Campau Plat

This sliver of Downtown sits within a block or two of Monroe, Ottawa, and Ferry—streets that form the spine of Grand Rapids' core—surrounded by restaurants that number in the hundreds within a mile and breweries that have made this city famous enough to win "Beer City USA" twice over. The Louis Campau Promenade is a two-minute walk, transit stops are steps away, and a coffee shop is never more than a few minutes on foot; dining here scores a perfect 10 on walkability metrics, which makes sense given the density. You're roughly 22 minutes from Gerald R. Ford Airport and less than two minutes from downtown proper, though the distinction barely matters—you're already there. At one acre, this amended plat carved out of the original Village of Grand Rapids is small enough to feel like an address rather than a neighborhood, but large enough to matter, and Grand Rapids Public Schools serves the area.