Subdivision

J.F. Chubbs Add.

Walkable and connected

Walkability 7.0/10·Schools 4.6/10

🏙️2 mito Downtown GR
🏞️28 mito Lake Michigan

You wake up here and downtown Grand Rapids is a 5-minute drive away—close enough that you're not choosing between neighborhood life and city access, you're getting both. Canal Street Park sits a short walk out your door, and within a mile you've got nine parks total, plus 174 restaurants ranging from taquerias to brewpubs to neighborhood spots that have been here since the furniture era. Groceries are a 7-minute walk, coffee is 10 minutes on foot, and the nearest transit stop is practically your front porch—the kind of setup that means a car is useful, not mandatory. Homes here run around the mid-$200s, which in a 5-acre subdivision this close to downtown reads like you're not overpaying for proximity. Forest Hills Public Schools serves the area, and if you need to get out on the water, Comstock Riverside Park Launch is just over a mile away. It's the texture of West Grand itself—affordable, walkable to actual things, close enough to the city that you're not isolated—compressed into one small, well-placed addition.

Why people love it here

Walkability

7.0

Good

Overall walkability score out of 10

🛒Daily Errands
7.4
🍽️Dining
7.6
🌳Nature
2.7
🚌Transit
10.0
💪Fitness
6.5

Based on actual walk/bike/drive times to nearby amenities via Mapbox

🌲Nature & Outdoors

Park-rich area

  • 45 parks within 1 mile
  • Unnamed bike_path: 2 min walk
  • West Grand Trail: 2 min walk
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Flood Risk

None

Not in flood zone

Nearest Park

Canal Street Park

0.3 mi

Parks Nearby

45

within 1 mile

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Frequently asked about J.F. Chubbs Add.

What schools serve J.F. Chubbs Add.?
J.F. Chubbs Add. is served by NexTech High School. Its highest-rated assigned school is Center for Economicology (8/10).
Is J.F. Chubbs Add. walkable?
J.F. Chubbs Add. scores 7.0/10 for walkability — a measure of walking, biking, and driving access to groceries, dining, parks, schools, and transit.

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Data sources: schools · Updated 6/21/2026