Nageles 2nd Add.

Late afternoon light hits this tiny subdivision just right, turning the brick and modest wood-frame homes warm against the tree-lined streets. Nageles 2nd Add. occupies just an acre in Southwest, a riverside corner of Grand Rapids where the Grand River runs close enough to matter and downtown is a quick 4.6-minute drive away. The neighborhood bristles with options: fifty-four restaurants within a mile, eleven parks scattered nearby (Campau Park is a four-minute walk), and a transit stop three minutes on foot—which helps when you're weighing a coffee run against a boat launch over at Butterworth Park, about a mile south. Students heading to Covenant House Academy have a straightforward commute, and the Gerald R. Ford airport sits a manageable 23.5 minutes away, which is the kind of detail that matters when you're considering staying put.