home value is $423,753.
Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School serves students in grades 6-8 in the Johnston area.
Education in Greenville Avenue
Kids in Greenville Avenue can attend school through the Johnston Public School District. The school system has two preschools, four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Children in the neighborhood can attend Sarah Dyer Barnes Elementary School and then move on to Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School and Johnston Senior High School. All three schools have B-minus ratings from Niche. The high school offers educational pathways and academies to its students, including a two- to three-year finance academy, a music academy and a law, public safety and government academy in partnership with Roger Williams University. The pathways give students the opportunity to pick an educational track that aligns with their career goals.
Johnston Memorial Park offers an inviting pond just off busy Hartford Avenue.
Exercise and activity in the Ocean State
Greenville Avenue is at the epicenter of Johnston recreation. In the middle of the neighborhood is Johnston Memorial Park, a vast green space with a woodsy paved pathway around a pond. On the weekends, kids play baseball on Kennedy Field and scale the park’s playground. “You walk your dog there if you want. It’s a small park for Johnston residents. Anyone can go, but it’s mostly Johnston residents,” Coupe says. Basketball, volleyball and gymnastics happen at the Johnston Indoor Recreation Center, which holds open gym for Johnston residents on Saturdays.
The Lighthouse Restaurant is a busy breakfast spot just off Hartford Avenue.
Hungry on Hartford Avenue
Neighbors can head to Hartford Avenue when they need to go shopping. Grocery stores like Market Basket and Price Rite Marketplace sit along this major Johnston thoroughfare. Big-box stores like Ocean State Job Lot and supermarkets like Stop & Shop are all situated along this road, as is R.I. Homemade Donuts. R.I. Homemade Donuts creates sweet treats like glazed doughnuts, cream-filled pastries and bear claws. Underneath a nondescript awning at Town & Country Plaza is the Lighthouse Restaurant, a breakfast and lunch eatery serving eggs benedict and banana pancakes. Guests eat in a cozy dining room with wooden tables and a bubbling fish tank.
Atwood and Hartford Avenue have common bus routes.
Greenville Avenue and the interstate
Greenville Avenue includes parts of I-295 and U.S. Route 6. I-295 runs northeast and merges with Interstate 95 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, and Route 6 goes east into Providence and west until it merges with Interstate 384 east of Hartford, Connecticut.
Marian J Mohr Memorial Library has beautiful natural light for learning.
Clubs at Mohr Memorial Library
Non-athletes will appreciate the Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library, which offers clubs for knitting and crocheting and activities like story time for young children.
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On average, homes in Greenville Avenue, Johnston sell after 15 days on the market compared to the national average of 52 days. The median sale price for homes in Greenville Avenue, Johnston over the last 12 months is $449,900, up 3% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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