Bicycle Factory Condominium
Walkable and connected
Walkability 6.8/10·Schools 4.2/10
The Bicycle Factory sits on a block where Fulton Street hums with the everyday rhythm of John Ball Park—coffee shops, bakeries, and dive bars that have settled into their routines over decades. It's the kind of corner where you're three minutes from downtown Grand Rapids but surrounded by 24 parks within a mile, where the zoo's presence is felt less as a tourist draw and more as a fact of the landscape. The condo itself is compact, urban, walkable in the ways that matter: a coffee shop or restaurant a five-minute walk away, transit steps from your door, the dog park twelve minutes on foot. Homes here run in the mid-$200s to low $300s. The neighborhood grades high on dining (8/10) and transit (10/10)—you can live here without a car and do just fine, though you'll have one anyway for the 22-minute drive to Gerald R. Ford Airport or those 3.4 minutes downtown when you need the density. This is the west side of Grand Rapids, which means you get both the walkable core and the breathing room: a gypsum-mine-anchored golf course nearby, boat launches at Butterworth Park less than a mile away, and enough green space woven through the neighborhood that you don't feel hemmed in by your own address.
Why people love it here
Very walkable
- Butterworth/Front (EB): 1 min walk
- 20 places within a 10 min walk
Center for Economicology
- Middle — 2.5 mi away
- Grand Rapids
- 9 rated schools in district
Park-rich area
- 120 parks within 1 mile
- Baw-Wa-Ting Park: 8 min walk
- Unnamed park: 8 min walk
Walkability
Good
Overall walkability score out of 10
Based on actual walk/bike/drive times to nearby amenities via Mapbox
A & B Grocery
Rika’s Chicken & More LLC
+1 more
Seidman Cafe
+1 more
Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
+1 more
Baw-Wa-Ting Park
+1 more
Unnamed playground
Battjes Lake
+1 more
Millennium Park Beach
Grand Rapids Riverwalk West
Downtown Westside Dog Park
+1 more
Oxford Street Trail
Butterworth Park Launch
Planet Fitness
+1 more
Butterworth/Front (EB)
+1 more
Walker Street Pharmacy
+1 more
West Side Library
+1 more
daycare
Celebration Cinema Studio Park
Based on 33 rated schools nearby
Range: 1/10 to 8/10
School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools
Flood Risk
None
Not in flood zone
Nearest Park
Downtown Dog Park
0.3 mi
Parks Nearby
120
within 1 mile
Crime in Bicycle Factory Condominium is reported at the city level, not the neighborhood level. The FBI doesn't publish reliable crime rates for individual neighborhoods, and within any community crime varies street to street. For an accurate, comparable picture, see the jurisdiction-wide figures for Kent County.
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Solar potential
~$885/yr in electricity from a typical rooftop solar system
Produces ~6,458 kWh/yr · offsets ~62% of a typical home's use
City of Grand Rapids Water System
Regional water provider serving ~280,000 across Kent and Ottawa counties.
City of Grand Rapids Environmental Services (Water Resource Recovery Facility)
WRRF treats ~40 MGD of wastewater.
City of Grand Rapids Refuse & Recycling
City-run refuse/recycling cart program for residents.
Consumers Energy Co · ~13.7¢/kWh
Investor-owned utility serving the region.
Confirm by addressDTE Energy
DTE Gas serves much of Grand Rapids natural gas; verify by address.
Confirm by addressServices for Grand Rapids · Source: grandrapidsmi.gov
Utility, solar, and service details for Bicycle Factory Condominium are compiled from public records, municipal sites, and NREL / U.S. data.gov, and can change. Electric/gas can vary by address — confirm with the provider before relying on them.
🛒 Grocery(30)
A & B Grocery
Grocery Store
Boardwalk Subs
Grocery Store
919 Party Store
Grocery Store
+27 more within 5 miles
🍕 Restaurants(11)
Rika’s Chicken & More LLC
Restaurant
Adobe Mexican Kitchen
Restaurant
Restaurant
Vito's Pizza
Restaurant
Tabusa
Restaurant
+6 more within 5 miles
☕ Coffee(14)
+11 more within 5 miles
🍺 Bars(15)
Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill
Bar
Founders Brewing Co
Bar
Fulton Street Pub & Grill
Bar
+12 more within 5 miles
🏫 Schools(29)
Lexington
Lexington School
Maplewood School
Southwest Elementary School
School
Saint Joseph School
+24 more within 5 miles
💪 Gyms(9)
Fitness Center
8th Day Gym
Fitness Center
Communitea Wellness
Fitness Center
+6 more within 5 miles
🐕 Dog Parks(8)
Downtown Westside Dog Park
Dog Park
Wyoming Dog Park Dog Park
Dog Park
Dog Park in Kragt Plat Area
Dog Park
+5 more within 5 miles
🚴 Trails(4)
Oxford Street Trail
Bike Path
Grandville Trail
Bike Path
Unnamed bike_path
Bike Path
+1 more within 5 miles
⛵ Boat Launches(3)
Boat Launch
Boat Launch
Boat Launch
🚌 Transit(28)
Transit Stop
Transit Stop
Transit Stop
+25 more within 5 miles
💊 Pharmacies(12)
+9 more within 5 miles
👶 Childcare(1)
Children's Choice Learning Center at Spectrum Health Child Development Center
Childcare Center
📚 Libraries(11)
+8 more within 5 miles
⚡ EV Charging(4)
Unnamed ev_charging
EV Charging
Unnamed ev_charging
EV Charging
EV Charging
Frequently asked about Bicycle Factory Condominium
- What schools serve Bicycle Factory Condominium?
- Bicycle Factory Condominium is served by Grand Rapids Public Schools. Its highest-rated assigned school is Center for Economicology (8/10).
- Is Bicycle Factory Condominium walkable?
- Bicycle Factory Condominium scores 6.8/10 for walkability — a measure of walking, biking, and driving access to groceries, dining, parks, schools, and transit.