Smith & Van Allens Add.

People often think West Grand is all working-class grit and distance from downtown, then they land in Smith & Van Allens Add. and realize they're a five-minute drive from the heart of the city, with a coffee shop steps away and a restaurant practically next door—pick from 330 within a mile. The subdivision itself sits on 30 acres of tight, walkable lots (median home value around $239K), the kind of place where you can grab groceries in six minutes on foot or catch a transit stop without leaving the block. Canal Street Park is a seven-minute walk, and if you need to spread out, fifteen parks cluster within a mile. The real pull isn't the proximity to downtown or the Forest Hills Public Schools in the district—it's that you get actual neighborhood density without the noise, restaurants that aren't chains, and a drive to Gerald R. Ford airport that's under 25 minutes when you need it.