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
City MiddleHigh
- High — 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
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
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 City MiddleHigh (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.