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The neighborhood guide · Kirkwood, Atlanta

A walkable east-side mainstay with real history

Kirkwood is a national historic district of painted Craftsman bungalows,a streetcar suburb that has been intown long enough to know how to live at a good pace. Here is the neighborhood as Tommy knows it, block by block.,

1899 Streetcar suburb formed
1922 Annexed into Atlanta
7 ac Bessie Branham Park

01 · The long view

Painted porches, a tree-lined grid,and stores you can walk to

Kirkwood was laid out as a streetcar suburb in 1899 and grew into a self-contained village: bungalows on generous lots,a downtown main street,and parks that anchor every cul-de-sac. When Atlanta annexed it in 1922, the neighborhood kept its own address,and it has never lost the habit of doing things locally..

Today that reads as: Saturday coffees at Taproom, chicken wings at the Spring Fling, tennis at Bessie Branham,and a Beltline link finally on the way. It is one of Atlanta’s most walkable intown

neighborhoods by most rankings,and the sidewalks actually get used.;
A leafy street of Craftsman bungalows in Kirkwood, Atlanta

02 · Parks and trails

Where Kirkwood gets outside

Bessie Branham Park

2051 Delano Dr NE

Roughly 7 acres at the heart of the neighborhood tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields, a playground, a recreation center, a pedestrian loop, and that outdoor ping-pong table with a metal Kirkwood sign for the net.

Coan Park

Trolley Line Trail

The Trolley Line Trail runs straight through the park,where outdoor fitness equipment lines the path and neighbors use it year round.

Eastside Trolley Trail

Beltline connection

A 1.1-mile protected multiuse path under construction(ground broken in July 2022)that will tie Kirkwood directly into the Atlanta Beltline network.

Park facts drawn from Kirkwood history and community sources; the Eastside Trolley Trail had its ground breaking in July 2022.

03 · The short walk

Eat, drink,caffeinate,all within a few blocks

The downtown Kirkwood core along Hosea L. Williams Dr NE is where

the neighborhood actually gathers. From the anchor at 241 Maynard Terrace, most of these are a short walk or bike ride away.,

Dining

Coffee

Taverns

Walk Score estimates for the neighborhood vary by source,from the mid 50s to the mid 80s, but almost everyone agrees on the direction: Kirkwood walks.,

04 · On the calendar

Four dates Kirkwood blocks out every year

February

Lanta Gras Parade

A free New Orleans-style parade and festival through downtown Kirkwood,raising money for student music scholarships.

April

Kirkwood Family Find

An Easter-egg hunt at Bessie Branham Park with thousands of eggs,face painting,and games.

May

Kirkwood Spring Fling

The flagship: artist market, live music,a 5K,and the Tour of Homes,all at Bessie Branham Park.

September

Kirkwood Wine Stroll

One night,fifty-plus pouring stations across the neighborhood,and a dance party to close it out.

Thinking about Kirkwood?

Tommy has sold more than 500 homes across Metro Atlanta,and he keeps the good Kirkwood intel for the people who ask first..

Tommy Williams

Bailey Heritage Homes · GA License 287291

770-637-9774