Park Place is a subdivision located in Houston, Texas, United States.
Park Place is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in southeast Houston, near William P. Hobby Airport.
Journalist John Nova Lomax described Park Place in a 2008 Houston Press article as "old, but not as tired as it looked a few years ago" as Park Place had new retail strip malls and renovated houses. [1]
As of the 2000 U.S. Census about 67% of the residents of the Park Place Super Neighborhood have an income below $35,000. The citywide rate for Houston is 57%. Therefore the real income for Park Place residents is below the average for the City of Houston. [2]
St. Joseph Village, a condominium complex with an ethnic Vietnamese population, is in Park Place. A St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities report said that residents have a lack of security, a paucity of maintenance services, a poor sewer system, and other problems. [2]
Park Place is served by the Houston Police Department's Eastside Patrol Division, with headquarters at 7525 Sherman Street. The Leija Community Storefront is located at 4701 Galveston Road. [3] [4]
Park Place is within City Council District I. [5] As of 2008 James G. Rodriguez represents the district. [6]
The United States Postal Service operates the Vanessa Guillén (formerly Park Place) Post Office at 5302 Galveston Road. [7] In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close. [8] The post office remained open, and, in 2023, was renamed after soldier Vanessa Guillén. [9]
The Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated the Strawberry Health Center in Pasadena for the ZIP code 77017. The designated public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. [10]
Houston Independent School District (HISD) operates local public schools. Park Place is within Trustee District III, represented by Manuel Rodríguez, Jr. as of 2008. [11]
Residents are zoned to Park Place Elementary School, [12] Ortiz Middle School, [13] and Chávez High School. [14] Park Place opened in 1915, as a part of the City of Park Place. The land was donated by the Park Place Development Company. The city government renovated the school in 1925, and HISD annexed the school in 1927. [15] Chávez opened in August 2000. Ortiz opened in 2002. During the same year Park Place moved to a new facility north of the former campus, while keeping the same address. The new Park Place building opened in the fall of that year. [16] Park Place Elementary has signage in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. As of 2006, 20% of the students attending the school were ethnic Vietnamese. [17]
Prior to the opening of Ortiz, Park Place was zoned to Stevenson Middle School. [18] Stevenson opened in January 1994. [16]
Prior to the opening of Chávez, Park Place was zoned to Milby High School. [19]
Park Place includes St. Christopher Church, [20] and the church, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, includes St. Christopher Catholic School. The school opened in August 1924. [21]
There is a mural dedicated to Vanessa Guillén at Taqueria del Sol in Park Place neighborhood. [22]
Bellaire is a city in southwestern Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 17,202. It is surrounded by the cities of Houston and West University Place. Bellaire is known as the "City of Homes", owing to its mostly residential character; but it has offices along the I-610 Loop within the city limits.
Jacinto City is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, east of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the East Loop of Interstate 610. Jacinto City is part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area and is bordered by the cities of Houston and Galena Park. The population was 9,613 at the 2020 census.
Bob Lanier Middle School, formerly Sidney Lanier Junior High School/Middle School, is a middle school in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. Lanier, a school of the Houston Independent School District (HISD), handles grades 6 through 8. Named after former mayor of Houston Bob Lanier, the school is located in Neartown and near Montrose and has both neighborhood non-magnet and Vanguard/IBMYP gifted/talented programs. Lanier's neighborhood program serves Montrose, Afton Oaks, Boulevard Oaks, River Oaks, Southampton, and other communities.
Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line. Midtown is bordered by Neartown (Montrose) to the west, the Museum District to the south, and Interstate 69 to the east. Midtown's 325 blocks cover 1.24 square miles (3.2 km2) and contained an estimated population of nearly 8,600 in 2015.
Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. The Bolivar Peninsula itself is a census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States, and part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The entire peninsula was severely damaged during Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008; re-building efforts were still continuing as late as 2013.
Harrisburg is a community now located within the city of Houston, Texas.
Second Ward is a historical political district ward in the East End community in Houston, Texas. It was one of the four original wards of the city in the nineteenth century. The community known as the Second Ward today is roughly bounded by Buffalo Bayou to the north, Lockwood Avenue to the east, and railroad tracks to the south and west, although the City of Houston's "Super Neighborhood" program includes a section east of Lockwood.
César E. Chávez High School is a secondary school located at 8501 Howard Drive in the Allendale neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States.
Houston Heights is a community in northwest-central Houston, Texas, United States. "The Heights" is often referred to colloquially to describe a larger collection of neighborhoods next to and including the actual Houston Heights. However, Houston Heights has its own history, distinct from Norhill and Woodland Heights.
Garden Villas is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States.
Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas. The 9-square-mile (23 km2) mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to the west. Historically, it has been predominantly African American. Unincorporated for decades, it was annexed to Houston in 1967.
Rice Military is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. The Beer Can House is located in Rice Military.
Oak Forest is a large residential community in northwest Houston, Texas, United States. Oak Forest is the third largest group of subdivisions in Harris County.
University Oaks is a subdivision in southeast Houston with approximately 240 homes located adjacent to the University of Houston. It is bounded by Wheeler Avenue to the north, South MacGregor Way to the south, Calhoun Road to the east, and Cullen Boulevard to the west.
Glenbrook Valley is a subdivision located in Houston, Texas, United States.
Near Northside is a historic neighborhood located in Northside, Houston, Texas. Near Northside is primarily occupied by people of Hispanic descent.
East Downtown Houston (EaDo) is a district in Houston, Texas. The East Downtown Management District (EDMD), manages the area with offices headquartered at START Houston, a co-working space 1121 Delano Street. The community is located east of Downtown Houston and north of Interstate 45. It is between the George R. Brown Convention Center and the East End district.
Port Houston is a neighborhood located on the East Side of Houston, Texas, United States.
The Airline Improvement District is a management district in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, in Greater Houston and is located entirely within the postal zip code of 77037.
