Field Guide · East Nashville

Five Points

The crossroads East Nashville revolves around — restaurants, bars and coffee at Woodland Street and 11th, with historic neighborhoods on every side.

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Overview

What it’s like to live here

Five Points is the intersection where Woodland Street, 11th Street and Clearview Avenue meet, and the few blocks of restaurants, bars, coffee shops and small businesses that grew up around it. It is less a residential neighborhood than the center that Lockeland Springs, Historic Edgefield, East End and Eastwood all share: when East Nashvillians “go out,” this is usually where.

Living near Five Points means living in one of those surrounding neighborhoods — the bungalows of Lockeland Springs to the east and south, the Victorians of Edgefield to the west, East End toward Shelby Park, Eastwood up Porter Road — and the premium is for the walk: being able to leave the car at home for dinner. The closer to the intersection, the more you will hear of it on a weekend night; a few blocks out, it is a quiet porch neighborhood again.

Downtown is about two miles west over the Woodland Street bridge, five to ten minutes by car. Main Street and Gallatin Pike, with the bus routes and the everyday stores, are a few blocks north.

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What’s here

Homes, streets and getting around

Housing types

Within a few blocks: 1900s–1930s bungalows, foursquares and Victorian cottages (much of it under conservation or historic overlays); renovated originals; condos and townhomes along Main Street and Woodland; some infill pairs.

Streets and landmarks

Woodland Street, 11th Street and Clearview Avenue at the center; the East Branch of the Nashville Public Library on Gallatin Avenue; Main Street and Gallatin Pike to the north; Shelby Park a short walk south.

Getting around

About two miles to downtown (5–10 minutes by car); the most walkable spot in East Nashville; WeGo on Main Street and Gallatin Pike; bike to Shelby Bottoms.

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On the record

My work in Five Points

My closed sales nearest Five Points are in the neighboring East Nashville guides — the hub lists every one by street. I show homes here every month; the file just has not caught up with this neighborhood yet.

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Questions

What people ask about Five Points

Is Five Points a neighborhood or an intersection?

Both, in practice. The intersection — Woodland, 11th and Clearview — gives its name to the commercial district around it. The homes nearby belong to Lockeland Springs, Historic Edgefield, East End and Eastwood, which each have their own guide here.

What is it like to live right by Five Points?

Convenient and lively. You walk to dinner and coffee; on weekend nights you will hear the restaurants and bars if you are within a block or two. Most buyers who want the walk without the noise look three to six blocks out, where it is a porch neighborhood again.

How far is Five Points from downtown Nashville?

About two miles over the Woodland Street bridge — five to ten minutes by car outside rush hour, or a 30-to-40-minute walk.

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Looking near Five Points?

Thirty minutes on the phone and I can tell you which streets your budget reaches, what to look for in the homes there, and what I would do.

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