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Historic charm and new urban convenience
Just a 10-minute drive from downtown Richmond, Brookland Park is a charming, historic enclave on the north side of the city. Originally developed in the early 1900s as a streetcar suburb, many of the homes lining these neat, grid-patterned streets are close to celebrating their 100th birthday, if they haven’t already. But the neighborhood doesn’t feel dated. “Up-and-coming is the right word for it,” says Real Broker Realtor Kacie Jenkins, a Richmonder born in Northside. “There’s a lot of character in these homes, which has been maintained even as they’ve been updated. But what’s really cool about this neighborhood is that the restaurant scene is growing. Tons of new restaurants have popped up along East Brookland Park Avenue as the residential section has been revitalized, and it’s brought an even cooler vibe to an already cool part of the city,” she says.
Ruby Scoops is a popular eclectic ice cream shop in Brookland Park.
Battery Park is only a short drive from the Brookland Park neighborhood.
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Turn of the 20th century homes
Updated 1920s American Foursquare and Colonial Revival-style homes in Brookland Park can sell for more than $450,000, but prices here start around $300,000. “This whole part of the city is very historic, but there are some new builds and even those are done in the same style, so you’ll see newer houses that look just like the ones that have been here for a hundred years,” says Jenkins. “The three biggest builders that work in and around here either grew up in Richmond or live in the area now, so they’re very much interested in maintaining the character of the neighborhood,” she says.
Rows of colorful homes line the streets of Brookland Park.
Dutch Colonial is just one of the many architectural styles that add character to Brookland Park.
Many homes in Brookland Park feature quaint front porches for residents to enjoy.
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Richmond Public Schools
Neighborhood kids are served by schools in the Richmond Public Schools system. Many go to Mary Scott Preschool and Barack Obama Elementary between preschool and fifth grade, Henderson Middle between sixth and eighth grade and John Marshall High School between ninth and 12th. The elementary and middle school both earned C-minus grades from Niche in 2023. That same year, John Marshall High earned a C. The high school, which is known today as “the joy and pride of Northside,” has served young scholars in Richmond since 1909.
Barack Obama Elementary in Brookland Park, VA has a student-teacher ratio of 12:1.
Henderson Elementary in Brookland Park, VA is a vibrant neighborhood school committed to nurturing academic excellence and community pride.
John Marshall High School in Brookland Park, VA is a historic public high school known for its strong community ties, and proud tradition of excellence since its founding in 1909.
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Close to northside community parks
Battery Park sits between Hawthorne and Montrose Avenues within a mile and a half of most homes. The park offers everything from basketball courts and horseshoe pits to two classic playgrounds. There’s even a community center with a computer lab and a swimming pool. But the park is best known for its tennis courts. They’re the very same courts on which Arthur Ashe, a famous Richmond tennis player known for being the only Black man ever to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open, played as a kid. In 2017, the city added a colorful mural to the park in Ashe’s memory. Off East Brookland Park Boulevard, less than a mile southeast of most homes, Hotchkiss Park offers even more opportunities for indoor and outdoor recreation. The Hotchkiss Field Community Center has program rooms and a computer lab, as well as a gymnasium. Around the center, there are also baseball fields, basketball and tennis courts, a swimming pool and a neighborhood playground.
Residents delight in playing tennis on the historic Battery Park courts, once graced by Arthur Ashe.
Brookland Park residents work up a sweat in a lively game of pickleball at Hotchkiss Field Community Center.
Hotchkiss Park near Brookland Park has a well-kept baseball field.
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Local eateries, nearby shopping
Brookland Park Boulevard, a main thoroughfare that runs from west to east along the neighborhood’s southern edge, is lined with tons of dining and entertainment options. Among them are Fuzzy Cactus, a “rock ‘n’ roll bar” with a hipster vibe; Harlym Blue’Z, a restaurant and nightclub; and The Smoky Mug, which serves a combination of craft coffee, authentic barbecue and Tex-Mex dishes. “These places have popped up just recently,” says Jenkins. “The influx of restaurants along Brookland Park Boulevard has followed the influx of revitalization in the residential section, which has been a really cool transformation to watch,” she says. For groceries, locals can head to the Food Lion less than 10 minutes away, off Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Harlym Blue'Z is a bar located in Brookland Park that features frequent live musical acts.
Fuzzy Cactus is a popular bar located on the edge of the Brookland Park neighborhood.
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Heading here and there
Richmond’s Main Street Station, a working Amtrak train station, is less than a 15-minute drive south to Shockoe Bottom. The Richmond International Airport is not much farther. Via Interstate-64, the 11-mile drive takes about 20 minutes, depending on traffic. Getting around locally is easy even without a car, with stops on the Greater Richmond Transit Company’s bus line close at hand along Brookland Park Avenue. And sidewalks throughout Brookland Park make the neighborhood itself easily accessible by foot.
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Brookland Park Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Brookland Park, Richmond sell after 22 days on the market compared to the national average of 56 days. The median sale price for homes in Brookland Park, Richmond over the last 12 months is $412,500, down 6% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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