Boyd & Van Leeuwens Plat

...and what makes Boyd & Van Leeuwens Plat work is the sheer convenience of it—a 5-acre pocket in Baxter where you're steps from a transit stop, a two-minute walk to groceries and coffee, and somehow also surrounded by 18 parks within a mile. The Wealthy Theatre and Joe Taylor Park are genuinely close by, and downtown Grand Rapids sits about five minutes away by car. Homes here run around $170K on average, with lot sizes hovering just under a tenth of an acre—tight enough that you're living in the thick of things, but with the bones of older neighborhoods: American Foursquares, Craftsman cottages, Queen Annes. The walkability score reflects what you'd expect from proximity to Wealthy Street's locally-owned restaurants and shops—dining options top out at 10/10, and you won't run out of choices. It's the kind of place where you're never far from anything, and that matters if you want urban proximity without the sprawl. Forest Hills Public Schools serves the area.