Guide to Northeast Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon

For in-depth information about the below Northeast neighborhoods, just click on them

Alameda - Beaumont-Wilshire - Concordia - Grant Park - Hollywood - Irvington - Laurelhurst

The Gustav E. Freiwald House is listed on The National Register of Historic Places. An Irvington landmark.

If you're looking for urban living, historic homes, tree-lined streets, city parks, and street shopping instead of malls, you'll want to consider Northeast Portland.

Originally one of Portland's streetcar suburbs, Northeast Portland underwent a great building boom from 1890-1913. During that time, Northeast Broadway, one of the district's main thoroughfares, evolved naturally into a busy strip of restaurants and shops needed to support Portland's growing eastside population.

Although modern automobile travel and convenient MAX light rail service render many of the Northeast neighborhoods a quick 7-10 -minute jaunt to Portland's downtown core, Northeast Portland seems charmingly detached from the bustle of the city center.

The seeds of gentrification were planted during World War II, when African Americans from the South flowed into Portland to take jobs in the shipyards. Portland officials and community members, from real estate agents to bankers, pushed the black community into a small area called Lower Albina, near the present-day Rose Quarter, through redlining and other now-illegal practices. White Portlanders fled, and the city began a long pattern of disinvestment. Street and sidewalk repairs were neglected, and the city did little to develop businesses or enforce housing codes, said Gibson, the PSU planner, who wrote a study in 2007 called Bleeding Albina: A History of Community Disinvestment, 1940-2000.

Download a map of Northeast Portland. Shopping guide/map of Northeast Portland by clicking here.

Farmers Markets

Hollywood Farmers Market Northeast Hancock Street between 44th and 45th avenues. Saturdays mornings, May-November. More information at hollywoodfarmersmarket.org.
King Neighborhood Farmers Market Northeast 7th Avenue and Wygant Street. Late morning to early afternoon on Sundays, May-October. More information at portlandfarmersmarket.org.
Lloyd Farmers Market Oregon Square at Northeast Holladay Street between 7th and 9th avenues. Tuesdays, June-September. More information at lloydfarmersmkt.net.

Portland Monthly Magazine Neighborhood Guide

The Portland Monthly magazine features neighborhoods in their April issue every year. It has a ton of information about neighborhoods and communities to include their pick of the "best" for the year.

To help those in the housing market, the magazine combines data from Portland neighborhoods and suburban communities online. Include in the document are housing prices, school ratings, demographics, crime statistics, parks, commuting information, and services. Click here to access the guide.

Walking in Northeast Portland

Walk Score helps you find a walkable place to live. Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of any address. Portland is the 12th most walkable city in the U.S. We have created a Walk Score for each of the neighborhood profiles below. Please note that we use an address in the center of each neighborhood to determine the Walk Score. Scores will vary in a neighborhood depending upon the address.

Below you will find five walking tours in the Northeast neighborhoods:

Ainsworth & NE Parks Loop Begin at Fernhill Park, NE 42nd & Simpson for this 3-mile, 6,000 step walk.
Alameda Ridge & Stairs Begin at NE 50th & Sandy for this 3.75 miles, 8,000 steps walk with some great views.
Hollywood to Rose City Golf Course Begin at NE 45th & Hancock for this 3.2 miles, 6400 steps walk.
Irvington Homes & Trees Begin at NE 15th & Broadway for this 2.6 miles, 5,000 steps walk and discover some of northeast's Heritage trees.
Three Parks Walk Begin at Knott Street Park, NE 112th & Russell for this 2.25 miles, 4,500 steps walk through Knott Street, John Luby and Merrifield Parks.

Transit Score provides a 0-100 rating indicating how well an address is served by public transportation. Ratings range from "Rider's Paradises" to areas with limited or no nearby public transportation.

In 2009, the non-profit Transportation for America named the Portland-Vancouver area as the ninth-safest metro area for pedestrians.

Search for Homes in Northeast Portland

To search for homes in Northeast Portland, go to Search Northeast Portland. You can use over 100 search parameters and then select a specific area off a community map by drawing a box around that area. Alternatively, you can just specify the criteria and obtain all the current listings in Northeast Portland.

Detailed Profiles of Northeast Neighborhoods

Here are six neighborhoods in Northeast Portland that have details profiles. The profiles include housing costs, crime stats, history, etc.