Hosford-Abernethy
A Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
Hosford-Abernethy
The culinary delights of Division street permeate this neighborhood with a coveted space in any food lover’s heart.
This neighborhood is also sometimes called the Division-Clinton neighborhood due its commercial corridor on those two streets and is considered a neighborhood within a neighborhood.
Frequently Instagrammed, you’ll find that Division Street has transformed over the last decade to house a number of hip shops, wine bars, and favorite Portland eateries. Continue up Division to the Richmond neighborhood when you get to 29th and the feast continues. Home to the Clinton Street Theater famed for showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday night since 1978.
Bordering the Willamette you have easy access to downtown via the Ross-Island Bridge (cars only) or the Hawthorne Bridge (cars, bikes, or by foot), or Portland’s newest bridge Tilikum Crossing (Bridge of the People. Residents also have two light rail stops on the new Orange line that makes mass transport a breeze or hop on to the Eastbank Esplanade path and tootle around the city on this lovely path right next to the river.
FUN FACT
Discover the maze-like borough of streets called Ladd’s Addition, laid out in an X-shaped street pattern built around five rose gardens. This a fun pocket to get lost in and get a peek at Portland’s earliest development plans for housing. It is Portland's oldest planned residential development, and one of the oldest in the western United States.
BORDERING NEIGHBORHOODS + LANDMARKS
A Visual Vibe
Neighborhood Details
GETTING AROUND
Walk score 91
Minutes to downtown by car 10
Number of transit lines max/streetcar/tram lines 14
Miles of bike routes (lanes, blvd, multi-use paths) 9
Miles of bike routes (all) per square mile 6.9
SCHOOLS
Elementary: Opal Charter, Winterhaven K-8, Abernathy, Richmond, Emerson
Middle: Hosford, Da Vinci, MLC K-12
High School: Cleveland, Benson, Alliance
Private: New Day
Always verify accuracy of schools for homes for sale in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood as boundaries may have changed.
Get an overview of schools on PPS's general school map here.
View PPS school finder for a specific address here.
The Important Stuff
PARKS
Parks & natural areas, in acres 3
Parks, % of neighborhood 0
Piccolo Park, Ladd’s Circles and Squares, Clinton Community Garden
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
HAND (Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood District Association)
SHOPPING HIGHLIGHTS
FARMER’s MARKET
People’s Farmers’ Market, Wednesdays 2pm - 7pm, year round
TOP EATING SPOTS
QUENCH YOUR THIRST
*data courtesy of Portland Monthly 2019 Real Estate Guide